The Prices Charged by This Store Will Not Exceed the Fair Prices List: U.S. Food Administration
A text-only store card under two shield-and-wreath seals states that the store's prices will not exceed those in the most recent local list of Fair Prices, issued under the authority of the United States Food Administration, with a line for a signature. The tell is the transfer of the federal agency's name and seals onto an individual shop, with 'Fair Prices' as an undefined approval word.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1918
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- U.S. Food Administration
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
U.S. Food Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-244.
Text on the object
THE PRICES CHARGED BY THIS STORE will not exceed those indicated in the most recent list of Fair Prices applicable to this locality & issued under the authority & direction of THE UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION .............................. Signature [two shield-and-wreath seals flank the first line]
