Victory Bread: Four Fifths Wheat Flour, One Fifth Substitutes
A wall chart headed 'Victory Bread' shows a loaf above the ratio 'four fifths wheat flour, one fifth substitutes' and a ruled table of pounds of wheat flour, substitutes and total. The table columns are printed with blank ruled lines for the baker to fill. The persuasion is light: the name 'Victory Bread' attaches the war's goal to a recipe ratio, and the rest of the sheet is practical measurement.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- September 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
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- 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-115.
Text on the object
Victory Bread Four Fifths One Fifth Wheat Flour Substitutes Wheat Flour Pounds Substitutes Pounds Total Pounds 4/5 1/5 1 1 3/5 2/5 2 2 2/5 3/5 3 3 1/5 4/5 4 4 1 5 8 2 10 12 3 15 16 4 20 20 5 25 24 6 30 28 7 35 32 8 40 36 9 45 40 10 50 44 11 55 48 12 60 52 13 65 56 14 70 60 15 75 64 16 80 68 17 85 72 18 90 76 19 95 80 20 100 160 40 200 240 60 300 320 80 400 400 100 500 480 120 600 560 140 700 640 160 800 720 180 900 800 200 1000 UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION SEPT. 1, 1918 HEYWOOD STRASSER & VOIGT LITHO CO. N.Y.
Row figures are shown as three tab-separated columns (wheat flour, substitutes, total), with fractions written as a/b. Each figure in the first two columns sits beside a blank ruled line on the original. The date line under the agency name and the lithographer's imprint at bottom right are very small; the day number in the date and the punctuation of the imprint are the least certain parts of the reading.
