Victory Is a Question of Stamina. Send the Wheat, Meat, Fats, Sugar, the Fuel for Fighters
Two helmeted American infantrymen with bayoneted rifles charge through snow under a stormy sky; the text below says victory is a question of stamina and asks for wheat, meat, fats and sugar as 'the fuel for fighters.' The tell of transfer is the movement from the soldiers' effort to the viewer's pantry: the prestige of the charge is attached to food shipments.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1917
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- U.S. Food Administration; Harvey Dunn (artist, signature as read)
- 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, War and the military
- 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; Harvey Dunn (artist, signature as read). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-142.
Text on the object
Victory is a Question of Stamina Send - the Wheat Meat . Fats . Sugar the fuel for Fighters UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION [tiny imprint line at lower right, as read: LATHAM LITHO & PTG CO BROOKLYN N.Y.]
Artist signature in the image at right, as read: 'Harvey Dunn 1917'. The tiny imprint line at the foot is only partly legible and is given as read.
