We Violated the Regulations of the Food Administration but Have Pledged Full Obedience in the Future
A plain all-capital lettered card states that the displaying party broke Food Administration regulations and has pledged full obedience. It has no imagery; its effect rests on the public admission of a violation and the visible record of a sanction, aimed at the card's displayer and at anyone reading it.
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
- 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-89.
Text on the object
WE VIOLATED THE REGULATIONS OF THE FOOD ADMINISTRATION BUT HAVE PLEDGED FULL OBEDIENCE IN THE FUTURE
The card carries no other text. The cracked surface is the photographed card's own condition.
