Am I proud! : I'm fighting famine-- by canning food at home. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Am I proud! : I'm fighting famine-- by canning food at home.
  • Alternate Title I'm fighting famine by canning food at home
  • Series Title American War Posters

Creator

  • Artist: Williams, Dick.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: United States. Dept. of Agriculture.
    Creator Type: Organization
  • Author: United States. President's Famine Emergency Committee.
    Creator Type: Organization
  • Author: Advertising Council.
    Creator Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Government Printing Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1946

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This is a color poster with a 1/4" inch border. A dark-haired woman with a wide-eyed expression holds three large glass jars of vegetables in her arms. Three more jars can be seen at the lower area of the picture. The woman wears a ruffled apron.
  • Physical Description: 1 poster : col. ; 66 x 48 cm.

Subject

  • Keyword: preserving food
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Canning and preserving -- United States -- Posters -- Specimens.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Food conservation -- United States -- Posters -- Specimens.
  • Keyword: post-war famine prevention
  • Keyword: civilian responsibility
  • Keyword: can your own
  • Keyword: canning jars
  • Keyword: home canning
  • Keyword: woman
  • Keyword: appeal to women
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Food supply -- United States -- Posters -- Specimens.

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Collection

  • Name: World War Poster Collection
    Code: WWPC
  • Name: World War Two Collection
    Code: WWII

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Poster

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: Database No. 106
  • Government Documents No.: A 1.70:F 73/2
  • OCLC: 48172129
  • Call Number: Posters WW2 Williams 2
  • UNT Catalog No.: b2891786
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc541

Note

  • Display Note: Image originally created for 1944 wartime use; used here for post-war famine prevention. (Original poster was titled, "Of Course I Can!", also in UNT collection.) "U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1946-O-695696"--At bottom center below picture. "A public service project. The Advertising Council"--Emblem at lower right area of picture. "U.S. Department of Agriculture"--Printed at lower right corner of picture. Letter and mailing information printed on verso. Text on verso by Director, National Garden Program, USDA.
  • Digital Preservation: creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: Vidar Latitude
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