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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist
DateOctober 1917
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 × 8 1/8 in. (15.2 × 20.6 cm)
Mount: 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (16.5 × 21.6 cm)
Object numberINV.184
On view
Description"Photograph shows women cooks of the New York City Food Aid Committee demonstrating how to bake breads and other baked goods using wheat substitutes, such as corn and rye, as part of a conservation drive to save food for the war effort during World War I; they travel around New York City in a truck labeled "The War-Bread Wagon" and with signs that state "New York City Food Aid Committee 280 Madison Avenue N.Y.", "Watch for this truck in your district", "Have you tried War bread? It is palatable and saves Wheat", "Have you asked your baker for War Bread?", and "Won't you help us to help others to solve the Food Problem". The truck, parked on Fifth Avenue, has attracted a small crowd." (SOURCE: Library of Congress collection database, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016645674/, accessed 6/5/18).
Additional Details
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 9, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.337
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 9, 1864
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.57
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245
Unknown artist
Date: c. 750-600 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.2
Unknown artist
Date: c. 4th-5th century CE
Medium: Blown glass with trailing
Object number: 2015.6.30
Unknown artist
Date: c. 6th-8th century CE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 2015.6.49
Tony Feher
Date: 1996
Medium: Plastic bottles, water, food dye, wire and rope
Object number: 2012.3.4
Robert Rauschenberg
Date: 1970
Medium: Offset lithograph
Object number: 1992.19
Rob Fischer
Date: 2006
Medium: Reclaimed wood, with traces of paint, and steel
Object number: 2012.3.5