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Sugar Means Ships – The Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Drinks Must be Reduced.

Ernest Fuhr

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Sugar Means Ships – The Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Drinks Must be Reduced.
circa 1917
Ernest Fuhr
lithograph on paper
15 9/16 x 18 15/16 in. (39.5 x 48 cm)
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons
1954/2.35.42

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Text: Sugar Means Ships - The Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Drinks Muse be Reduced. For your beverages 400million lbs. of sugar were imported in Ships last year. Every Ship is needed to carry soldiers and supplies now. - (upper left seal) United States Food Administration - (ships labled) Sugar - (top left cloud) WAR HURRY!

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