Potatoes in Iowa Become "The Newest Fighting Corps" on the Domestic Front
ca. 1917 - 1918
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An imaginative store window display of "The Potatriots" includes three signs with slogans, flags, and anthropomorphic potatoes.
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This inventive store display ca. 1917 -18 promotes the potato as a “good soldier” and recommends people eat it “uniform and all.”
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Food Administration.
National Archives Identifier: 283501
Full Citation: Potatoes in Iowa Become 'The Newest Fighting Corps' on the Domestic Front; ca. 1917 - 1918; Records of the U.S. Food Administration, Record Group 4. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/potatoes-in-iowa-become-the-newest-fighting-corps-on-the-domestic-front, June 2, 2023]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.