WWI & WWII posters from Canada and the US


	WWI & WWII posters from Canada and the US
Lexica
6-30-2008 12:44 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ec1f861f-3e79-4216-8458-8a8d01dbc13e/A98E56D1-DA38-4BDE-84CA-46845C7BC37A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html" href="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.underconsideration.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html">poster produced by the Canadian Government during World War II</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.underconsideration.com/img/F27CE65A-1FC4-46E6-B9FE-C04B4C6CF5E7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html"><P>To a 21st Century person, that’s a very unusual message, and it says a lot about the mentality of a nation during wartime nearly 100 years ago. For the period covering both World Wars, the concept of war as all-encompassing to every aspect of life was widely promoted, felt and lived. During WWI, the Canada Food Board issued these posters:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.underconsideration.com/img/54923090-F2C8-424A-BFD5-0C9FACBD03B9" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.underconsideration.com/img/3F8F3B89-AFD3-4215-A656-021E7DB98688" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html">As I looked at these posters, and thought of the concept of “war effort”—wherein an entire nation is encouraged to sacrifice in aid of a war; where the effects of a war fought overseas are felt very personally at home—I wondered, “was this a Canadian thing?”</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.underconsideration.com/img/9C46E481-252F-44EE-B7E0-1A57A8AA1EC9" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html"><A target="_blank" href="http://www.hogriver.org/issues/v02n01/dont_buy_it.htm">It was not</A>. The above two posters are American</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.underconsideration.com/img/F92018DD-6896-4D5C-9B69-6F08A25659BB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html"><P>Nor was this conservation movement isolated to food.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.underconsideration.com/img/B2CDE222-B828-4C2C-BEBE-EB77254B07AF" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html">This early conservation movement puts the current one to shame, as it covers not only saving and—ahem—recycling, but repair</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.underconsideration.com/img/D9955FF0-A0FB-4FAC-97E8-5AFABC72865B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html"><P>While individuals were asked to conserve, businesses were encouraged to produce.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.underconsideration.com/speakup/archives/002780.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.underconsideration.com/img/F109EB19-4B84-4BF7-A4A8-8991BC7F27FA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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