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NEG No:P.R.98 Q79854
Y.7
design: Kaiser Wilhelm II, morose caricature figure uncomfortably crammed within the confines of a clear glass preserve
jar. The screw lid of the jar is topped by a pickelhaube and a sabre dangles from the container's shoulder. The jar, labelled "Kaiser Brand
Unsweetened", stands in front of preserve jars filled with "Tomatoes" and "Peas"
named (lower right corner) : "J. Paul VERREES"
text: "What are YOU doing?" (upper edge) & "THE KAISER IS CANNED - CAN FOOD" & "CAN vegetables Fruit AND the Kaiser too" (top of can-shaped
rectangular inset enclosing image. Followed by three lines of text urging citizens to write off for free instruction book from the National
War Garden Commission)
whole: MODEL | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | eating / drinking Wilhelm II portrait / personification US.O & National War Garden Commission agriculture / food Caricature salvage US Home Front & Food Conservation Campaign & 1918 Kaiser of Germany civilian effort | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Gatchel & Manning | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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