Propaganda poster urging U.S. citizens to conserve wheat.

ID: 5319 ~ Source: The Library of Congress
This file appears in: Spokane in the Great War

Posters like this would have been very significant to Spokane as it was one of the largest suppliers of wheat to the entire U.S.

This file appears in: Spokane in the Great War

By Dexter Davis
American involvement in the First World War was at first unpopular--and nowhere more than Spokane. As the great powers of Europe stumbled into conflict in 1914, few Spokanites saw it as their fight. Though they did have opinions. The strong…