URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/38037 Collection Structure Poster collection > Proclamation. State of New York, Executive Chamber. Whereas: adequate supplies of food, munitions and all other products necessary for the equipment and maintenance of our Army and Navy ... constitute an immediate and vital necessity in the world war upon which we have entered ... I ... do hereby call upon all citizens of the State to ... guard against loss ... Charles S. Whitman, Governer. Item Title Proclamation. State of New York, Executive Chamber. Whereas: adequate supplies of food, munitions and all other products necessary for the equipment and maintenance of our Army and Navy ... constitute an immediate and vital necessity in the world war upon which we have entered ... I ... do hereby call upon all citizens of the State to ... guard against loss ... Charles S. Whitman, Governer. Collection Title Poster collection Issuing Body New York (State). Governor (1915-1919 : Charles Seymour Whitman) Date Created 1917 Description Text only. Subject(s) Social aspects World War, 1914-1918 New York (State) United States Food question Food conservation Fires and fire prevention Whitman, Charles Seymour Language(s) English Country of Origin United States Country of Origin United States Dimensions Overall: 23 x 12 in. (58.4 x 30.5 cm) Format Poster Medium political posters Color black and white Color black and white Hoover ID Poster US 4711 Record Number XX343.28413 Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km Rights No known restrictions.