Taken during WWI, this slide shows a woman working in an American Red Cross canning kitchen in June of 1917 located in Hicksville, NY. Canning and canning stores were a major part of the war effort due to food preservation and those on the home front doing their part for the war effort. These stores often brought the community together.
During
World War I, canning became a way to help the war effort at home. Canning was
seen as a patriotic practice during wartime and led those in the United States
to believe that it would help ensure an Allied victory due to posters that were
being printed (Sullivan, n.d.).
