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The Director of Public Information for National Salvage Office, fl. 1939-1945 Housewives! Wage War on Hitler Save

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09654.22 Author/Creator: The Director of Public Information for National Salvage Office, fl. 1939-1945 Place Written: Ottawa, Canada Type: Poster Date: 1939-1945 Pagination: 1 poster Height: 45.6 cm, Width: 30.6 cm Order a Copy

One poster entitled, "Housewives! Wage War on Hitler Save" printed by the director of Public Information for National Salvage Office, dated 1939-1945. Poster features a spoon with a banner tied to it. On the banner it lists things housewives should save; rubber, metal, paper, fats, bones, rags, and glass. The poster has a section to write in a telephone number, with a note to get in touch with your local salvage officer. There is the text' "Canada, ODPI," on the back of the poster.

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