Housewives! Save waste fats for explosives!
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09520.20 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Poster Date: circa 1941 Pagination: 1 poster: col ; 101.4 x 80.7 Order a Copy
Wartime conservation poster by Walter Richards. "SAVE WASTE FATS FOR EXPLOSIVES!." Left side of the poster shows fat pouring down from a kitchen skillet to an artillery piece manned by three helmeted soldiers. Blue and red lettering reads: "Housewives! Save Waste Fats for Explosives!"
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