1943 For Gunpowder Save Waste Fats Rush Them To Meat Dealer WWII Home Front
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Date: 1943
Artist: Unknown
Size (in): 42” x 28.75”
Size (cm): 106.7 x 73
Condition: B
Linen backed: No
This vintage original WWII poster was issued in 1943 to remind Americans on the home front that it was their patriotic duty to save and turn in waste fats from cooking for use in manufacturing gunpowder for the war effort. Waste fats were harvested for the glycerin they contained with one pound of waste fat from cooking containing enough glycerin to produce almost an equal weight in explosives. So essential to the war effort were waste fats from cooking that the wartime American Fat Salvage Committee was established and the government began actually paying civilians 4 cents a pound for waste fats turned in at butcher shops and meat retailers.
This vintage original poster was issued folded and show moderate handling wear including about an inch of separation on two of the vertical fold lines at the top edge and a few small staple holes on the edges. The poster shows modest toning from age and retains strong colors. Overall condition is very good.
Artist: Unknown
Size (in): 42” x 28.75”
Size (cm): 106.7 x 73
Condition: B
Linen backed: No
This vintage original WWII poster was issued in 1943 to remind Americans on the home front that it was their patriotic duty to save and turn in waste fats from cooking for use in manufacturing gunpowder for the war effort. Waste fats were harvested for the glycerin they contained with one pound of waste fat from cooking containing enough glycerin to produce almost an equal weight in explosives. So essential to the war effort were waste fats from cooking that the wartime American Fat Salvage Committee was established and the government began actually paying civilians 4 cents a pound for waste fats turned in at butcher shops and meat retailers.
This vintage original poster was issued folded and show moderate handling wear including about an inch of separation on two of the vertical fold lines at the top edge and a few small staple holes on the edges. The poster shows modest toning from age and retains strong colors. Overall condition is very good.
