Wartime Conservation Posters
Posters
"Save Waste Fats for Explosives"; "When You Ride Alone You Ride with Hitler!"; "Waste Helps the Enemy"
By: Henry Koerner; Weimer Pursell; Vanderlaan
Date: c. 1943
Source: Koerner, Henry; Weimer Pursell; Vanderlaan. "Save Waste Fats for Explosives"; "When You Ride Alone You Ride with Hitler!"; "Waste Helps the Enemy." 1943. National Archives, College Park, Md. Still Picture Branch. Available online at http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/powers_of_persuasion/u... ; website home page: http://www.archives.gov (accessed March 8, 2003).
About the Artists: The artists who created these posters were commissioned by the U.S. government during World War II (1939–1945) to use their talents to motivate Americans to participate in the...
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1940's Lifestyles and Social Trends Primary Sources
The 1940's: Primary Sources
