Save waste fats.

One of 388 items in the series: American War Posters available on this site.

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4 black, white, and gray cartoons. Each has a caption: Fat in frying pan: "Save waste fat and greases"; pouring waste fat through strainer: "Strain into clean can"; Can of fat in storage area: "keep in cool dark place"; woman handing can to butcher: "sell it to your meat dealer."

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1 poster : col. ; 72 x 51 cm.

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United States. War Production Board. Bureau of Industrial Conservation. 1942.

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This poster is part of the collection entitled: World War Poster Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Government Documents Department to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 1150 times, with 11 in the last month. More information about this poster can be viewed below.

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4 black, white, and gray cartoons. Each has a caption: Fat in frying pan: "Save waste fat and greases"; pouring waste fat through strainer: "Strain into clean can"; Can of fat in storage area: "keep in cool dark place"; woman handing can to butcher: "sell it to your meat dealer."

Physical Description

1 poster : col. ; 72 x 51 cm.

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"War Production Board, Bureau of Industrial Conservation"--At lower right corner of poster, with WPB seal.

"U.S. Government Printing Office : 1942-O-469848"

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  • Accession or Local Control No: Database No. 545
  • Accession or Local Control No: Historical Collection Accession No. Y2155
  • Call Number: Posters WW2 WPB 4
  • OCLC: 51138380
  • UNT Catalog No.: b2855089 | View in Discover
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc220

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World War Poster Collection

From World War I French victory figures to grim views of the Nazi regime, these posters demonstrate the power of words and images.

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World War Two Collection

These materials focus on World War II and the immediate postwar period of the late 1940s. In addition to materials created during the time period, materials may include modern studies and commemorative works about the era.

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  • 1942

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  • June 13, 2006, 11:46 a.m.

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  • Oct. 8, 2015, 7:59 p.m.

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United States. War Production Board. Bureau of Industrial Conservation. Save waste fats., poster, 1942; [Washington D.C.]. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc220/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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