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United States Government Printing Office Save waste fats for explosives

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09654.45 Author/Creator: United States Government Printing Office Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Poster Date: 1943 Pagination: 1 poster ; 71.1 x 50.8 cm. Order a Copy

One poster entitled, "Save waste fats for explosives" printed by the United States Government Printing Office, dated 1943. Poster features a hand holding a frying pan. The hand is pouring cooking fat into a red cloud. There are thirteen bombs flying out of the cloud. The poster reads, "Save waste fats for explosives Take Them To Your Meat Dealer." The identifying numbers at the bottom of the poster are OWI poster No. 63 and O-527285.

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