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These posters were put out by the government during World War Two and were aimed at encouraging the general public to take certain actions to help the war effort.
I think they tell an interesting story about what things were like on the home front during the war and what was on people’s minds. Hard to imagine some of this stuff nowadays…
Many people felt that a Nazi invasion of the US was a solid possibility. Some of the wealthy even set up elaborate plans of escaping to other countries in case a Nazi takeover became imminent.
The glycerin in leftover cooking fat could be used to make nitroglycerin, an important ingredient for explosives.
I wonder what it felt like to be sitting at the breakfast table and thinking about if the bacon drippings from your breakfast would end up as bombs falling over a distant battlefield.
Many posters from this time had themes of travelling = the death of an American soldier.
A chilling picture of a dead soldier’s boots dragging along bloody grass, this poster must have haunted many people’s minds long after they saw it.
Women on the home front were encouraged to conserve food by canning as much as possible. This poster features a stereotypically ditzy housewife who, though slightly overwhelmed by all the canning she has to do, sticks to her patriotic duty.
The ol’ invisible Hitler guilt trip strategy. It’s only a matter of time before they bring this one back to put up next to carpool lanes.
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