Serve our fighting men abroad, Conserve these services at home...

Place North & Central America: United States of America
Accession Number ARTV10012
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 71.2 x 51 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description Offset lithograph on paper
Maker Unknown
U.S. Government Printing Office
Unknown
Place made United States of America: Washington DC
Date made 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

United States Second World War poster issued by the U.S War Production Board. The poster details how households may serve their fighting forces overseas by conserving energy and minimising waste at home. Graphic design in white, red and black includes images of a lightbulb, telephone, water faucet, and railroad locomotive, as well as an insignia with an eagle and the motto "Fight waste."