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title: Americans! Share the Meat as a Wartime Necessity
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/americans-share-the-meat-1942/
description: 'All-type poster in red and black giving a weekly meat ration table: 2 1/2 pounds for those over 12, 1 1/2 pounds for children 6 to 12.'
section: Collection
---

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# Americans! Share the Meat as a Wartime Necessity

All-type poster in red and black giving a weekly meat ration table: 2 1/2 pounds for those over 12, 1 1/2 pounds for children 6 to 12, 3/4 pound for under 6, with the closing lines 'Help win the war! Keep within your share.' It is mainly a plain notice; the technique is faint here, limited to the words 'fair', 'necessity' and 'help win the war'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Americans!
SHARE THE MEAT
as a wartime necessity
To meet the needs of our armed forces and fighting allies, a Government order limits the amount of meat delivered to stores and restaurants.
To share the supply fairly, all civilians are asked to limit their consumption of beef, veal, lamb, mutton and pork to 2 1/2 lbs. per person per week.
YOUR FAIR WEEKLY SHARE
Men, women and children over 12 yrs. old . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1/2 Pounds per week
Children 6 to 12 yrs. old . . . . . . . 1 1/2 Pounds per week
Children under 6 yrs. old . . . . . . . 3/4 Pound per week
You can add these foods to your share: liver, sweetbreads, kidneys, brains and other variety meats; also poultry and fish.
HELP WIN THE WAR!
Keep within your share
FOODS REQUIREMENT COMMITTEE
War Production Board
[signature: Claude R. Wickard]
Chairman
OWI Poster No. 10.  Additional copies may be obtained upon request from the Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington, D. C.
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942-O-489556]
```

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