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
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- War Production Board, Foods Requirement Committee (OWI Poster No. 10; Claude R. Wickard, Chairman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
War Production Board. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-354 (NAID 513804).
Text on the object
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]
