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title: 'La Ménagère en guerre récupère : caoutchouc, métaux, os, matières grasses [The Housewife at War Salvages: rubber, metals, bones, fats]'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-la-menagere-en-guerre-recupere-1939/
description: 'A stylised smiling housewife is assembled from kitchen objects: a frying-pan head, stove-pipe arms, a hot-water bottle torso and a patchwork apron.'
section: Collection
---

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# La Ménagère en guerre récupère : caoutchouc, métaux, os, matières grasses [The Housewife at War Salvages: rubber, metals, bones, fats]

A stylised smiling housewife is assembled from kitchen objects: a frying-pan head, stove-pipe arms, a hot-water bottle torso and a patchwork apron. The French text tells her to salvage rubber, metals, bones and fats and to consult her local committee. The tell is the ordinary domestic figure, which presents the chore as everyday homemaker work.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
CLAIR STEWART
LA MÉNAGÈRE EN GUERRE
RÉCUPÈRE:
CAOUTCHOUC · MÉTAUX · OS · MATIÈRES GRASSES
CONSULTEZ VOTRE COMITÉ LOCAL TEL.
PUBLIÉ PAR LE SERVICE DE L'INFORMATION POUR L'OFFICE NATIONAL DE RÉCUPÉRATION, AVEC L'AUTORISATION DE L'HON. J. T. THORSON, MINISTRE DES SERVICES NATIONAUX DE GUERRE. Imprimé au Canada
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
CLAIR STEWART
THE HOUSEWIFE AT WAR
SALVAGES:
RUBBER · METALS · BONES · FATS
CONSULT YOUR LOCAL COMMITTEE TEL.
PUBLISHED BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE FOR THE NATIONAL SALVAGE OFFICE, WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE HON. J. T. THORSON, MINISTER OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES. Printed in Canada
```

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