Save Waste Bones - they make glue for aircraft and are used for explosives
A black bomber flies over two falling bombs under the headline 'Save Waste Bones', with the text 'they make glue for aircraft' and 'are used for explosives'. The picture attaches the prestige and urgency of the air war to a household chore (transfer), and the closing line sends readers to a local committee.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Public Information for the National Salvage Office, Ottawa, under authority of Hon. J. G. Gardiner, Minister of National War Services
- Region
- North America
- Country
- Canada
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Mackenzie King Government
- Leader
- William Lyon Mackenzie King
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (Canadian Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired; no URAA restoration)
Public Information for the National Salvage Office, Department of National War Services (Canada). U.S. National Archives, World War II Foreign Posters (NAID 44267771).
Text on the object
Save WASTE BONES - they make qlue for AIRCRAFT ...and are used for EXPLOSIVES... GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR LOCAL COMMITTEE ISSUED BY PUBLIC INFORMATION, FOR NATIONAL SALVAGE OFFICE, OTTAWA; UNDER AUTHORITY OF HON. J. G. GARDINER, MINISTER OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES.
