Wanted: Paper of All Kinds
Large red 'WANTED PAPER of all kinds' type surrounds a tied bundle of newspapers, with slanted labels naming cartridge wads, bomb casings, shell tubes, shell wads, depth charge casings and ammunition cartons. The labels turn household waste paper into named munitions, and the foot line sends readers to their local salvage committee.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Director of Public Information for the National Salvage Office, Ottawa, under authority of the Minister of National War Services (J. T. Thorson), Canada
- 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)
National Salvage Office, Department of National War Services, Canada, c. 1942-1945. U.S. National Archives, RG 44.
Text on the object
WANTED PAPER of all kinds CARTRIDGE WADS BOMB CASINGS SHELL TUBES SHELL WADS DEPTH CHARGE CASINGS AMMUNITION CARTONS GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR LOCAL SALVAGE COMMITTEE ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR NATIONAL SALVAGE OFFICE, OTTAWA, UNDER AUTHORITY OF HONOURABLE J. T. THORSON, MINISTER OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES. Printed in Canada. PS-2E
