Home Canning: Fruits, In and Out of Boiling Water Bath
Instruction chart numbered 12 in a home-canning series, headed 'Home Canning Fruits In and Out of Boiling Water Bath': a woman lowers a jar into a tub of water with a label 'Water level 1 to 2 inches above jars', then photographs of hands wiping and cooling filled jars. The technique is faint: an unnamed home cook in an apron shows the task as everyday work (plain-folks).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics
- 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)
U.S. Department of Agriculture. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-998L (NAID 514516).
Text on the object
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Price 50c per set of 20 charts [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O-539498 HOME CANNING Fruits IN AND OUT OF BOILING WATER BATH Water level 1 to 2 inches above jars Place jars in boiling water bath... cover. When water boils briskly, start counting time. Time's up! Remove jars snap side clamp tight. Set jars out to cool away from drafts or sudden cold. BUREAU OF HUMAN NUTRITION AND HOME ECONOMICS U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 12
