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title: 'Home Canning: Tomatoes, Selection and Preparation'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/home-canning-tomatoes-selection-preparation-1943/
description: Instruction chart numbered 4 in a USDA home-canning set. A woman sorts tomatoes at a kitchen counter, with two smaller photographs of washing and scalding
section: Collection
---

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# Home Canning: Tomatoes, Selection and Preparation

Instruction chart numbered 4 in a USDA home-canning set. A woman sorts tomatoes at a kitchen counter, with two smaller photographs of washing and scalding them. The orange V behind the title links the household task to the war effort; the technique is faint and the text is practical directions.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
HOME
CANNING
Tomatoes
SELECTION
AND
PREPARATION
Choose fresh, firm, ripe tomatoes.
Watch out for decay....one bad spot may spoil a whole batch.
Wash thoroughly
Dip in scalding hot water then in cold....for easy peeling.
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Price 50c per set of 20 charts
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—539498
BUREAU OF HUMAN NUTRITION AND HOME ECONOMICS
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
4
```

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