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title: Keeping war workers well and fit
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keeping-war-workers-well-and-fit-1944/
description: 'Department of Labor Women''s Bureau sheet laid out as nine captioned black-and-white photographs of women war workers: ventilation, local lighting.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Keeping war workers well and fit, 1944 US poster: Department of Labor Women's Bureau sheet laid out as nine captioned](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/keeping-war-workers-well-and-fit-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/keeping-war-workers-well-and-fit-1944.jpg)

# Keeping war workers well and fit

Department of Labor Women's Bureau sheet laid out as nine captioned black-and-white photographs of women war workers: ventilation, local lighting, seating, machine guards, gloves, goggles, respirators, washing facilities and a hospital room. It is instruction by example, aimed at employers and workers; the technique is faint, with ordinary workers shown as models.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
WOMEN'S [seal: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA] BUREAU
KEEPING WAR WORKERS WELL AND FIT
GOOD NATURAL LIGHT
AND VENTILATION
LOCAL LIGHT FOR CLOSE WORK
PROPER SEATING
AND GUARDED MACHINERY
ADJUSTABLE WOODEN SEAT FOR WARTIME
SHIELD FOR METAL SAW
GLOVES TO PROTECT THE HANDS FROM CUTS
GLOVES, GOGGLES, AND HEADGEAR
FOR WELDING
RESPIRATORS FOR SPRAY PAINTING
GOOD WASHING FACILITIES
HOSPITAL ROOM
[imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-595903]
```

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