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title: 'Make your rubber last: garments, raincoats and overshoes'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/make-your-rubber-last-garments-overshoes-1942/
description: 'Care sheet with three photographs: hands rolling a rubber-thread garment in a towel, a hand sponging a stain on a raincoat.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Make your rubber last: garments, raincoats and overshoes, 1942 US poster: Care sheet with three photographs](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/make-your-rubber-last-garments-overshoes-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/make-your-rubber-last-garments-overshoes-1942.jpg)

# Make your rubber last: garments, raincoats and overshoes

Care sheet with three photographs: hands rolling a rubber-thread garment in a towel, a hand sponging a stain on a raincoat, and a woman in an apron wadding paper into an overshoe. Bulleted steps sit beside each. The technique is faint here; the ordinary housewife shown doing the task is plain-folks.

## 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

```
Garments made of rubber thread
• Handle gently when washing.
• Roll in towel or cloth.
• Hang to dry, away from sun or heat.
Raincoats
• Remove oil and grease spots
with soap and warm water.
• If necessary, sponge lightly
with a dry-cleaning fluid.
MAKE
YOUR RUBBER
LAST
• Wash overshoes with soap and water.
• Dry away from heat.
• Stuff loosely with
wadded paper.... store
in a dark cool place.
BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[imprint: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942—O—477986]
```

[← Make your rubber last](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/make-your-rubber-last-agriculture-1942/) [Make your rubber last: mend it, cold patch method →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/make-your-rubber-last-mend-it-cold-patch-1942/)

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