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title: 'Make your rubber last: nipples and rubber sheeting'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/make-your-rubber-last-nipples-rubber-sheets-1942/
description: 'Care sheet with five photographs: hands rinsing baby-bottle nipples at a tap, wrapping them in gauze over a kettle, and a young woman scrubbing.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Make your rubber last: nipples and rubber sheeting, 1942 US poster: Care sheet with five photographs](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/make-your-rubber-last-nipples-rubber-sheets-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/make-your-rubber-last-nipples-rubber-sheets-1942.jpg)

# Make your rubber last: nipples and rubber sheeting

Care sheet with five photographs: hands rinsing baby-bottle nipples at a tap, wrapping them in gauze over a kettle, and a young woman scrubbing, dusting and folding a rubber sheet. Steps sit beside each picture. The technique is faint here; the smiling housewife at work 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

```
• Rinse rubber nipples
at once after using.
The butterfat in milk,
if absorbed by the
nipple will make it
soften sooner.
MAKE
YOUR RUBBER
LAST
-To disinfect
•Pour a little water
into a kettle with a
wire rack.
•Wrap nipples in clean
gauze and put into the
steaming kettle.... cover
tightly.
•Let boil for 5 minutes.... remove
and cool quickly.
•Spread the rubber
sheet and scrub with
soap and warm water.
•Rinse well.... wipe
dry with a cloth or
hang in a cool
airy place.
•Dust the surface with talcum
or cornstarch before folding.
[on bottle:] 1 lb. CARBON TETRACHLORIDE A.C.S.
BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICS
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[imprint: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942—O—477986]
```

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

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