Save every drop of oil or fat
Fight Food Waste in the home chart no. 5: photographs of hands wrapping table fat and straining drippings into a jar, and a drawn glycerine refinery with fat drops marching toward it under the line Fats off to war. The tell is transfer: kitchen fat-saving is linked to the war effort through the marching drops.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of 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, Health
- 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, Bureau of Home Economics. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1151E (NAID 514742).
Text on the object
SAVE EVERY DROP OF OIL OR FAT • Put table fats in covered dish. • Store in cold, dark place.... away from strong odors. • Keep cooking fats in cool.... dry.... dark place. • Strain fat drippings to remove food particles...store in clean jars. × Don't let stand on back of stove. [drawing label:] GLYCERINE REFINERY FATS OFF TO WAR [emblem:] FOOD FOR FREEDOM FIGHT FOOD WASTE in the home BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 5 [imprint:] For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C., Price 25c per set of 10 charts [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942-O-465386
