Spoiled while waiting
Food conservation poster: a cartoon sausage in morning coat, gloves and top hat sits dejected with a tear running from its eye, beside the words 'Spoiled while waiting' and 'Keep perishables in the refrigerator'. The technique is faint; the closest fit is a mild fear-appeal about food loss, played for humour.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, Office of the Quartermaster General
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- 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. Army, Office of the Quartermaster General. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1792 (NAID 515470).
Text on the object
SPOILED WHILE WAITING- Keep perishables in the refrigerator U.S. ARMY SAVE CONSERVATION PROGRAM THIS POSTER TO BE DISPLAYED IN KITCHENS ONLY [imprint: ARMY CONSERVATION PROJECT NO. 95-Q-34] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-594355] [imprint: OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL]
