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title: 'Stop Breakage: Conserve and you serve Uncle Sam'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/stop-breakage-crash-american-hotel-association-1941/
description: 'Hotel-industry conservation poster: a waiter''s hand tilts a tray so a coffee pot and cups slide off, with a ''CRASH'' burst and broken crockery below.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Stop Breakage: Conserve and you serve Uncle Sam, 1941 US poster: Hotel-industry conservation poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/stop-breakage-crash-american-hotel-association-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/stop-breakage-crash-american-hotel-association-1941.jpg)

# Stop Breakage: Conserve and you serve Uncle Sam

Hotel-industry conservation poster: a waiter's hand tilts a tray so a coffee pot and cups slide off, with a 'CRASH' burst and broken crockery below, on red-and-white stripes. The stripes and the line 'Serve Uncle Sam' attach national symbols to routine workplace thrift, a transfer.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
STOP BREAKAGE
CRASH
[seal: AMERICAN HOTEL ASSOCIATION, AHA]
CONSERVE and you SERVE UNCLE SAM
Stop breakage, don't overload trays.
Before you give extra butter, etc.
  ask if it's wanted. Don't waste ice.
Conserve sugar, spices.
Take orders correctly.
Don't use napkins as cleaning cloths.
Don't leave water running.
Turn off lights, fans, etc. not needed.
Report damaged equipment.
Take care of your uniform.
```

[← Stop Accidents: America Needs Manpower](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/stop-accidents-america-needs-manpower-american-legion-1941/) [Stop loose talk to strangers: enemy ears are alert →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/stop-loose-talk-to-strangers-seagram-1941/)

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