Your Washing Machine ... helps keep clothes clean

Instruction sheet with photographs of hands washing a load, feeding cloth into a wringer and a woman wiping the washing mechanism, with bullet-point steps. The technique is faint; plain-folks is the closest label, as ordinary women in housedresses model the care of the machine.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Plain folks

Date

1943

Period

Second World War

Made by

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Roosevelt Administration

Leader

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Audience

Domestic public

Purpose

Warn or inform

Themes

Home front, Science and technology

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 Human Nutrition and Home Economics. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1136F (NAID 514669).

Your WASHING MACHINE
... helps keep clothes clean
• Wash the right load....
overloading may strain
the motor....blow a fuse
Easy on
the wringer
Feed in clothing
evenly....overloading
may strip gears
To save rubber rollers
• Fold buttons and
sharp objects inside the cloth.  • Release
pressure after wringing.  • Wash.... wipe dry
• Clean the tub inside and out after
each washing.
• If possible remove washing mechanism
wash.... rinse.... wipe dry.
[imprint:] For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.
[imprint:] ☆U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—520004
"Make your Equipment last"...No. 7
For further details see Folder AWI-6
BUREAU OF HUMAN NUTRITION AND HOME ECONOMICS
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE