
Vintage Poster 1943 from World War II, Save waste fats for explosives, take them to your meat dealer is the text message, the dynamic illustration from American artist Henry Koerner shows fat being poured from a frying pan into an eye catching explosion of bombs; published by the United States Office of War Information, printed full color 28 x 20 inches by the U.S. Printing Department Washington D.C.; Click for larger printable copyright free graphic file of this artwork of vintage save waste fats WWII patriotic art poster titled Save waste fats for explosives, take them to your meat dealer.
An emigrant from Austria, Henry Koerner was born in 1915 (died 1991) and illustrated articles for Time and Life magazines during the war years and afterwards.
Housewives and butchers all over the country were mobilized to collect cooking fats for conversion to explosive ingredients.
One pound of waste fat equaled 1/10 of a pound of glycerine.
1/10 pound of glycerine = 1/5 of a pound of nitroglycerine.
1/5 of a pound of nitroglycerine= 1/3 pound of gunpowder.
1/5 of a pound of nitroglycerine equaled ½ pound of dynamite.