Waste Not Want Not: Prepare for Winter poster – Antique Poster Print
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Waste Not Want Not: Prepare for Winter poster. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Waste Not Want Not: Prepare for Winter poster
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Waste Not Want Not" urges households to lay in a winter's supply before the cold sets in, and this poster ties that advice to the apple harvest. The slogan draws on an old English proverb, but the call to preserve fruit for the months ahead fits the wartime food campaigns of the early twentieth century, when governments asked families to can, dry, and store surplus produce rather than let it spoil. Apples were a natural choice, since they kept well in cellars and could be stored, dried, or turned into sauce. Look closely at how the artist uses the fruit itself as the main image, a common approach in posters meant to make thrifty habits seem appealing.
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,051 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 35 |
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