WWII "Don't Scrap It" poster - image

**Jon** · Mar 26, 2021, 01:01 PM

WWII "Don't Scrap It" poster.

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**Toolmaker51** · Mar 26, 2021, 01:41 PM

A favorable example of propaganda.
There remains a dispute, if recycling accomplished preservation of materiel to advance wartime production. There is not a lot of proof, such as tallies from truck scales, photos, or receipt at production companies, a significant mass of cast-offs made a difference.
Meanwhile, this sort of campaign did produce positive results, channeling awareness of individuals to "join the team and pitch in", being even just a tiny facet of victory.
I have a sizeable collection of this type advertising, some tell of company efforts, others focus on the public; especially the work force. In decades spent hunting these posters, examining probably thousands of them, only a very small percentage cast slurs toward Axis citizens, singling out names (or by caricature) their leaders instead.

**NortonDommi** · Mar 26, 2021, 06:37 PM

I need a poster that says " Don't scrap it buddy, I need it to make something with".

Hi Toolmaker51, I mourn the loss of a lot of old tools and machinery as there was a LOT of stuff given and sometimes taken for the 'war effort' particularly in Britain that was actually just scrapped.

**Toolmaker51** · Mar 29, 2021, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by NortonDommi

I need a poster that says " Don't scrap it buddy, I need it to make something with".

Hi Toolmaker51, I mourn the loss of a lot of old tools and machinery as there was a LOT of stuff given and sometimes taken for the 'war effort' particularly in Britain that was actually just scrapped.

K!
Then in the spirit of hmt.net, instead of 'a', accept 'the'. . . .

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**dsjhomestead** · May 2, 2021, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

K!
Then in the spirit of hmt.net, instead of 'a', accept 'the'. . . .

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Yoink. Thanks for making this one. I really like it!

**object** · Feb 20, 2023, 10:33 AM

Originally Posted by NortonDommi

I mourn the loss of a lot of old tools and machinery

Hear that, New England here. A scrapyard near me used to let you buy scrap but no longer do. Years back a truck came in and dumped off a steam engine. It was all broken up but it had been whole recently. Asked the driver what the deal was and it came from a mill basement being converted to condos. To get it out they tore down a side wall then dragged it out by crane (over the foundation, probably granite). That broke parts off like the flywheel & linkages. Still had great original paint.

/escapes ww2 scrap drive, in use or too disruptive to remove it

**Toolmaker51** · Mar 26, 2021, 11:02 PM

Yes, Lend-Lease did it's job, for decades. At the same time our collective politicians fuzzle about what generates a decent economic environment. Dimwits in cubicles ain't it.
I believe they think "The Office" is documentary, instead of mockumentary.

**Jon** · Mar 29, 2021, 12:24 PM

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**desbromilow** · Mar 29, 2021, 06:15 PM

I love these old propaganda workshop posters... anyone know where there is some for sale? or a good online repository for saved ones?
I have a few I downloaded over the years printed, laminated and hanging in my shed, but I still have a lot of wall space left.

Des

**Toolmaker51** · Mar 29, 2021, 06:52 PM

I have dozens, hand selected to frame in shop entryway, exhibited as the art they are. Directed at those who watch 'How It's Made', or think what we have now passes for an economy...
Haven't really crossed any significant examples online. Any body of people seeking them, at one time anyway, unclear. The largest quantity appeared in WWII era 'Life' and 'Fortune' magazine, across USA. I'm positive similar magazines followed suit across the Allies. Seemingly, 99% are drawn renderings, no photographs.
Here, we find them in sleeves, removed from the magazines, filed in antique shops. I'd swear to have examined hundreds, finding those with statements I relate to. Most get point across without a statement, pure graphics. There is advertising statements below, but the pictures carry themselves.

One for Karo Syrup; sitting on floor, a darling red-headed girl is reading history. With a finger on the page, her head turns to ask 'Mommy, Who Was Hitler?"
Another, Shell Oil, depicts a farmer mounted on a tractor, gigantically superimposed over grounds strewn with shattered buildings, planes and war materiel. The destroyed equipment, while tiny are Axis marked...

You'll notice in post #6 differences than what Jon put up originally.