URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/39501
Collection Structure Poster collection >  Stop. Save prune pits, plum pits, cherry pits, date seeds ... The carbon produced from these materials when placed in respirators will save soldier'slives by absorbing German poison ... Deliver to points designated by the American Red Cross. Do your bit - save the pit.
Item Title Stop. Save prune pits, plum pits, cherry pits, date seeds ... The carbon produced from these materials when placed in respirators will save soldier'slives by absorbing German poison ... Deliver to points designated by the American Red Cross. Do your bit - save the pit.
Collection Title Poster collection
Issuing Body United States. Army. Chemical Warfare Service. Gas Defense Division
Date Created 1918?
Description Housewife scraping plate and being admonished by the text to save materials that could be better used in the war effort.
Subject(s) Social aspects Recycling (Waste, etc.) Red Cross World War, 1914-1918 Gas masks Medical care Organic wastes American National Red Cross War work Supplies and stores Chemical warfare United States
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Country of Origin United States
Dimensions Overall: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Format Poster
Medium political posters
Color black and white
Color black and white
Hoover ID Poster US 59
Record Number XX343.29877
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
Rights No known restrictions.