Ride Together -- Work Together -- Save Rubber for Victory

During World War II, rubber was rationed, along with gasoline, meat, sugar, coffee and shoes. Trucks and jeeps needed millions of tires. But the rubber tree grows in the tropics and many traditional sources, such as Indonesia and the Philippines, were controlled by the enemy.

By sharing rides, and thereby conserving rubber, civilians could contribute to the war effort indirectly.

Medium : 1 print on poster board : silkscreen, color

Created/Published : Philadelphia, Pa. : War Services Project, between 1941 and 1943

Creator : H.R. Ballinger created this poster for the War Services Project in Philadelphia. He was more famous for his illustrations which appeared in national magazines and for his seascapes which he painted near his home in Rockport, Mass.

Part of the Work Projects Administration Poster Collection in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress

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