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Keep Em Frying restored WPA poster from Los Angeles: cartoon heads of the three Axis leaders in a frying pan over flames, held by a hand in a Stars and Stripes cuff, with text about saving kitchen grease
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Keep ’Em Frying! Make It Hot for the Axis — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

A WPA poster from Los Angeles County, c.1942, restored: the three Axis leaders sizzle in a frying pan held by a hand in a Stars and Stripes cuff. Keep ’Em Frying! Make it hot for the Axis! A bold home-front cartoon in a wide landscape format.

Paper or framed print
Unframed or framed, printed to order in the USA. Landscape format.

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Made to order. All sales final. Replacements or refunds only for damaged, faulty or incorrect prints reported within 7 days. Returns policy

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  • Free Standard shipping to the US
  • Printed to order in the USA, paper or framed
  • Quality promise: damaged, faulty or incorrect prints replaced if reported within 7 days (details)
Paper & printing

Giclée print on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper: a smooth, natural-white fine-art stock with no glare, so the restored colours read true under any light.

Each print has a slim white border and is supplied unframed, ready for a standard frame or hanging clips.

Shipping & returns

Every print is made to order. Standard shipping to the US is free; Express is available at checkout. You will get tracking details by email when your print is on its way.

Because each print is custom-made, all sales are final and we do not accept change-of-mind returns. If your print arrives damaged, has a production fault or is the wrong item, tell us within 7 days of delivery with photos and we will send a free replacement.

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Which size should I choose?

11.7 × 16.5 in suits a desk, shelf or gallery wall. 20 × 28 in works above a desk, console or bed. 23.4 × 33.1 in is a statement piece above a sofa or in a hallway.

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Framing

Framed prints come in a solid wood, satin-finish frame in black, white or natural wood, glazed with shatterproof acrylic. The print is the same 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper as our unframed editions.

Framed artwork sizes are 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in and 23 × 33 in (the frame adds a little to each side). Every frame is made to order in the USA and arrives with a hook fitted, ready to hang.

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Each size is shown to scale on the same wall. Prints are unframed and made to order.

Description

The Keep ’Em Frying! Make It Hot for the Axis poster

Keep ’Em Frying! was made by the Work Projects Administration in Southern California for the Los Angeles County Defense Committee on Consumers’ Interest, around 1942. Cartoon heads of Japan’s leader, Hitler and Mussolini sweat in a frying pan over the flames, and the text explains why: kitchen grease contains about 10% glycerin, glycerin makes nitroglycerin, so save your fat and give it to charity or sell it to the butcher.

The national fat salvage drive began in 1942. Households saved used cooking fat in cans and took it to the butcher, and from December 1943 each pound earned four cents and two red ration points. The slogan was that one tablespoon of kitchen grease could fire five bullets.

The title plays on the wartime catchphrase “Keep ’Em Flying”. Like most WPA posters it is unsigned. Its caricatures reflect the propaganda style of the time.

Read the full history of the poster.

Restored edition

Restored from a photograph of an original print. The colour was cleaned and brought back, with folds, stains, tears and wear removed. The lettering and printed marks are kept from the original.

Sizes and options

This is a landscape poster: every print is wider than it is tall. A 20 × 28 in print hangs 28 inches wide and 20 inches tall.

  • Paper print: 16.5 × 11.7 in, 28 × 20 in or 33.1 × 23.4 in (width × height)
  • Framed print: 17 × 12 in, 28 × 20 in or 33 × 23 in, in a black, white or natural wood frame, ready to hang

Printed to order in the USA on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper. Free Standard shipping to the US. Compare the print sizes.

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