Conservation: Rendering of Household Fats. Reclaimed household greases from America's kitchens drain into an open vat at a rendering plant. Some of the batches are recooked with additional fats to bring them up to certain specific grades.

Conservation: Rendering of Household Fats. Reclaimed household greases from America's kitchens drain into an open vat at a rendering plant. Some of the batches are recooked with additional fats to bring them up to certain specific grades.

Photograph

Alfred T. Palmer

Maker
American, 1906–1993

Office of War Information

American, 1942–1945

Conservation: Rendering of Household Fats. Reclaimed household greases from America's kitchens drain into an open vat at a rendering plant. Some of the batches are recooked with additional fats to bring them up to certain specific grades.

February 1943
Gelatin silver print
19.3 x 24.1 cm.
Purchase with funds from the Charina Foundation
2000.0789.0002
Inscriptions print verso-(mimeographed) "Conservation: Rendering of Household Fats"
"D-9058 Reclaimed household greases from America's kitchens drain into
an open vat at a rendering plant. Some of the batches are recooked
with additional fats to bring them up to certain specific grades.
Please Credit "Official OWI Photo By Palmer (February 1943)"
"Watch Your Credit (underlined) No objection to reproducing or
publishing this picture provided credit line 'Photo From Office of War
Information' appears on the photograph or page, except that ..."
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