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Image Title: Uncle Sam Needs That Extra Shovelful, 1918

Creator: Sindelar, F., artist

Date: 1917

Summary: Poster showing Uncle Sam taking hold of a man's arm as the man shovels coal into a furnace.

Notes: Text continues: Help Uncle Sam to win the war by following these directions: 1. Fire small amounts of coal often. 2. Keep fuel bed even by putting coal on thin spots. Avoid raking and slicing. 3. Keep fuel bed about six inches thick. 4. Look out for air leaks in brickwork. 5. Increase or decrease steam pressure by opening or closing draft damper in uptake. 6. Clean fires well when the demand for steam is small, and while cleaning have the draft damper partly closed.

Subjects: Coal--1910-1920
Conservation of natural resources--1910-1920
Fuel supply--1910-1920
Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920
United States.--Fuel Administration--1910-1920
World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States

Original Media: Poster|Lithograph

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