Smoking stacks attract attacks Dont invite disaster / PvP. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare vintage poster captures Smoking stacks attract attacks Dont invite disaster / PvP. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The slogan "Smoking stacks attract attacks" makes this silkscreen poster unusual: it turns a ship's funnel smoke into a warning that could reveal a vessel's position to an enemy. The Federal Art Project produced it under the Works Progress Administration, which employed artists to make public-information posters during the years before and during American involvement in the war. Its subject tags point to Japanese submarines, a real danger to Pacific shipping. The lower right corner is missing, so the word "Navy" that once appeared there is lost, but the bold, simplified imagery still shows how the program used graphic design to teach security to the public.
| Created / published | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Promotional goal: U.S. J26. 1941-43. Lower right corner missing with loss to text: Navy. · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Naval operations. Naval warfare--1940-1950. Submarines--Japanese--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,677 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 747_Smoking_stacks_attract_1940 |
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