Don't mix 'em – Historic Reproduction
![Don't mix 'em, Pennsylvania : WPA Federal Art Project, [1936 or 1937] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1c/1c766ca778ce-L.webp)
(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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Don't mix 'em comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A gasoline pump and a skull share the frame of this poster, a grim pairing that spells out its warning: don't mix drinking with driving. The Pennsylvania branch of the WPA Federal Art Project issued it, part of a Depression-era program that employed artists to make public-safety posters for display across the country. A date stamp on the back reads March 27, 1937, and the Library of Congress holds it in its Work Projects Administration poster collection. Its flat color and blunt symbols reflect the period's aim of getting a message across to passersby at a glance.
| Created / published | Pennsylvania : WPA Federal Art Project, [1936 or 1937] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Posters 1930-1940.Lithographs Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 233 |
| Subjects | Gasoline pumps--United States--1930-1940. Skulls--1930-1940. Intoxication--1930-1940. Safety--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,198 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173398 |
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