Dont waste water – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: Dont waste water, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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This WPA silkscreen poster, "Don't Waste Water," was sponsored by the Philadelphia Council of Defense and the City of Philadelphia Water Bureau, and it asks residents to conserve a resource in a city whose supply was under strain. It was made in 1941, when the United States was still months from entering the Second World War but defense production was already drawing heavily on local utilities and industry. The record names Raymond Willcox as the artist and notes the Federal Art Project as sponsor, tying the work to the New Deal program that employed artists to produce public-information posters. Its slogan-driven, color-blocked style reflects the silkscreen techniques the program encouraged for cheap, mass-produced civic messages.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 43. Sponsored by Philadelphia Council of Defense and the City of Philadelphia Water Bureau. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Hand-written on recto in pencil: Artist: Raymond Willcox. · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. Water supply--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1940-1950. Conservation of natural resources--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,745 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 458_Dont_waste_water_1941 |
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