No water - no guns Dont waste it!! – Vintage Poster
(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: No water - no guns Dont waste it!!, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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No water - no guns Dont waste it!!
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This WPA silkscreen poster carries a blunt wartime slogan, "No Water - No Guns," urging Philadelphians not to waste the supply that feeds the city's industry. Its sponsors were the Philadelphia Council of Defense and the Water Bureau, which tied household conservation to the war effort, since factories making munitions depended on steady water for cooling and processing. Artist William Tasker produced it under the Federal Art Project, one of the New Deal programs that employed artists to make public-information posters. The record's date stamp of January 1943 suggests it was still in circulation well after the 1941 date listed on the print.
| 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: William Tasker. · 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 | 4,096 × 2,750 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 459_No_water_no_guns_Dont_1941 |
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