Be wise Dont play with firecrackers (S) Department of Health New York City. – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Be wise Dont play with firecrackers (S) Department of Health New York City.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Be wise Dont play with firecrackers (S) Department of Health New York City.
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A city health warning about firecrackers, produced for the New York City Department of Health, makes this poster stand out among the WPA prints on the board. Its message is aimed at children, whose injuries from fireworks were a recurring concern in American cities in the 1930s. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, employed artists to design public information posters for municipal agencies, and this one was made in the silkscreen process, which allowed bold flat color at low cost. A date stamp on the back records April 16, 1937, which helps place it in the mid-decade period when these campaigns were at their height.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 234 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Health--1930-1940. Children--Health & welfare--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Safety--1930-1940. Firecrackers--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 986 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 344_Be_wise_Dont_play_with_1936 |
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