Salvage scrap to blast the jap / 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 vintage poster of Salvage scrap to blast the jap / PvP. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Salvage scrap to blast the jap / PvP.
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Few posters tie the wartime scrap effort so directly to a single state: this one, produced in 1940 and tagged to Washington State scrap drives, asks residents to gather metal and turn it into materials for the war effort. Its blunt slogan, which calls for salvaging scrap to strike back at Japan, reflects how Americans viewed the conflict in Asia before the United States entered the war in December 1941. Made under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, the poster is a useful record of how federal arts programs were recruited to support national defense messaging during those years.
| Created / published | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Title transcribed from item. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 264 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945. Aerial bombings--1940-1950. Scrap drives--Washington (State)--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,849 × 4,109 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 39_Salvage_scrap_to_blast_1940 |
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