Cellar ceilings must be fire-retarded Keep cellars clean / MW [monogram]. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
![Cellar ceilings must be fire-retarded Keep cellars clean / MW [monogram]., 1936 — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/37/37d74f6eadb8-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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This rare vintage poster captures Cellar ceilings must be fire-retarded Keep cellars clean / MW [monogram]. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Cellar ceilings must be fire-retarded Keep cellars clean / MW [monogram].
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This 1936 silkscreen print turns attention to the cellar, urging readers that cellar ceilings must be fire-retarded and that cellars must be kept clean. It was produced under the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration and carries the sponsorship of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and Fire Commissioner Langdon W. Post. The poster reflects a New York effort to reduce household fires by pairing fire-resistant construction with tidy storage, treating fire prevention as both a building question and a domestic one. The artist signed only with the monogram MW, and the poster was stamped with a date of April 1937 on its back.
| 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). F.H. La Guardia Mayor - Langdon W. Post Comm. · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Fires--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Fire-resistive construction--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Safety--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,722 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 601_Cellar_ceilings_must_be_1936 |
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