Defense! Long Island women (S) Home defense day (S) Exhibits - demonstrations - lectures – 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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Defense! Long Island women (S) Home defense day (S) Exhibits - demonstrations - lectures comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Defense! Long Island women (S) Home defense day (S) Exhibits - demonstrations - lectures
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Long Island women are the focus of this 1941 silkscreen poster, which announces a Home Defense Day with exhibits, demonstrations and lectures. Produced under the Federal Art Project and date-stamped May 14, 1941, it reflects the civilian preparedness drive that spread through American towns before the country entered the war in December 1941. The American flag in its subject listing signals the patriotic tone of the campaign, which asked citizens to take part in local defense work. Posters like this were meant to be read quickly on storefronts and bulletin boards, so their bold shapes and short lines carried the appeal.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Civil defense--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950. Flags--American--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,717 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 364_Defense_Long_Island_wom_1941 |
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