Defense! Long Island women : Home defense day : Exhibits - demonstrations - lectures - drills - music / JD. – Vintage Print
![Defense! Long Island women : Home defense day : Exhibits - demonstrations - lectures - drills - music / JD., [New York] : New York State W.P.A. Art Project, [1941] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/46/463b79b036e1-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 Defense! Long Island women : Home defense day : Exhibits - demonstrations - lectures - drills - music / JD. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Defense! Long Island women : Home defense day : Exhibits - demonstrations - lectures - drills - music / JD.
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Aimed directly at women on Long Island, this 1941 silkscreen poster advertises a Home Defense Day with exhibits, demonstrations, lectures, drills, and music. It was produced under the New York State branch of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, which made posters for public information campaigns in the years before the United States entered World War II. The American flags in the design match the patriotic tone of civil defense recruiting at the time, when volunteers learned first aid, air raid precautions, and emergency home skills.
| Created / published | [New York] : New York State W.P.A. Art Project, [1941] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | Posters 1940-1950.Screen prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Civil defense--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950. Flags--American--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,432 × 3,750 px · prints to 8 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-214776 |
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