America calling. Take your place in civilian defense / Herbert Matter. – Vintage Print
(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 America calling. Take your place in civilian defense / Herbert Matter.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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America calling. Take your place in civilian defense / Herbert Matter.
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Among the civilian defense posters of 1941, this one is distinguished by its eagle, the central subject of its design, under the call "America calling." Herbert Matter, a Swiss-born designer who brought European modernist layouts to American advertising and public art, created it for the Division of Information of the Office for Emergency Management. The agency coordinated national defense preparations before the United States entered the war, and the poster urged ordinary citizens to take a part in protecting their communities, a message that carried into air raid wardens, volunteer corps, and other local defense roles.
| Created / published | Washington, D.C. : Division of Information, Office for Emergency Management, 1941. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 103 x 76 cm. |
| Genre | Posters American 1940-1950.Lithographs Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | U.S. Government Printing Office. Title from item. |
| Subjects | Eagles--1940-1950. Civil defense--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,926 × 6,163 px · prints to 16 × 21 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225627 |
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