Save your eyes - use your goggles – 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 Save your eyes - use your goggles brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Save your eyes - use your goggles
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The slogan "Save your eyes, use your goggles" puts the poster's whole message in its title, urging viewers to protect their sight at a time when eye injuries on factory floors and job sites were common. Made in 1936 as a silkscreen print, it reflects the WPA's wider campaign of public safety messaging, and the Federal theater Project is credited as its sponsor in the record. The date stamped on the back, April 28, 1937, suggests it was circulated or filed within a year of its creation. Its simple, bold composition was typical of the silkscreen posters that the New Deal arts programs used to reach workers and the general public.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Apr 28 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 214 · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Safety--1930-1940. Goggles--1930-1940. Eyes--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,039 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 576_Save_your_eyes_use_you_1936 |
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