Dont mix em – Antique 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.)
Description
This vintage poster of Dont mix em brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Dont mix em
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
The title "Don't Mix 'Em" makes the warning plain before a viewer reaches the image: a skull set against gasoline pumps and a bottle, a pairing meant to link drinking with driving. It is a Federal Art Project poster from 1936, one of the many safety and public health posters the Works Progress Administration produced during the New Deal, when the federal government employed artists to make public messages that could reach people without much text. The Library of Congress holds it in the WPA Poster Collection, and a stamped date of March 1937 on the back suggests it was in circulation or filed within a year of its creation. Its stark, flat graphic style reflects the poster design of the period, where a single striking image was expected to carry the message at a glance.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 233 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Gasoline pumps--United States--1930-1940. Skulls--1930-1940. Intoxication--1930-1940. Safety--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 3,306 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 625_Dont_mix_em_1936 |
More from the Automobiles collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![[Automobile service station for Sinclair Oil Refining Co. Plan and elevation] / A.B.H.](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/62/62003afa1cbe-400.webp)