Save scrap for victory! Save metals save paper save rubber save rags. – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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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Save scrap for victory! Save metals save paper save rubber save rags. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Save scrap for victory! Save metals save paper save rubber save rags.
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Few wartime appeals were as blunt as this 1941 silkscreen poster, which lists the materials Philadelphians were asked to hand over in a single line: metals, paper, rubber and rags. It was approved and released by the Philadelphia Council of Defense for the city's Salvage Committee, and the Federal Art Project produced it under the Works Progress Administration. Before the United States entered the war in December 1941, local defense groups ran scrap drives like this one to gather raw materials for industry, and the poster's short slogan reflects that urgent, practical push. It is part of the Library of Congress's WPA poster collection.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Approved and released by the Philadelphia Council of Defense. Philadelphia Salvage Committee. · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects. Scrap drives--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1940-1950. Salvage--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,766 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 915_Save_scrap_for_victory_1941 |
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