Safeguard your home - always disconnect cord when leaving iron even for a minute – 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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This vintage poster of Safeguard your home - always disconnect cord when leaving iron even for a minute brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Safeguard your home - always disconnect cord when leaving iron even for a minute
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A household warning sits at the center of this 1940 poster: unplug the iron whenever you leave it, even for a minute. Designed by Al Gladstone and sponsored by the Federal theater Project, it was printed in silkscreen color, a method the federal poster program used widely to make inexpensive, eye-catching public notices. Safety messages like this one reached ordinary households as electric irons and other appliances were becoming standard in American homes, and fire was a constant domestic danger. The poster's blunt focus on one everyday habit is a large part of what makes it worth a closer look.
| Created / published | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Oct 14 1940. Poster design by Al Gladstone. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Safety--1940. Irons (Pressing)--1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,642 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 702_Safeguard_your_home_al_1940 |
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