Franccedilais eacuteconomisez le gaz – Vintage Wall Art
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Franccedilais eacuteconomisez le gaz comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Franccedilais eacuteconomisez le gaz
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A color lithograph from 1918, this poster urges French readers to "save gas" and pictures a gas light fixture as its central subject. It was issued by the Comité de Prévoyance et d'Économies, a body promoting conservation during the last year of the First World War. By 1918, France was strained by four years of fighting, and fuel and energy were scarce across the economy, so the poster's plain call to economize reflects wartime domestic austerity. The record's subject headings tie it to the industrial and economic pressures of the war years.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 55 x 36 cm. |
| Notes | Translation of title: French people save [natural] gas. Sponsored by Comiteacute de Preacutevoyance et deacuteconomies. Promotional goal: Fr. J72. 1918. Item is no. 222 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading Room. BZZ · Mackintosh Margaret Macdonald 1864-1933 artist.Macnair Herbert fl. ca. 1890-1940 artist. |
| Subjects | Gas light fixtures--1910-1920. Natural gas--France--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--France. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 2,805 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1017_Franccedilais_eacutecon_1918 |
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