Join now The office of civilian defense needs you for decontamination squads / John M – 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 rare vintage poster captures Join now The office of civilian defense needs you for decontamination squads / John M in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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This 1941 recruiting poster from the Office of Civilian Defense asks ordinary Americans to join decontamination squads, teams trained to wash down streets, buildings and people after a chemical attack. It was produced as a silkscreen print under the Federal Art Project and is credited to an artist identified only as John M. The Office of Civilian Defense had been created that spring to prepare American communities for possible air raids and gas warfare before the country entered the war. A January 1943 date stamped on the front suggests the poster stayed in use well after its first printing.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 43. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Civil defense. Sanitation--1940-1950. Recruiting & enlistment--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,797 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 910_Join_now_The_office_of_1941 |
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