Warning! Consider the possible consequences if you are careless in your work / LN Britton Latham Litho. Printing Co. – 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.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Warning! Consider the possible consequences if you are careless in your work / LN Britton Latham Litho. Printing Co.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Warning! Consider the possible consequences if you are careless in your work / LN Britton Latham Litho. Printing Co.
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Airplane accidents are the subject of this 1917 lithograph, whose title, "Warning! Consider the possible consequences if you are careless in your work," turns a crash into a lesson for ordinary workers. Aviation was still new in the 1910s, and the war had made airplanes vital but fragile machines, with parts built in factories far from the front. The Canada Food Board, named as sponsor, was a wartime agency that urged careful production and conservation, and posters like this one carried that message to workers. Printed by the Britton & Latham firm, it shows how wartime propaganda used dramatic new technology to speak to everyday labor.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 104 x 72 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item and translated by Library staff. · Canada Food Board funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Communications--United States. Airplanes--1910-1920. Air warfare--1910-1920. Aircraft accidents--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 3,694 × 4,711 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 28_Warning_Consider_the_po_1917 |
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