Volunteer civilian defense / Welch. – 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 Volunteer civilian defense / Welch. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Volunteer civilian defense / Welch.
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A 1941 silkscreen poster from Alabama, titled *Volunteer Civilian Defense* and credited to Welch, records a recruiting effort aimed at local residents. It was printed the year before the United States entered the Second World War, when civil defense programs were being organized to train ordinary citizens for air raid watches, first aid, and fire watch duty. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, produced posters like this through its silkscreen units, which could turn out bold flat color in quantity for local offices. Its subject shows how civil defense was presented as everyday patriotic service rather than a military role.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 270 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Civil defense--Alabama. War work--Alabama--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,196 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 919_Volunteer_civilian_defe_1941 |
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