Service on the home front Theres a job for every Pennsylvanian in these civilian defe – Vintage Poster
(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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A window into the past: Service on the home front Theres a job for every Pennsylvanian in these civilian defe, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Addressed directly to "every Pennsylvanian," this silkscreen poster lays out a menu of home front jobs, from the Citizens Defense Corps and Citizens Service Corps to salvage drives and Victory Gardens. Its caption names American Unity as well, a reminder that civilian participation was framed as shared civic duty. The record attributes the design to artists Louis Hirshman and William Tasker and dates it to the early 1940s, a period when the Work Projects Administration's War Services Project produced posters urging wartime cooperation. A stamped date of January 21, 1943, places it in the middle of the war, when rationing and volunteer work were becoming part of daily life.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 43. Caption continues with list of civilian defense opportunities: Citizens Defense Corps Citizens Service Corps American Unity Salvage Program Victory Gardens. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Hand-written in pencil on recto: Artist: Louis Hirshman and William Tasker. · Tasker William artist.Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Pennsylvania. War work--Pennsylvania--1940-1950. Civil defense--Pennsylvania--1940-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,173 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 365_Service_on_the_home_fro_1941 |
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