Home safety is home defense Men (S) to learn proper fire control join the fire departmen – 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 1941 silkscreen poster was made for the New York City Fire Department to recruit volunteers for its Fire Department Auxiliary Corps, and its title, "Home safety is home defense," ties civilian fire work to the wartime home front. The record notes that 10,000 copies were printed under the Federal Art Project, part of the Work Projects Administration, which employed artists during the Depression and put their work to public use. Fire Commissioner Patrick Walsh and Mayor Fiorello La Guardia are named as the city officials behind the campaign. Before the United States entered the war in December 1941, cities were already organizing volunteers to handle fires and emergencies if air raids or other disasters struck.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Hon. F.H. La Guardia Mayor City of New York - Patrick Walsh Fire Commissioner and Chief of Department. Job #198-C. Caption on verso: 10000 posters made for the New York City Fire Department for a campaign to solicit volunteers for the Fire Department Auxiliary Corps. · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | New York (N.Y.). Fire Dept. Auxiliary Corp.--Recruiting & enlistment. World War 1939-1945--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,791 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 750_Home_safety_is_home_def_1941 |
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