Salvage scrap to blast the jap / PvP. – Antique Wall Art
![Salvage scrap to blast the jap / PvP., [Washington : WPA Art Project, 1940 or 1941] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a4/a451a326900e-L.webp)
(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: Salvage scrap to blast the jap / PvP., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Salvage scrap to blast the jap / PvP.
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Its slogan, "Salvage scrap to blast the Jap," puts the metal drive in direct terms, and the record ties the design to scrap collection in Washington State. The Works Progress Administration's Art Project produced this silkscreen poster around 1940 or 1941, when the United States was building up its military and needed steel and iron for war industry. Silkscreen was one of the cheapest ways to make bright, multicolor posters in quantity, which helped the federal art program send such messages into public buildings and shop windows across the country.
| Created / published | [Washington : WPA Art Project, 1940 or 1941] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | War posters 1930-1950.Screen prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Title transcribed from item. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 264 |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945. Aerial bombings--1940-1950. Scrap drives--Washington (State)--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,209 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173401 |
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