Defense! Long Island women : Home defense day : Exhibits - demonstrations - lectures - drills - music / JD. – Vintage Wall Art
![Defense! Long Island women : Home defense day : Exhibits - demonstrations - lectures - drills - music / JD., [New York] : New York State W.P.A. Art Project, [1941] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b1/b14fab6c02a8-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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Step back in time with Defense! Long Island women : Home defense day : Exhibits - demonstrations - lectures - drills - music / JD., a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Defense! Long Island women : Home defense day : Exhibits - demonstrations - lectures - drills - music / JD.
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Addressed to women on Long Island, this poster promotes a Home Defense Day offering exhibits, demonstrations, lectures, drills and music. Printed in 1941, months before the United States entered World War II, it reflects the nationwide effort to prepare civilians for air raids and other emergencies. The New York State WPA Art Project used silkscreen to make inexpensive posters in flat, bold color, and that technique gives the flag motif its graphic punch, a style well suited to public campaigns of the period.
| Created / published | [New York] : New York State W.P.A. Art Project, [1941] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | Posters 1940-1950.Screen prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Civil defense--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950. Flags--American--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,100 × 3,238 px · prints to 7 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-214776 |
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