Uncle Sam needs that extra shovelful / F. Sindelar. – Antique Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Uncle Sam needs that extra shovelful / F. Sindelar.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Uncle Sam needs that extra shovelful / F. Sindelar.
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Uncle Sam appears with a coal shovel, and the printed text turns the image into a lesson in boiler firing: fire small amounts often, keep the fuel bed about six inches thick, and watch for air leaks in the brickwork. Issued under the United States Fuel Administration in 1917, the poster reflects the wartime push to stretch coal supplies, when saving fuel was presented as a patriotic duty as well as an economic one. Its six numbered directions show how much of that effort depended on ordinary boiler tenders and building operators doing small tasks carefully.
| Created / published | 1917 |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 70 x 50 cm. |
| Notes | United States Fuel Administration. Text continues: Help Uncle Sam to win the war by following these directions: 1. Fire small amounts of coal often. 2. Keep fuel bed even by putting coal on thin spots. Avoid raking and slicing. 3. Keep fuel bed about six inches thick. 4. Look out for air leaks in brickwork. 5. Increase or decrease steam pressure by opening or closing draft damper in uptake. 6. Clean fires well when the demand for steam is small and while cleaning have the draft damper partly closed. Title from item. · United States. Fuel Administration funder/sponsor. |
| Subjects | Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920. United States. Fuel Administration--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Coal--1910-1920. Fuel supply--1910-1920. Conservation of natural resources--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,113 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 589_Uncle_Sam_needs_that_ex_1917 |
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