Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster / PvP. – Vintage Wall Art
![Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster / PvP., Washington : WPA Art Project, [1940 or 1941] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/db/db9ab7578126-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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Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster / PvP. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster / PvP.
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A ship's smokestack is the detail this poster turns into a warning: the plume that marks a vessel's passage can give its position away to an enemy submarine. The WPA Art Project produced the silkscreen in Washington around 1940 or 1941, as the country moved toward war and coastal shipping grew more exposed. Japanese submarines did attack merchant ships off California in December 1941, which gave the poster's caution real urgency. Its bold color and simple, direct design were typical of the WPA's wartime work.
| Created / published | Washington : WPA Art Project, [1940 or 1941] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen, color. |
| Genre | War posters 1940-1950.Screen prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Promotional goal: U.S. J26. 1941-43. |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations. Naval warfare--1940-1950. Submarines--Japanese--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,148 × 1,438 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218900 |
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