Your wartime duty! Dont waste water Do not use hose for washing your automobile :Do u – Vintage Poster
(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: Your wartime duty! Dont waste water Do not use hose for washing your automobile :Do u, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Your wartime duty! Dont waste water Do not use hose for washing your automobile :Do u
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This 1941 silkscreen poster asks New Yorkers to skip the garden hose when washing the car, making a household habit into a wartime duty. It was issued under Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and the city's Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, headed by Commissioner Patrick Quilty, and the Federal Art Project produced it under the Works Progress Administration. Conservation appeals like this one became common in the early 1940s, when the country was mobilizing for war and cities were asking residents to save resources. The poster's short, direct message and its screen-printed color show how WPA artists aimed simple instructions at a broad public.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | F.H. La Guardia Mayor - Department of Water Supply Gas & Electricity - Patrick Quilty Commissioner. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945. Water supply--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950. Conservation of natural resources--New York (State)--New York--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,681 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 449_Your_wartime_duty_Dont_1941 |
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