Dont be a drip! Be patriotic ... Stop leaks ... Save water. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(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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This rare vintage poster captures Dont be a drip! Be patriotic ... Stop leaks ... Save water. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Few home-front posters make the point as bluntly as this Philadelphia appeal, whose slogan, "Don't be a drip!", asks residents to stop leaks and save water. Artist Charlotte Angus made it as a silkscreen under the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, and the Philadelphia Council of Defense sponsored it. During the Second World War, wartime demands made everyday waste a civic concern, and small household drips became a matter of patriotic duty. The 1943 date stamp on the face suggests the message stayed in circulation well after its first year.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 43. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Philadelphia Council of Defense. Hand-written in pencil on recto: Artist: Charlotte Angus. · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia. Water supply--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1940-1950. Conservation of natural resources--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,789 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 456_Dont_be_a_drip_Be_patri_1941 |
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