America Calling--Take Your Place In Civilian Defense--Consult Your Nearest Defense Council – 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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Step back in time with America Calling--Take Your Place In Civilian Defense--Consult Your Nearest Defense Council, a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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America Calling--Take Your Place In Civilian Defense--Consult Your Nearest Defense Council
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The most striking thing about this poster is its call to action: it asks ordinary Americans to "take your place" in civilian defense and to consult their nearest defense council, rather than showing a battlefield or a soldier. Printed by the Government Printing Office for the Office for Emergency Management's Division of Information in Washington, D.C., it dates to around 1941, a year when the country was expanding its mobilization ahead of entering the Second World War. Civilian defense programs recruited volunteers for air raid wardens, first aid, fire watch and similar duties, and posters like this one were a key way the federal government reached people in towns and cities across the country.
| Created / published | c. 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | poster, color |
| Notes | Government Printing Office. Office for Emergency Management, Division of Information. Washington, D.C |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,500 × 3,435 px · prints to 8 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218334 |
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