WPA Posters

[Lefty]

I did a quick search and didn't see anything about WPA posters as a thread topic, so I figured that I'd start one. I'm not a collector, nor even the slightest bit knowledgeable about these. I just like them.

Here's the Library of Congress collection for your viewing pleasure.

 

[Lefty]

Here are a couple that I found interesting.

We've always been Dirty Harry, even before we called it that.

Of course, we were also really paranoid and racist.

This goes well with the Victory Garden thread

 

[Lefty]

A little Google...

"Although not very politically correct these days, this World War II "Fag Bag" was made by a Girl Scout, as noted below the US Forestry Service emblem. Apparently the idea was to use this bag to save used matches, rather than risk starting a fire by carelessly toss matches to the ground."
source

 

[Miles Borocky]

whoa!

Thanks for sharing these. Great visuals, and I was struck by how in this populist realm, you can see the aesthetic influence of other key modernist forms of expression. That is, just as you can see the Dadaist influence in the visual style of Vanity Fair between 1920 and 1940, you can sure see it here too.

 

[The Wolf]

There was poster during WWII telling people not to waste office supplies. It showed Hitler's face made from office supplies: A piece of paper with the top corner folded over was his head and hairstyle, A typewriter eraser brush was his mustache, etc.
I would love to find a high quality scan of it.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

P.S. This is it http://michaelgreenwell.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/waste-helps-the-enemy.jpg