Keep scrapping Accession Number: ARTV05878

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American thrift poster distributed by the Office for Emergency Management, encouraging people to keep scrapping : 'America needs more rubber, metals, rags, paper, burlap'. These materials were then recycled into warplanes, army vessels and weapons.

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Accession Number
ARTV05878
Publisher
WASHINGTON : DIVISION OF INFORMATION, OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT [N.D.] (WASHINGTON : U.S. GOVE
Publisher
Division of Information, Office for Emergency Management
Artist
Division of Information
Classification
Art
Object Type
Poster
Measurement
Sheet: 71 cm x 51 cm
Medium
offset lithograph on paper
Date Made
1942
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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