Save Waste Paper
Object numberMO 2005.13.35.104
Name
Poster
Artist
Alexexander Sharpe Ross
(American illustrator, 1909 - 1990)
Maker
U.S. Government Printing Office
(American, founded 1861)
Date1944
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 28 1/8 in x W 20 1/8 in (71.4 cm x 51.1 cm )
DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of a woman wearing a green shirt and a red and white striped full-length apron. She is tying string around a stack of cardboard. To her right are bundles of newspapers and magazines, as well as a barrel of scrap paper. Red and white text at the left top and bottom of the poster reads: Save Waste Paper / GIVE OR / SELL IT! / CALL YOUR SALVAGE / COMMITTEE TODAY! In the lower right corner of the poster is a white bubble containing red and black text instructing: Sort and Bundle / 1 / BROWN PAPER, BAGS, / CORRUGATED BOXES / 2 / WASTEBASKET SCRAPS / 3 / OLD NEWSPAPERS / 4 / OLD MAGAZINES. The artwork is by Alex Ross. Additional small text in the bottom margin reads: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-607303.
Additional DetailsCredit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesOriginal Posters from World War I and World War II (National Archives Identifier 739394)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.Collections
Exhibitions
Non exposé