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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Have You Really Tried to Save Gas by Getting Into a Car Club?

Have You Really Tried to Save Gas by Getting Into a Car Club?

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.35.110.6
Object Type Poster
Author (American illustrator, 1893 - 1982)
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Date1944
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 20 in x W 14 1/4 in (50.8 cm x 36.2 cm )
Physical DescriptionA World War II U.S. Army conservation poster. The color poster features a close-up graphic illustration portrait of an injured U.S. soldier. As he looks directly at the viewer, blood drips down his face from the bloodied bandage beneath his helmet. Text across the illustration questions, “Have You Really Tried to Save Gas by Getting Into a Car Club?” The artist’s facsimile signature in in the lower left corner of the illustration: “HAROLD VON SCHMIDT 1944.”

Additional small text in the bottom margin reads: “U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O-585265."
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by the Adriance Memorial Library.
Credit 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.
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