
1942 Follow Safety Rules Industrial Accidents Kill More Than Bombs WWII
Date: 1943Artist: Unknown Size (in): 40” x 28.5”Size (cm): 101.6 x 72.4 Condition: A-Linen backed: NoThis vintage original WWII poster was issued by the War Production Board in 1943. The image of rows of white crosses in a cemetery festooned with the clothing and tools of factory workers, a railroad worker and a construction worker add gravity to the poster’s message: More American workers were killed and wounded in industrial accidents last year than all the casualties from bombs in Britain in two years of war – FOLLOW SAFETY RULES! This vintage original lightly used WWII poster is fully complete and well intact. The poster shows modest handling wear, slight toning from age and a pinhole on each corner. The poster has a small tack hole size puncture near the upper right-hand corner and overall condition is very good.