1943: Is your trip necessary? Needless travel interferes with the war effort

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Title

1943: Is your trip necessary? Needless travel interferes with the war effort

Subject

World War, 1939-1945; posters; propaganda; trains; conservation;

Description

This poster shows a group of civilian and military travelers crowded into a railway car. Many have grim or unhappy expressions on their faces. This World War II poster was intended to influence viewers to curtail unnecessary travel so that scarce transportation resources could be used for war purposes.

Creator

United States Office of Defense Transportation; US Government Printing Office

Source

Northwestern University Library Digital Collections: World War II Poster Collection

Publisher

Auburn University Libraries

Date

1943

Contributor

Coates, Midge

Rights

Materials published by the U.S. Government Printing Office are in the public domain and, as such, not subject to copyright restriction. However, the Library requests users to cite the URL and Northwestern University Library if they wish to reproduce images from its poster database.

Relation

https://images.northwestern.edu/multiresimages/inu:dil-bd8d43fc-27d8-4cba-95f7-570fd7000236

Format

Still image

Language

English

Type

jpg, tif

Identifier

inu_dil-bd8d43fc-27d8-4cba-95f7-570fd7000236.jpg, inu_dil-bd8d43fc-27d8-4cba-95f7-570fd7000236.tif

Coverage

United States

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

poster

Physical Dimensions

71 cm x 51 cm

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