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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · Over There
Warning! Consider the Possible Consequences If You Are Careless in Your Work
L. N. Britton · Wartime production appeal to workers, 1917
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A colour lithograph L. N. Britton drew in 1917, 104 by 72 cm on the sheet.
Why it matters
The sheet ties the workbench to the sea: an airplane down in the ocean, under a title addressed to anyone careless in his work. The Library showed it in Echoes of the Great War at the Thomas Jefferson Building from November 2017 to June 2018.
What to notice
An airplane crashed in the ocean, with survivors and a rescue plane.
One careless hour, and the sea below.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- L. N. Britton
- Campaign
- Production
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Wartime production appeal to workers, 1917
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2002708884 · POS - US .B758, no. 3 (C size) [P&P]
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02 on the Commons mirror of the same LoC scan: Public domain (PD-1923, PD-Layout, PD-US-expired).
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