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Collection Structure Poster collection >  Pull down your shades. Save up to 10% on fuel. 30% of all heat loss is thru windows, you cloth window shades can reduce this loss more than l/3. What to do: Draw shades to sills in all rooms not used in daytime; draw shades half way in rooms used in daytime; draw shades to sills in all rooms at night.
Item Title Pull down your shades. Save up to 10% on fuel. 30% of all heat loss is thru windows, you cloth window shades can reduce this loss more than l/3. What to do: Draw shades to sills in all rooms not used in daytime; draw shades half way in rooms used in daytime; draw shades to sills in all rooms at night.
Collection Title Poster collection
Issuing Body United States Window Shade Institute
Date Created 1941/1945?
Description Photograph of woman pulling down a window shade; 3 drawings of shades pulled to different lengths.
Subject(s) Supplies and stores United States Dwellings Energy conservation Economic aspects Fuel Insulation (Heat) Social aspects Window-shades World War, 1939-1945
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Country of Origin United States
Dimensions Overall: 29 x 20 in. (73.7 x 50.8 cm)
Format Poster
Medium political posters
Color color
Color color
Hoover ID Poster US 4057
Record Number XX343.27565
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
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