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Collection Structure Poster collection >  Will you help. Prevent accidents and save manpower for warpower. Hang me in a prominent spot. In Connecticut, 442 persons lost their lives and more than 66,000 other persons were injured in home accidents in 1942. In the entire country, 30,500 men, women and children were killed and more than 120,000 were permanently injured, while more than four million were temporarily disabled ...
Item Title Will you help. Prevent accidents and save manpower for warpower. Hang me in a prominent spot. In Connecticut, 442 persons lost their lives and more than 66,000 other persons were injured in home accidents in 1942. In the entire country, 30,500 men, women and children were killed and more than 120,000 were permanently injured, while more than four million were temporarily disabled ...
Collection Title Poster collection
Issuing Body Connecticut Highway Safety Commission
Date Created 1944
Description Drawings of eight ways that accidents happen at home and a calendar of 1944.
Subject(s) Accidents World War, 1939-1945 Home accidents Safety education Social aspects War Council Connecticut Prevention United States
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Country of Origin United States
Dimensions Overall: 12 x 10 in. (30.5 x 25.4 cm)
Format Poster
Medium political posters
Color color
Color color
Hoover ID Poster US 6413
Record Number XX343.30530
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
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