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United States Government Printing Office Don't Shiver This Winter...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09654.50 Author/Creator: United States Government Printing Office Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Poster Date: 1944 Pagination: 1 poster Height: 66 cm, Width: 46.8 cm Order a Copy

One poster entitled, "Don't Shiver This Winter..." printed by the United States Government Printing Office, dated 1944. Poster features a penguin looking cold in a winter hat and scarf and holding a shovel. The penguin is standing on an ice block with three pieces of coal on it. The background is mountains of snow and a blizzard. The poster reads, "Don't Shiver This Winter... Order Coal Now! Solid Fuels Administration For War Washington, D.C." The identifying number at the bottom of the poster is O-641974.

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