Op blanke draden loert gevaar

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Artist/Maker	Platen-Commissie Secretariat (issued by) Druk L. Van Leer & Co. (printers)
Place of origin	Amsterdam (printed)

This Dutch safety poster calls for exercising caution around live electricity in order to avoid electrocution injuries. During the interwar years, vast advancements were made across Europe in electrical technology. All of that progress was mobilised from 1939 towards harnessing electrical power for the war effort.

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Categories	Prints Propaganda Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Op blanke draden loert gevaar (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Lithograph Paper Ink
Brief description	Dutch poster "Op blanke draden loert gevaar" by Strelitskie. Netherlands, 1939.
Physical description	Dutch poster advocating workplace safety
Dimensions	Height: 68cm Width: 49cm
Marks and inscriptions	(translated from the Dutch (literal translation is "Danger lurks on blank wires").) Translation No 97 Danger lurks on live [exposed] wires [signed] Strelitskie Published by the Platen-Commissie Secretariat, address: Rijksverzekeringsbank Amsterdam 1939/ 2000 [printed by] Druk L. Van Leer & Co. N.V. Amsterdam
Credit line	Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Subjects depicted	War Propaganda Accidents Danger Safety World War II
Place depicted	Amsterdam
Summary	This Dutch safety poster calls for exercising caution around live electricity in order to avoid electrocution injuries. During the interwar years, vast advancements were made across Europe in electrical technology. All of that progress was mobilised from 1939 towards harnessing electrical power for the war effort.
Other number	LS.576 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.162-2004

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Record created	March 9, 2005
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O110073/op-blanke-draden-loert-gevaar-poster-platen-commissie-secretariat/

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