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Op blanke draden loert gevaar

Poster
1939 (made)
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.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleOp 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 createdMarch 9, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O110073/op-blanke-draden-loert-gevaar-poster-platen-commissie-secretariat/
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