| Place | North & Central America: United States of America |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ARTV03249 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Sheet: 66.1 cm x 47 cm |
| Object type | Poster |
| Physical description | Offset lithograph on paper |
| Maker |
Dorne, Albert Office of Defense Transportaion U.S. Government Printing Office |
| Place made | United States of America: Washington DC |
| Date made | 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Me Travel?... Not This Summer
Description
United States Second World War poster advises against vacation travel. Poster depicts a man enjoying his vacation at home on a hot day instead of chewing up transportation space by going elsewhere. He is sitting in front of a fan, iced lemonade on a table, with his dog at his feet. The poster simultaneously urges frugality while demonstrating commodity wealth (the electric fan, the ice from a freezer) more commonly associated with post-war America. Albert Dorne (1906 -1965) was an American illustrator. He apprenticed as a letterer with prominent illustrator Saul Tepper before beginning a five-year stint at the commercial art studio of Alexander Rice. He left the studio to begin a freelance career and soon his illustrations started appearing in such magazines as Life, Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post. By 1943 he was recognized as 'one of the best and highest paid in the field of advertising illustration'.