Français - Économisez le Gaz [People of France, Save Gas]

whole: the image occupies the majority, held within a dark brown border. The title is separate and positioned across the bottom edge, set against the brown border. The text is integrated and positioned lower left, in red. image: a gas light with a broad shade hanging in front of a window with a green frame. text: VILLE de PARIS Ecole Communale Avenue Daumesnil Jeanne Fapournoux FRANCAIS. ÉCONOMISEZ. LE. GAZ UNION FRANÇAISE, 286, Boulevard St. Germain, PARIS. Cette Affiche ne doit pas être vendue. Comité de Prévoyance et d'Économies [City of Paris Communal school Avenue Daumesnil. Jeanne Fapournoux. People of France, use gas sparingly. French Union, 286, Boulevard St. Germain, Paris. Sale of this poster prohibited. Providence and Savings Committee]

One of a series of designs produced by French schoolchildren for the Comité National de Prévoyance et d'Economies. Another version of this poster was produced with an additional text strip explaining the origin of the designs (see PST 12706).

[Captioned together with PST 4722] Two more posters from the series issued by teh French Union's National Committee for Pre-planning and Conservation of Resources. Coal and steel were serious problems for France as the invaded regions had been important sources for these commodities. France found tiself waging a war which called increasingly for artillery and munitions, when the materials necessary were largely produced by the area cut off behind the German lines. The French were encouraged to burn peat as an alternative to coal.

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