Exclamation Mark Mosaic, Freight Loss and Damage Prevention Poster
Entry/Object ID
1975.5.1e
Scope and Content
A poster telling railroad employees to reduce instances of freight damage and loss, 17" x 22," 1970. The poster was issued by the Freight Loss and Damage Prevention Section and Association of Railroad Editors, for the Association of American Railroads (AAR). A large mosaic image of an exclamation mark made up of wording takes up the whole poster. The message within the image reads, "Stop Freight Loss and Damage," with the word "Think" in gray lettering repeated in a circular pattern for the exclamation mark's lower dot.
The AAR poster number is 5 1970
Collection
Permanent Collection
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Poster
Nomenclature Class
Advertising Media
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Posters, Posting notices, Freight handling
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1970 - 1970
Archive Size/Extent
17" x 22". In 20" x 24" flat corrugated board container.
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1970
Date(s): 1970
Copy/Orig/Other: Original
Custodial History: Originally used and posted in the Broomfield depot's station agent office and/or baggage area while the depot was still in use by Colorado and Southern Railway Company. All posters in the depot were later removed and put in the Broomfield Historical Society's collections after the depot was relocated from 1975 to 1976.