Circa 1948 Socks
Description: “Watch Your Tongue! Remember! The Enemy is Listening.” (Hebrew.) Poster, circa 1948, published by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to encourage people to be careful with their words. Designed by Yosef, public domain, via PPPA. This is a wartime security poster produced around Israel’s 1948 War of Independence. Its design is mid-century modern graphic style that draws on European modernist and expressionist poster traditions. It uses bold, simplified silhouettes, a limited high-contrast palette, and direct pictorial symbolism for a clear public safety message. Using a variety of graphic design tools, I created a restored and enlarged reproduction of this historical Israeli poster, based on a rare photo of the original poster in an archive.
Description: “The Spirit of Israel.” Poster, circa 1948, with symbols for religious (menorah), military (uniforms), patriotic (flag), and agricultural (scythe) life. Designed by John Shayne and Robert Hopstein, published in the United States, public domain, via PPPA. John Shayne (1901-1977) was born Jacob Sheinfine in Ukraine. He was raised in the United States and moved to New York in the 1920s. He worked as a graphic artist, type designer, and painter. The poster was conceived and sketched by Robert Hopstein and painted (gouache on paper) by John Shayne. Using a variety of graphic design tools, I created a restored and enlarged reproduction of this historical Israeli poster, based on a rare photo of the original poster in an archive.
Description: “Symbol of Defence.” (Hebrew.) “Hagana Poster No 1.” Published circa 1948 by the Haganah. Designed by Ismar (Itamar) David. Public domain, via PPPA. Ismar (Itamar) David (1910 - 1996,) born in Breslau, Germany, made Aliyah in 1933 and worked in Jerusalem. He was a leading graphic artist who produced many recruitment, morale, and public information posters. This poster features the “Hish” (Field Corps) Haganah emblem, a blue shield with the Israeli flag above Jerusalem’s ramparts. That emblem was designed by David and later influenced the design of IDF emblem. Using a variety of graphic design tools, I created a restored and enlarged reproduction of this historical Israeli poster, based on a rare photo of the original poster in an archive.
