MELBOURNE IS A CITY TO BE PROUD OF – KEEP STREETS TIDY!

MELBOURNE IS A CITY TO BE PROUD OF – KEEP STREETS TIDY! c1940s

DILLON, Cyril

Registration number

1612819

Artist/maker

DILLON, Cyril

Title

MELBOURNE IS A CITY TO BE PROUD OF – KEEP STREETS TIDY!

Production date

c1940s

Medium

paper, backed by canvas, coloured print.

Dimensions (H x W x D)

46 x 30 cm

Inscriptions

MELBOURNE / IS A CITY TO BE PROUD OF / KEEP STREETS TIDY / We ask your help to keep Melbourne streets tidy. / Every Matchbox, Tram Ticket or Paper dropped by you must / be collected - Our Manpower is Limited - YOU CAN HELP / DEPOSIT WASTE HERE verso (in pencil): CL129/48 & JL30

Credit line

Purchased, 2014
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection

Keywords

Cyril Dillon, Melbourne, Melbourne streets, poster, waste, 1940s

Summary

Whether it is keeping the streets tidy or overseeing garbage collection, rubbish is a perennial concern for municipal managers. This canvas-backed paper poster, dating to the 1940s, appeals to civic pride, imploring the public to lend a hand in keeping the city streets spick and span. It depicts Collins Street, from around Russell Street, looking west past Melbourne Town Hall and the relatively new Manchester Unity Building.