c.1927 Nip & Tuck Hercules Powder Mine Safety Mini Poster Set Archibald Chapin

Date: c.1927
Artist: Chapin, Archibald B. 
Size (in): 12” x 9”
Size (cm): 30.5 x 22.9
Condition: A-/B+
Linen backed: No 

This is a lot of three vintage original small format safety posters created by Missouri born artist and cartoonist Archibald B. Chapin for the Hercules Powder Company and issued by the National Safety Council in the late 1920s.   These posters all feature the cartoon like advertising characters “Nip & Tuck” and relate to blasting safety in mines.   These small format posters measure about 12” x 9” and all are printed one side only with the National Safety Council logo appearing at the bottom.   Two of the posters are also printed “Cement & Quarry Series” and one is printed “General Series” with a different number given for each poster including No. Cem. 45, No. Cem 46 and General Series No. 2210.  “Courtesy The Hercules Powder Co.” is printed at the bottom of each poster and the artist’s name Chapin is printed in the image area.   

Archibald B. Chapin (1875-1962) was born in Missouri and had a long career as a political cartoonist working for newspapers in Kansas City, St. Louis, and Philadelphia. Chapin also produced syndicated comic strips including Home Sweet Home, Uncle Dudley, and Superstitious Sue as well as advertising and employee training material for the Hercules Powder Company and other commercial clients.  

These vintage original mini posters are unused and free of tape or pinholes.  The posters show light handling wear including slightly bumped edges and small creases on some of the corner tips and are in very good condition overall.