Don't Be A Litterbug

March 16, 1971

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Don't Be A Litterbug
  • Title
  • Don't Be A Litterbug
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
  • Date
  • March 16, 1971
  • Identifier
  • 715.71122513_16.CP
  • Description
  • Public trash can with the phrases "Help Keep Pittsburgh Clean" and "Don't Be A Litterbug" on the side of the trash can, encouraging the public not to litter. According to a November 12, 2014 article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazett, the slogan "Don't Be A Litterbug" was used in an anti-litter advertisement by the Pennsylvania Resource Council (PRC) in 1952. The phrase is still used in anti-litter brochures, events, and advertisements by the PRC.
  • Extent
  • 4 x 5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Containers
    Refuse and refuse disposal
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
  • Rights Information
  • No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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