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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
She's a WOW
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

She's a WOW

Object numberMO 2005.13.17.24
Name Poster
Artist (American artist, 1886 - 1981)
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1775)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1812)
Date1943
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 40 in x W 28 1/2 in (101.6 cm x 72.4 cm )
DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of a woman working on a factory line, holding a wrench in one hand. She is thinking about a soldier who appears in the upper right corner. The artist’s facsimile signature is in the lower left of the illustration: ADOLPH TREIDLER. White text on a red background below the image reads: “THE GIRL HE LEFT BEHIND” IS STILL BEHIND HIM / She's a WOW / WOMAN ORDNANCE WORKER.

Printed in small text along the bottom of the poster: ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT • U .S. ARMY • KEEP ‘EM SHOOTING! / U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O-507335.
Label TextThis poster is one of at least five Adolph Treidler posters aimed at female ordnance workers.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by the Adriance Memorial Library.
Credit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesOriginal Posters from World War I and World War II (National Archives Identifier 739394)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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