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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.
Soldiers Without Guns
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Soldiers Without Guns

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.17.18.2
Object Type Poster
Artist (American artist, 1886 - 1981)
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1775)
Issuing Body
Issuing Body (American, founded 1918)
Date1944
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 14 in x W 10 in (35.6 cm x 25.4 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster featuring the illustration of three young women, each wearing a work badge. One of the women is seated with a typewriter, while behind her stand the other two women - one dressed in a plaid work shirt and wearing a welding helmet, and the other wearing a blue work uniform jumpsuit with a red and white polka dot bandana on her head. The artist's facsimile signature is in the lower left corner of the illustration: ADOLPH TREIDLER. In the upper right corner of the poster is "U.S ARMY OFFICIAL POSTER" and the Great Seal of the United States. Below the image, on a yellow background, is black text that reads: SOLDIERS without guns.

Additional small text in the bottom margin reads: ISD No. 180 / U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-608707.
Historical NoteThis 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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