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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.
Produce for Victory!
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Produce for Victory!

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.17.46
Object Type Poster
Maker (American, 1926 - 1980)
Date1942
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 36 in x W 24 in (91.4 cm x 61 cm )
Physical DescriptionA poster featuring a color photographic image in the top half of a young female factory worker, wearing a denim shirt, at a piece of equipment with a vertical wheel at one end. Black and blue text in the bottom half of the poster reads: "‘America is great because liberty-loving Americans have made it great. You've got to want freedom to work for it – to fight for it – to die for it.’ / PRODUCE FOR VICTORY!"

Additional small text in the bottom margin provides the poster information: Copyright 1942 – The Sheldon-Claire Co. 520 North Michigan Ave., Chicago / Lithographed in U.S.A. / [union bug] / Form No. 23.
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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