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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.
Don't Be a Job Hopper
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Don't Be a Job Hopper

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.34.26.3
Object Type Poster
Maker (American, founded 1923)
Issuing Body (American, 1942 - 1945)
Issuing Body (American, 1942 - 1945)
Date1944
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 28 in x W 20 in (71.1 cm x 50.8 cm )
Physical DescriptionA small color poster featuring an illustration of a green grasshopper with a menacing look and carrying a lunch pail in one hand and a fistful of money in the other. The image of a factory is in the background. Red and black text along the top and bottom of the poster reads: DON'T BE A / JOB HOPPER / Our soldiers are sticking to their guns / STICK TO YOUR JOB! / WAR MANPOWER COMMISSION. The artwork is by Walt Disney for O.W.I. Additional small text in the bottom margin reads: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-598048.
Historical NoteDuring the war, unemployment levels dropped to just 1.4%. Posters like this one sought to dissuade defense workers from using the labor shortage to “job hop.”
Additional Details
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 StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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