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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.
Fill It! Help Harvest War Crops
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Fill It! Help Harvest War Crops

Artifact IDMO 2009.3.5
Object Type Poster
Artist (American draftsman, painter, and illustrator, 1907 - 1994)
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, 1942 - 1945)
Date1945
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 28 in x W 22 in (71.1 cm x 55.9 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster featuring a large illustration at center of two hands holding an empty wooden basket with "FILL IT!" in red text over the opening of the basket. In the background is a farmhouse and large field in which farm workers can be seen harvesting a crops using the same type of wooden basket. Purple text at the bottom of the poster reads: HELP HARVET WAR CROPS. The artwork is by Stevan Dohanos. Additional small text in the bottom margin reads: See Your County Extension Agent or Local Employment Office / Distributed by OWI for WFA / U. S. Government Printing Office : 1945-O-637278 / War Food Administration.

On the reverse of the poster are several paragraphs headed by: You Can Help Harvest War Crops by Displaying This Poster.
Historical NoteThe U.S. Crop Corps recruited women and teenagers to assist with farm work.
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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