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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.
Deliver Us from Evil
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Deliver Us from Evil

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.36.311
Object Type Poster
Photographer (American, 1908 - 2002)
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, 1941 - 1943)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1789)
Date1943
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 28 in x W 22 in (71.1 cm x 55.9 cm )
Physical DescriptionA poster featuring a black and white photographic image of the head and shoulders of a sad and dirty young girl with a large, white Nazi swastika behind her. The background of the poster is made up of a black and white photographic image of clouds and sky. White and blue text at the top and bottom of the poster reads: "Deliver us from evil" / BUY WAR BONDS. Additional small text in the bottom margin reads: Official U.S. Treasury Poster / U. S. Government Printing Office : 1943-O-523825 WSS 808-A.
Historical NoteThis poster by amateur photographer Harriet Nadeau was among the winners of the National War Poster Competition conducted in 1942 by Artists For Victory, the Council for Democracy, and New York City’s Museum of Modern Art. Two hundred posters (selected from over 2200 entries) were displayed at the museum. Some were later produced by the government.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of the Morgenthau Family
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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