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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.
Calling WAAC . . .
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Calling WAAC . . .

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.17.41
Object Type Poster
Artist (American commercial artist, 1916 - 1984)
Artist (American illustrator and cartoonist, 1917 - 2005)
Maker (American, founded 1919)
Date1943
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 38 in x W 25 1/8 in (96.5 cm x 63.8 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster encouraging enlistment in the WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps). The poster is titled in black “Calling WAAC. . .” and shows a sepia tone illustration in the upper left of a uniformed U.S. Army soldier lying on the ground and speaking into a field telephone. In the center of the poster is a sepia tone illustration of a woman in an Army uniform wearing a headset and seated at a typewriter typing a radiogram. A yellow and black illustration of a radiogram appears above her right shoulder and has the message: “RADIOGRAM / TO ALL QUALIFIED WOMEN – EVERYWHERE, ALL STATES, USA – MEET TOTAL WAR WITH YOUR TOTAL EFFORT . . . JOIN THE WACC.” The names of the poster artists are printed on the left side of the typewriter: ALBRO F. DOWNE / MICHAEL RAMUS. Additional yellow on black and black on white text below the image reads: “WOMEN'S ARMY AUXLLIARY CORPS ★ UNITED STATES ARMY / APPLY AT ANY U.S. ARMY RECRUITING AND INDUCTION STATION.”

Small text along the bottom edge has the poster information: P-55—RPB—2-15-43—25M.
Historical NoteOn May 15, 1942, FDR signed a bill establishing the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC). In July 1943 the Corps was renamed the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). More than 150,000 women served in the Army during World War II. They worked in a variety of jobs ranging from telephone, radio, and teletype operator to cryptographer, medical technician, aircraft mechanic, and sheet metal worker.
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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