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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.
We French Workers Warn You . . .
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

We French Workers Warn You . . .

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.20.30.1
Object Type Poster
Artist (American painter, photographer, and lithographer, 1898 - 1969)
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, 1942 - 1945)
Date1942
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 28 1/2 in x W 39 3/4 in (72.4 cm x 101 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster regarding the importance of an Allied victory in World War II. The poster features a large illustration of a group of French male works standing with their hands up in the air. In the background is an exterior wall on which is an orange and black poster titled “OFFICIAL VICHY DECREE.” White text along the top of the image reads: We French workers warn you . . . defeat means slavery, starvation, death. The artist’s facsimile signature is in the lower right corner of the illustration: Ben Shahn.

Small text printed in the bottom margin of the poster reads: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942—O-491777 / Poster A-25. War Production Drive Headquarters, WPB, Washington, D. C.
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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