Ours to fight for: Freedom from want, , 1943

Item — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Subseries 2.7:

Staff Only

Scope and Content of the Subseries

From the Sub-Series:

This subseries covers those posters designed to galvanize support for the war effort. Poster illustrations include flags and war heroes, the attack at Pearl Harbor, and encouragement to work with all Americans in the war effort, despite social, racial, or gender differences. There are also examples of the Four Freedoms posters by Norman Rockwell.

Dates

Creation: 1943

Creator

Rockwell, Norman (Artist, Person)
United States. Office of War Information (Creator, Organization)

Languages

From the Collection:

Languages represented in the collection: English and French.

Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

2 posters

Additional Description

Dimensions

28.25 x 40 in. and 40 x 55.75 in.

Note

Poster showing an older man and woman serving a turkey to a table full of people. Poster series illustrating the Four Freedoms message by President Franklin Roosevelt (January 6, 1941). Poster art by Norman Rockwell. Painting from the Saturday Evening Post. Produced by the Office of War Information, Washington, D.C., No. 45. Printed: [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943, O-511886. Reference Numbers: wwp00157_0001, wwp00157_0002. (See also: Reference Numbers: wwp00140, wwp00156, wwp00158, wwp00159).