Keep Us Flying! Buy U.S. War Bonds
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"If anyone, then, asks me the meaning of our flag, I say to him—it means just what Concord and Lexington meant; what Bunker Hill meant; which was, in short, the rising up of a valiant young people against an old tyranny to establish the most momentous doctrine that the world had ever known—the right of men to their own selves and to their liberties.
Henry Ward Beecher
War Bonds played a crucial role in financing World War II. They were issued by the government with intentions of generating capital to fund the war and made civilians feel involved in their national militaries. In this propaganda poster, Tuskegee Airmen offer encouragement to purchase them and help the cause.
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military aviators in the United States armed forces. During World War II, African Americans in many U.S. states still were subject to the Jim Crow laws. The American military was racially segregated, as was much of the federal government. The Tuskegee Airmen were subject to racial discrimination, both within and outside the army. Despite these adversities, they trained and flew with distinction."
United States Department of Treasury
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Tuskegee_airman_poster.jpg
United States Department of Treasury
1943
United States Department of Treasury
Source: Tuskegee Airmen. (2012, October 2). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:32, October 4, 2012, from <a href="http://bit.ly/UHA9Hz">http://bit.ly/UHA9Hz</a>. <br /><br />For further exploration please visit <a href="http://bit.ly/UHA9Hz">http://bit.ly/UHA9Hz</a>
Link: Keep Us Flying! Buy War Bonds <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tuskegee_airman_poster.jpg">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tuskegee_airman_poster.jpg</a>
Medium: Lithograph.
English
Artwork
Propaganda, War, War Bonds
United States
We Can Do It!
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"An American propaganda poster from 1943 produced to inspire worker confidence.
In 1942, Pittsburgh artist J. Howard Miller was hired by the Westinghouse Company's War Production Coordinating Committee to create a series of posters for the war effort. One of these posters became the famous ""We Can Do It!"" image—an image that in later years would also be called ""Rosie the Riveter"", though it was never given this title during the war. Miller based his ""We Can Do It!"" poster on a United Press International wire service photograph taken of Ann Arbor, Michigan, factory worker Geraldine Hoff (later Doyle), who was 17 and briefly working as a metal-stamping machine operator. The intent of the poster was to keep production up by boosting morale, not to recruit more women workers."
J. Howard Miller
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/We_Can_Do_It%21_NARA_535413_-_Restoration_2.jpg/800px-We_Can_Do_It%21_NARA_535413_-_Restoration_2.jpg
National Museum of American History
1942
J. Howard Miller
An American propaganda poster from 1943 produced to inspire worker confidence. Source: Rosie the Riveter. (2012, September 24). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:46, October 4, 2012, from <a href="http://bit.ly/WqqXdk">http://bit.ly/WqqXdk</a>.<br /><br />For Further Exploration Please Visit <a href="http://bit.ly/WqqXdk">http://bit.ly/WqqXdk</a>
Link: Rosie the Riveter (via Wikipedia) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter</a>
Medium: Poster.
English
Artwork
Propaganda, Rosie the Riveter, War, Women
United States