Be a victory farm volunteer in the U.S. Crop Corps--See your principal – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Be a victory farm volunteer in the U.S. Crop Corps--See your principal. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Be a victory farm volunteer in the U.S. Crop Corps--See your principal
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Its tagline, "See your principal," sends readers to their school, so this poster was aimed at students who could spend their summers in the fields instead of the classroom. The U.S. Crop Corps was organized in 1943 to offset farm labor shortages as many men left for the armed forces, and schools were a natural place to recruit volunteers. The poster is a reminder that the home front effort depended as much on young workers picking crops as on factories and shipyards. Its bold color and direct call to action reflect the wartime push to keep food production moving.
| Created / published | 1943 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. F35.J77 1943. |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Farming--United States--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,884 × 6,106 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216775 |
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