The girl he left behind" is still behind him--She's a WOW / Adolph Treidler." – Vintage Wall Art
![The girl he left behind" is still behind him--She's a WOW / Adolph Treidler.", [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/30/30a397bed2b1-L.webp)
(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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This rare vintage poster captures The girl he left behind" is still behind him--She's a WOW / Adolph Treidler." in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Here, the sweetheart a serviceman left at home is still behind him, but she is no longer waiting quietly. The slogan recasts her as a "WOW," a woman working in the ordnance industry that supplied the armed forces. Adolph Treidler, a commercial illustrator who produced many wartime posters, made it for the U.S. Government Printing Office in 1943, when the country depended on women to fill jobs in munitions and weapons plants while men were overseas. The poster turns a sentimental phrase into a call to work, asking viewers to see the woman in the factory as the steady partner on the home front.
| Created / published | [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : offset lithograph, color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1940-1950.Offset lithographs Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. F34.J7. 1943. Promotional goal: U.S. J44.J2. 1943. |
| Subjects | Women--Employment--1940-1950. World War, 1939-1945--Women. Ordnance industry--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,148 × 1,442 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217364 |
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