Mobilizing Michigan for farm and factory U.S. Employment Service survey conducted hou – Antique Print
(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 Mobilizing Michigan for farm and factory U.S. Employment Service survey conducted hou in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Few posters on this board set farm work and factory work side by side as directly as this 1941 Michigan example, which urges residents to take part in a U.S. Employment Service survey of available labor. The Federal Art Project produced silkscreen posters like this one for federal agencies, and in 1941 the country was preparing for war, when moving workers between fields and war plants was a pressing concern. A January 1943 date stamp on the front shows the sheet stayed in use or on file well after it was printed, and its pairing of rural and industrial labor reflects how the wartime economy depended on both.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 43. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 189 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Michigan. Employment--Michigan--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,394 × 1,869 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 552_Mobilizing_Michigan_for_1941 |
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