Agitation which delays our war industries is made in Germany" Let us all pull together to win the war quickly / Phifer." – Historic Print
![Agitation which delays our war industries is made in Germany" Let us all pull together to win the war quickly / Phifer.", [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/48/4804289cf616-L.webp)
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A window into the past: Agitation which delays our war industries is made in Germany" Let us all pull together to win the war quickly / Phifer.", preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Agitation which delays our war industries is made in Germany" Let us all pull together to win the war quickly / Phifer."
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A 1917 lithograph blames "enemy agitators" for 6,285,519 lost production days in the first seven months after America entered the war, and its Iron Cross and clasped hands make that accusation visual. The National Industrial Conservation Movement issued it to urge workers to set aside disputes and back the war effort. Posters like this one reflected a wartime fear that German agents were stirring labor unrest in American factories, a suspicion that was often hard to separate from ordinary strikes over wages and conditions. Its call to "pull together" shows how wartime campaigns framed industrial peace as a patriotic duty.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 62 x 47 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title continues: In the first seven months afetr America's entrance into this war for human freedom, enemy agitators in our midst caused 283,402 workers to lose 6,285,519 days of production. Our war industries were heavily handicapped by this unpatriotic strife. Issued by the National Industrial Conservation Movement, 30 Church Street, New York City. Copies supplied on request. No. F-9. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Iron Cross--1910-1920. Shaking hands--1910-1920. Conspiracy--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,791 × 4,696 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 618_Agitation_which_delays_1917 |
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