To shipbuilders! [...] Our country looks to you! – Antique Wall Art
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(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 vintage poster of To shipbuilders! [...] Our country looks to you! brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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To shipbuilders! [...] Our country looks to you!
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This color lithograph speaks directly to shipbuilders, telling them that the ships they were building were needed to supply American soldiers in France. Issued by the War Shipping Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, it dates from 1917, the year the country entered the First World War. The poster links a worker's hammer strokes and turns of a wheel to the fighting overseas, a message meant to tie civilian labor to the war effort. Its appeal to "make the world safe for Democracy" reflects the wartime language used to rally public support.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 102 x 76 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Text continues: For the support of our soldiers in France the Government must have at once the ships you are building. Without these ships the war can not be won. Every stroke of a hammer, every turn of a wheel may score as heavily as a shot fired from the trenches. Help our boys in France. With them win the war. Make the world safe for Democracy. Stamped: Issued by War Shipping Committee, Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War work--1910-1920. Boat & ship industry--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,649 × 4,536 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 335_To_shipbuilders_Our_co_1917 |
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