Will you co-operate or will you obstruct? - President Wilson / Phifer. – Antique Print
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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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Will you co-operate or will you obstruct? - President Wilson / Phifer.. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Will you co-operate or will you obstruct? - President Wilson / Phifer.
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This 1917 lithograph asks its viewers a blunt question: "Will you co-operate or will you obstruct?" Its headline is attributed to President Wilson and signed by Phifer, and the printed text links staying at work to the war effort. Printed the year the United States entered the First World War, it targets civilian workers rather than soldiers. The poster urges them to keep their jobs, since the supplies needed for "Our Boys over there" depended on every available worker. Its appeal to Uncle Sam, the national symbol, reflects the wartime push for labor discipline and steady production.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 63 x 47 cm. |
| Genre | 30 Church Street |
| Notes | Title continues: America needs its man power. Sticking to your job will help to shorten the war and pave the way for a prosperous peace. The demand for supplies for Our Boys over there" is so great that every bit of man power we possess is needed. If you can't enlist |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)--1910-1920. Laborers--1910-1920. Employment--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,785 × 4,721 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 803_Will_you_cooperate_or_w_1917 |
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