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United we win. War Manpower Commission, Washington, D.C. / O.W.I. photo by Liberman. – Vintage Wall Art

United we win. War Manpower Commission, Washington, D.C. / O.W.I. photo by Liberman., [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. — vintage poster
United we win. War Manpower Commission, Washington, D.C. / O.W.I. photo by Liberman., [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943.. Vintage poster from the Washington DC collection.

(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 United we win. War Manpower Commission, Washington, D.C. / O.W.I. photo by Liberman.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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United we win. War Manpower Commission, Washington, D.C. / O.W.I. photo by Liberman.

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Printed in Washington in 1943, this color poster carries the slogan "United we win" and was issued by the War Manpower Commission, the federal agency Franklin D. Roosevelt created in April 1942 to direct the civilian labor force as industry turned to wartime production. The picture is a photograph by Liberman, credited to the Office of War Information, which produced much of the government's wartime pictorial propaganda. Posters like this one aimed to recruit workers and keep them in factories and shipyards, and the photographic style was meant to make that appeal feel immediate and real.

Created / published[Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943.
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
GenrePolitical posters American 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950.
NotesPromotional goal: U.S. B2.J7 1943.
SubjectsUnited States.--War Manpower Commission. World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Laborers--United States--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,238 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176373

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