For full employment after the war, register, vote / Ben Shahn. – Historic Reproduction
(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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For full employment after the war, register, vote / Ben Shahn.
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Ben Shahn's 1944 color lithograph links a practical civic appeal to a worry many American workers shared: that the jobs created by wartime production would disappear once the fighting ended. The poster pairs the call for full employment with a push to register and vote, and its subject headings point to union members and African American voters as its intended audience. Shahn, a painter who had worked on federal art projects in the 1930s, brought a social realist style to the piece, which reflects the labor movement's effort during the war to turn union membership into votes.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [S.l. : s.n., 1944] |
| Subjects | Voter registration--United States--1940-1950. Labor unions--United States--1940-1950. African Americans--Political activity--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,008 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220177 |
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