Welcome - defense workers! Homes registration office (S) Defense rental listing bureau – Historic Poster 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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Welcome - defense workers! Homes registration office (S) Defense rental listing bureau comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Welcome - defense workers! Homes registration office (S) Defense rental listing bureau
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The first thing that sets this poster apart is its message aimed squarely at people moving into war industry: "Welcome, defense workers!" It was a silkscreen print made in 1941, when American factories were ramping up production ahead of U.S. entry into World War II, and cities such as Chicago and its suburbs saw sudden influxes of workers who needed places to live. The Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project produced posters like this one to promote housing registration offices and rental listing bureaus, which helped match newcomers with available homes. Its bold, flat color shapes reflect the silkscreen method the program used to produce affordable public information art.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Oct 22 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects. Housing--Illinois--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,756 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 678_Welcome_defense_worker_1941 |
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