The hand that threatens our industrial life American industry - the heart of the nation / Phifer. – Vintage 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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A window into the past: The hand that threatens our industrial life American industry - the heart of the nation / Phifer., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The poster's central image is a hand that is cast as a threat to a heart labeled "American industry," a pairing that makes the nation's factories the body that must be protected. Printed in 1917, shortly after the United States entered the First World War, it was issued by the National Industrial Conservation Movement and claims that more than 32,000 American industrial plants had been placed at the government's disposal. Its text warns that "enemy agitators" were stirring bad feeling between wage-earners and wage-payers, and that the war effort depended on labor and management working together. The piece is a useful example of how wartime propaganda linked patriotism to labor peace.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 62 x 47 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title continues: More than 32,000 American industrial plants have been placed at the disposal of the government to win this war. Their effectiveness must not be hampered by enemy agitators who cause bad feeling between wage-earners and wage-payers. Every community is interested in promoting industrial prosperity. Issued by the National Industrial Conservation Movement, 30 Church Street, New York City. Copies supplied on request. No. F-6. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Industry--1910-1920. Hands--1910-1920. Hearts (Symbols)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,790 × 4,696 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1074_The_hand_that_threatens_1917 |
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