Mobilizing Michigan for farm and factory U.S. Employment Service survey conducted hou – Historic Print
(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: Mobilizing Michigan for farm and factory U.S. Employment Service survey conducted hou, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Mobilizing Michigan for farm and factory U.S. Employment Service survey conducted hou
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*Mobilizing Michigan for farm and factory* asks the state's residents to take part in a U.S. Employment Service survey, tying its fields and assembly lines to the war effort. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, produced posters like this one in the early 1940s to inform the public. Wartime demand was pulling workers from farms into factories, so the Employment Service used surveys to learn where labor was available and where it was short. A January 1943 date stamp shows the poster stayed in use well after it was first printed.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 43. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 189 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | World War 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Michigan. Employment--Michigan--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,566 × 2,100 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 552_Mobilizing_Michigan_for_1941 |
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