Defense workers / M. Soyer. – Historic Reproduction
![Defense workers / M. Soyer., [1942 or 1943] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/df/df55173caaf9-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with Defense workers / M. Soyer., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Defense workers / M. Soyer.
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Moses Soyer's lithograph "Defense Workers" turns its attention to the men and women who staffed American war production in the early 1940s, when factories were scaling up for the war effort. Soyer was known for sympathetic portraits of ordinary city people, and here the figures are shown as individuals rather than as a faceless workforce. The print is signed and titled in pencil by the artist, and its dating, given as 1942 or 1943, places it at the height of the defense buildup that drew many workers into industrial jobs.
| Created / published | [1942 or 1943] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph ; 25.8 x 38 cm. (image), 41.1 x 52.8 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Signed and titled in pencil. Copyright by David Soyer. Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited in: Life of the people: Realist prints and drawings from the Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Collection, 1912-1948, Library of Congress, 1999. Unprocessed in D 022, no. 3464 |
| Subjects | Laborers--1940-1950. Defense industry--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,692 × 3,772 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220155 |
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