United American industry must back up the boys over there" / Morris." – Antique Print
![United American industry must back up the boys over there" / Morris.", [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/eb/ebb6bdad5c9d-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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of United American industry must back up the boys over there" / Morris.". The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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United American industry must back up the boys over there" / Morris."
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Few posters of the war put employers and wage earners side by side as this one does, calling both "industrial patriots" with a shared stake in democracy. Issued by the National Industrial Conservation Movement from its office at 30 Church Street in New York City, the lithograph carries the slogan "United American industry must back up the boys over there" and is numbered F-3 in its series. Dated 1917, it arrived as American factories were being pressed to supply troops and the Allies, and its call for labor and management to pull together reflects the wartime push for industrial cooperation.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph ; 63 x 47 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Title continues: Wage-earners and wage-payers are industrial patriots with a mutual interest in Democracy. They must work shoulder to shoulder to provide our fighting men and our Allies with the many things they need - and need without delay. Issued by the National Industrial Conservation Movement, 30 Church Street, New York City. Copies supplied on request. No. F-3. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Industry--1910-1920. Cooperation--1910-1920. Allegiance--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,791 × 4,726 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 45_United_American_industr_1917 |
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