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Production, America's answer! / Jean Carlu. – Antique Wall Art

Production, America's answer! / Jean Carlu., Washington, D.C. : Office for Emergency Management, Division of Information, 1941 (U.S. Government Printing Office) — vintage poster
Production, America's answer! / Jean Carlu., Washington, D.C. : Office for Emergency Management, Division of Information, 1941 (U.S. Government Printing Office). Vintage poster from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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 Production, America's answer! / Jean Carlu., a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Carlu's "Production, America's answer!" makes a single argument: the United States could help its allies most by building war materiel at home. Issued in 1941 by the Office for Emergency Management's Division of Information, it appeared while the country was still officially neutral, months before Pearl Harbor drew it into the war. The poster was printed by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C., and reflects the wartime mobilization drive that pushed factories toward defense output. Carlu, a French-born designer working in the United States, brought a modernist graphic style to the effort, and posters like this one helped establish the look of American home-front propaganda.

Created / publishedWashington, D.C. : Office for Emergency Management, Division of Information, 1941 (U.S. Government Printing Office)
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
GenreWar posters French 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950.
NotesPromotional goal: U.S. B1.J. 1942.
SubjectsWorld War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--United States.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,288 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-179120

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