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We Are Ready * What About YOU Join the SCHOOLS AT WAR Program, U.S. Treasury Department / U.S. Department of Education , 1942

 Item — Oversize: Drawers, Folder: 44
Identifier: Item No 593

Scope and Content

From the Collection: There are 823 World War II posters, maps and miscellaneous items like pamphlets and booklets in this collection. The material was issued by various federal agencies. Among the artists and cartoonists represented in the collection are Ben Shahn, Norman Rockwell, N.C. Wyeth, Walt Disney, Al Capp, Hank Ketchum, Antonio Arias Bernal, Jean Carlu, Edward McNight Kauffer, Herbert Bayer, and Alexey Brodovitch. European and Latin American artists also created the works. Some of the political and military figures represented on the posters are Admiral Yamamoto, Emperor Hirohito, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Harry S.Truman, General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral Nimitz, Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Most posters are in English, some are in Spanish, Portuguese and German. Folders 1-46 are posters, folders 47-54 are newsmaps.

Dates

  • 1942

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Extent

22 x 28, Graphic depiction of three students marching in line; teen girl with basket of war stamps to sell, teen boy with rubber and metal to donate, and young boy with model war plane; red, white, and blue stripe background

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451