WAR PRODUCTION BOARD

Poster: "Take Care! Idle Hands Work For Hitler"

Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942. Original poster, offset lithographed in three colors on off-white stock measuring 51.25cm x 72.5cm (20.25" x 28.5"). Professionally linen-backed, with old fold lines faintly visible; a bright, Fine example.

War Production Board (WPB) poster depicting the black and white image of a male industrial worker, his injured left arm hanging in a sling. After the attacks on Pearl Harbor, industry in the U.S. rapidly transformed into maximum war production. The WPB, established in January 1942, was created with the mission to procure materials and direct war production during WWII. The current poster is one of numerous examples used to spur American workers towards maximum production during wartime.

Price: $500.00

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