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This Man is Your Friend: Australian

Poster
1942 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster depicting a quarter length photograph of a smiling Australian soldier. The text reads 'This man is your friend. He fights for freedom'.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThis Man is Your Friend: Australian (generic title)
Brief description
"This Man is your friend/ He fights for freedom", issued by the Graphics Division of the Office of Facts and Figures. USA, 1942.
Physical description
Poster depicting a quarter length photograph of a smiling Australian soldier. The text reads 'This man is your friend. He fights for freedom'.
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Association
Bibliographic reference
This is one of a series of six posters printed by the United States Government depicting soldiers from allied nations including Russia, Australia, China, Ethiopia, the Netherlands, and Canada.
Collection
Accession number
E.580-2004

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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