We can ... we will ... we must!

License this image

To license this image or for more information please contact our Licensing team.

We can manage your request more quickly if you include the following information:

Image reference number: XXX
Title and author (if applicable)
Publisher/Producer/Broadcaster
Planned release date
Print run or number of units
Image size and position, example 1/4 page, full screen, front cover, inside
Languages/territorial distribution
Digital rights - format details and license period

Request to view

This object can be requested via email from the Prints & Drawings Study Room

V&A South Kensington
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C

We don’t have an image of this object online yet.

More about images

V&A Images may have a photograph that we can’t show online, but it may be possible to supply one to you. Email us at vaimages@vam.ac.uk for guidance about fees and timescales, quoting the accession number: E.1406-2004

Artist/Maker	US Government Printing Office (printers)
Place of origin	United States (made)

American flag and text

Object details

Categories	Prints Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	We can ... we will ... we must!
Materials and techniques	colour lithograph Paper Ink
Brief description	"We can... we will... we must!" World War II propaganda poster quoting Franklin D. Roosevelt. American flag. USA, 1942.
Physical description	American flag and text
Dimensions	Height: 28.5cm Width: 51.9cm
Marks and inscriptions	We can... we will... we must/ Buy U.S. War Savings Bonds & Stamps Now U.S. Government Printing Office: 1942-O-453557 Form DSS - 355
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
Subjects depicted	War Propaganda Patriotism Flags Roosevelt, Franklin World War II
Place depicted	United States
Other number	LS.357 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1406-2004

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record created	December 22, 2004
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O108086/we-can--we-will-poster-us-government-printing/

Download as: JSON

License this image

Download image

Object details

About this object record

You may also like