This is what we're working for!
Poster
ca. 1943 (made)
ca. 1943 (made)
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'This is what we're working for!', US World War II poster. The slogan, printed in a style mimicking handwriting, in black ink, 'This is what / we're working for!', is printed below a black-and-white photographic image of emotional mother greeting her sailor son who's returned home from the war.
Object details
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| Title | This is what we're working for! (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | photolithograph |
| Brief description | "This is what we're working for!" World War II poster, issued by the Industrial Incentive Division of the Navy Department, Washington DC, about 1943 |
| Physical description | 'This is what we're working for!', US World War II poster. The slogan, printed in a style mimicking handwriting, in black ink, 'This is what / we're working for!', is printed below a black-and-white photographic image of emotional mother greeting her sailor son who's returned home from the war. |
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| 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 |
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| Other number | LS.2320 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.1608-2004 |
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| Record created | March 22, 2006 |
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