Poster
World War II Scrap Drive
| Advertising poster encouraging citizens to salvage their scrap metals for the war. Features an illustration of a scrap metal "man" hitch-hiking a ride from a man in a truck and standing near a sign which reads: "To Victory." The text on the poster reads: "Give me a lift for the Big Scrap; If your scrap pile could talk it would ask for a ride to town so it could help win the war!; The Need is Urgent!; Salvage for Victory." |
| Image ID: | 37652 |
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| Creation Date: | 1942 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
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| Collection Name: | Advertising literature, 1832-1984 |
| Genre: | Poster |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6421.1841 (5) |
| Original Dimensions: | 22 x 32 inches |
| Poster is visible in photograph WHi-70138. Poster featuring a similar character and message: WHi-46262. |
| Metal industry |
| Metal trade |
| War work |
| Advertising |
| War posters |
| World War, 1939-1945 |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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