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| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | 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... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Poster promoting the use of scrap metal for war materials. Features illustrations of guns, tanks, ships and other armaments that could be produced using sc... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Poster promoting the collection of scrap metal for use in war production. Includes an illustration of a farmer and International Harvester dealer dumping a... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 20A, "Top That 10%." The poster features a simple text-based design, with some geographic shapes and stars. The primary color scheme is... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 20B, "Top That 10%." The poster features a simple text-based design, with some geographic shapes and stars. The primary color scheme is... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 19, "Paramarine." The poster features a group of paramarines in the air. In the bottom left corner are the words "Semper Fidelis, 167th... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 18, "PT Boat." The poster features a PT boat traveling on water. Text other than the main caption is customizable. Beneath the main cap... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 17, "Flag Design." The poster features a waving blue minuteman flag with a ring of stars around the silhouette of a revolutionary war s... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 16, "Army Anti-Aircraft." The poster features four soldiers operating anti-aircraft artillery. In the bottom right corner it reads: "At... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 15, "Navy Anti-Aircraft." The poster features four sailors operating anti-aircraft artillery. In the bottom left corner it reads: "At l... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 14, "Merchant Marine." The poster features four sailors operating heavy ship artillery. In the bottom right corner it reads: "At least ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 13, "Airplane." The poster features army aircraft engaged in battle. In the bottom left corner, it reads: "At least 10% Everybody Every... |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 10, "Tank." The poster features a tank in motion. In the bottom left corner it reads: "At least 10% Everybody Every Payday." Text other... |
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