Photo Galleries:
Photo Galleries:
7. ". . . we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain . . . Remember Dec. 7th!" Color poster by Allen Saalberg, 1942. 44-PA-191.*
8. "We French workers warn you . . . defeat means slavery, starvation, death." Color poster by Ben Shahn, 1942. 44-PA-246.*
9. "I Want You for the U.S. Army. Enlist Now." Color poster by James Montgomery Flagg. 44-PA-71.*
10. "Man the Guns. Join the Navy." Color poster by McClelland Barclay, 1942. 44-PA-24.*
11. "For your country's sake today--For your own sake tomorrow. Go to the nearest recruiting station of the armed service of your choice." Color poster by Steele Savage, 1944. 44-PA-820.*
12. "Buy War Bonds." Color poster, 1942. 44-PA-531.*
13. "SCRAP." Color poster by Roy Schatt, 1942. 44-PA-1688.*
14. "Harvesting bumper crop for Uncle Sam . Movie star Rita Hayworth sacrificed her bumpers for the duration. Besides setting an example by turning in unessential metal car parts, Miss Hayworth has been active in selling war bonds." 1942. 208-PU-91B-5.
15. "I'm conserving wool, this bathing suit's painted on." Cartoon drawing by Charles Shows. 208-COM-1084.
16. Sugar rationing. 208-AA-322I-2.
17. "An eager school boy gets his first experience in using War Ration Book Two. With many parents engaged in war work, children are being taught the facts of point rationing for helping out in family marketing." Alfred Palmer, February 1943. 208-AA-322H-1.
18. "We Can Do It." Color poster by J. Howard Miller. 179-WP- 1563.*
19. "Secretaries, housewives, waitresses, women from all over central Florida are getting into vocational schools to learn war work. Typical are these in the Daytona Beach branch of the Volusia county vocational school." Howard R. Hollem, April 1942. 208-AA-352V-4.
20. "Stars over Berlin and Tokyo will soon replace these factory lights reflected in the noses of planes at Douglas Aircraft's Long Beach, Calif., plant. Women workers groom lines of transparent noses for deadly A-20 attack bombers." Alfred Palmer, October 1942. 208-AA-352QQ-5. (ww2_20.jpg)
21. Riveter at Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, CA. 86-WWT-3-67. (ww2_21.jpg)
22. "Line up of some of women welders including the women's welding champion of Ingalls [Shipbuilding Corp., Pascagoula, MS]." Spencer Beebe, 1943. 86-WWT-85-35. (ww2_22.jpg)
23. "Chippers." Women war workers of Marinship Corp., 1942. 86-WWT-85-16. (ww2_23.jpg)
24. "Man working on hull of U.S. submarine at Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn." Lt. Comdr. Charles Fenno Jacobs, August 1943. 80-G-468517. (ww2_24.jpg)
25. "Launching of USS ROBALO 9 May 1943, at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wis." 80-G-68535. (ww2_25.jpg)
26. "Someone talked!" Color poster by Siebel, 1942. 44-PA-230.* (ww2_26.jpg)
27. "Loose lips might sink ships." Color poster by Ess-ar-gee. 44-PA-82.* (ww2_27.jpg)
28. "A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry waits with the family baggage before leaving by bus for an assembly center in the spring of 1942." Clem Albers, California, April 1942. 210-G-2A-6. (ww2_28.jpg)
29. "Persons of Japanese ancestry arrive at the Santa Anita Assembly Center from San Pedro. Evacuees lived at this center at the former Santa Anita race track before being moved inland to relocation centers." Clem Albers, Arcadia, CA, April 5, 1942. 210-G-3B-414. (ww2_29.jpg)
30. "Dust storm at this War Relocation Authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry are spending the duration." Dorothea Lange, Manzanar, CA, July 3, 1942. 210-G-10C-839. (ww2_30.jpg)
Images on this page courtesy of U.S. National Archives.
I understand these memorable images to be in the public domain. If I am mistaken, and a copyright holder would like better attribution, I would be pleased to do so. Or, if a copyright holder wants the images removed, of course, I would do so promptly.
Copyright 2009, by Acepilots.com. All rights reserved.
