ISBN:
1568981406
Complete Book Title:Design for Victory: World War II Posters on the Amrican Home Front
Author:William L Bird, Harry R Rubenstein
Binding Type:Soft Cover
Copyright Date:1998
Number of Pages:111
Size:8.75 x 8 in.
Book Subject:Militaria
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The poster inexpensive, colorful, and immediate was an ideal medium for delivering messages about Americans' duties on the home front during World War II. Posters were highly visible in schools, workplaces, and other public spaces, becoming icons for anyone who can remember Pearl Harbor as well as for history and graphic design buffs of all generations.
Design for Victory presents more than 15o of these stunning images many never reproduced since their first issue culled from the collections of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. The posters touch on all aspects of wartime life, from the factory, where workers were instructed to shorten cigarette breaks and focus on increased production, to the home, where conserving scarce resources was essential, to the farm, where eggs and meat were wartime weapons in their own right.
William L. Bird, Jr. and Harry R. Rubenstein delve beneath the surface of these colorful graphics, telling the stories behind their production and revealing how posters fulfilled the goals and needs of their creators. The authors describe the history of how specific posters were conceived and received, focusing on the workings of the wartime advertising profession and demonstrating how posters often reflected uneasy relations between labor and management. Design for Victory is a beautiful visual document that takes the reader on a meticulously researched journey into America's wartime history.
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