12 items found
Collection ID is exactly "40" AND Publisher contains "U.S. Government Printing Office"
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Be a Cadet Nurse, the Girl with a Future Poster, ca. 1943

Be a Cadet Nurse, the Girl with a Future Poster, ca. 1943
Date
1943 (circa)
Description
Poster encouraging women to sign up to join the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II. Distributed by the United States Office of War Information.
Collection
Be a Cadet Nurse, the Girl with a Future Poster, ca. 1943

Be a Cadet Nurse, the Girl with a Future Poster, ca. 1943
Find Your War Job in Industry - Agriculture - Business - poster, 1943

Find Your War Job in Industry - Agriculture - Business - poster, 1943
Date
1943
Description
Poster produced by the United States Office of War Information showing a woman working at a machine saying, "I've found the job where I fit best." The poster encourages citizens, women in particular, to get jobs in industry, agriculture, or business.
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Find Your War Job in Industry - Agriculture - Business - poster, 1943

Find Your War Job in Industry - Agriculture - Business - poster, 1943
Grow Your Own, Can Your Own - poster, 1943

Grow Your Own, Can Your Own - poster, 1943
Date
1943
Description
Poster encouraging citizens to grow and preserve their own food to help conserve processed food supplies for wartime use. This was Poster #57 produced by the United States Office of War Information. The poster's princpal image depicts a woman and her daughter canning vegetables together.
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Grow Your Own, Can Your Own - poster, 1943

Grow Your Own, Can Your Own - poster, 1943
Official Civilian Defense Insignia - poster

Official Civilian Defense Insignia - poster
Date
1942
Description
Poster showing the various insignia used by the divisions of the Office of Civilian Defense and their subsidiaries throughout the United States during World War II. The Office of Civilian Defense encouraged all citizens to volunteer in some capacity during the war - local defense councils handled wartime issues from child care to fuel conservation to ride sharing to fighting fires. The designs were patented by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense.
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Official Civilian Defense Insignia - poster

Official Civilian Defense Insignia - poster
Plant a Victory Garden, Our Food is Fighting - poster

Plant a Victory Garden, Our Food is Fighting - poster
Date
1943
Description
Poster encouraging families to grow their own vegetables in "Victory Gardens." By producing their own food, American families would help conserve supplies of processed foods for use by American soldiers and other operatives.
Collection
Plant a Victory Garden, Our Food is Fighting - poster

Plant a Victory Garden, Our Food is Fighting - poster
Rationing Means a Fair Share for All of Us - poster

Rationing Means a Fair Share for All of Us - poster
Date
1943
Description
Poster encouraging citizens to comply with the rationing system in place during World War II. Many consumer goods such as rubber, fuel, meat, bread, sugar, and other items were strictly rationed to conserve supplies for the war effort.
Collection
Rationing Means a Fair Share for All of Us - poster

Rationing Means a Fair Share for All of Us - poster
Serve Our Fighting Men Abroad, Conserve These Services at Home - poster

Serve Our Fighting Men Abroad, Conserve These Services at Home - poster
Date
1943
Description
Poster encouraging citizens to conserve electricity, water, communications, and transportation space for the war effort. Government agencies used a variety of posters and slogans to encourage citizens to fight waste and hoarding during World War II.
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Serve Our Fighting Men Abroad, Conserve These Services at Home - poster

Serve Our Fighting Men Abroad, Conserve These Services at Home - poster
Victory Farm Volunteers brochure, July 1943

Victory Farm Volunteers brochure, July 1943
Date
1943-07
Description
Brochure describing the Victory Farm Volunteers program, a subsidiary program of the U.S. Crop Corps. The brochure called on American boys and girls to work on farms to help support the effort to produce the necessary amount of food for the war effort. Victory Farm Volunteers were paid wages, although they were responsible for their own living expenses unless they were covered by the farmer for whom they were working.
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Victory Farm Volunteers brochure, July 1943

Victory Farm Volunteers brochure, July 1943
What Women Do in the WAAC Poster, ca. 1943

What Women Do in the WAAC Poster, ca. 1943
Date
1943 (circa)
Description
Poster describing women's contributions in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, as well as what they were typically paid. The poster describes typical duties and eligibility requirements.
Collection
What Women Do in the WAAC Poster, ca. 1943

What Women Do in the WAAC Poster, ca. 1943
Work on a Farm This Summer, Join the U.S. Crop Corps - poster

Work on a Farm This Summer, Join the U.S. Crop Corps - poster
Date
1943
Description
Poster encouraging citizens to work on a farm during the summer months to help ease the ongoing farm labor shortage during World War II. The poster directed readers to see the nearest U.S. Employment Service location or a local county agent to learn more about joining the U.S. Crop Corps.
Collection
Work on a Farm This Summer, Join the U.S. Crop Corps - poster

Work on a Farm This Summer, Join the U.S. Crop Corps - poster
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
s1205_b001_f16_06Be a Cadet Nurse, the Girl with a Future Poster, ca. 1943TextManpower
Nursing		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f16_06.jpg
s1205_b001_f14_03Find Your War Job in Industry - Agriculture - Business - poster, 1943TextManpower
Employees--recruiting		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f14_03.jpg
s1205_b001_f01_02Grow Your Own, Can Your Own - poster, 1943TextFood supply
Civil defense		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f01_02.jpg
s1205_b001_f11_07Official Civilian Defense Insignia - posterTextCivil defense/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f11_07.jpg
s1205_b001_f01_07Plant a Victory Garden, Our Food is Fighting - posterTextCivil defense
Food supply		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f01_07.jpg
s1205_b001_f09_01Rationing Means a Fair Share for All of Us - posterTextCivil defense
Food supply		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f09_01.jpg
s1205_b001_f09_02Serve Our Fighting Men Abroad, Conserve These Services at Home - posterTextCivil defense
Conservation		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f09_02.jpg
s419_b020_f06_01Victory Farm Volunteers brochure, July 1943TextFood supply
Civil defense		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s419_b020_f06_01.jpg
s1205_b001_f16_04What Women Do in the WAAC Poster, ca. 1943TextManpower
Women in war		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f16_04.jpg
s1205_b001_f01_03Work on a Farm This Summer, Join the U.S. Crop Corps - posterTextFood supply
Civil defense		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f01_03.jpg