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Don't Let that Shadow Touch Them is a U.S. War Bond poster created by Lawrence Beall Smith in 1942, [1] created in support of the U.S. war effort upon America's entry into World War II. [2] It features three young children, apprehensive and fearful, as they are enveloped by the large, dark arm of a swastika shadow. [ 3 ]
An American propaganda poster promoting war bonds, depicting Uncle Sam leading the United States Armed Forces into battle. During American involvement in World War II (1941–45), propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory.
Nominating this pair of posters as a set. High resolution Canadian war bond lithographs in French and English that depict three French women pulling a plow that had been built for horses and men. Restored versions of File:Canada WWI l'Emprunt de la Victoire.jpg and File:Canada WWI Victory Bonds.jpg. Articles this image appears in
Unfortunately, this was reckoned as unnatural and as men began to return home from the war, the government instituted another propaganda campaign urging women to "return to normalcy". [7] A 1943 Monsanto advertisement for refrigeration reveals ambivalence, emphasizing that after the war, women will return to their homes as "Rosie the Housewife."
In response to a rumored public relations campaign by the United Auto Workers union, GM quickly produced a propaganda poster in 1942 showing both labor and management rolling up their sleeves, aligned toward maintaining a steady rate of war production. The poster read, "Together We Can Do It!" and "Keep 'Em Firing!"
In addition to appearing in the posters, Stewart toured the U.S. as one of the four members of a group called the Bondbardiers, accompanied by various Hollywood stars, to sell war bonds. In 1945, she toured Europe and was one of the first civilians to enter Germany after the end of the war. Her appearance in London's Hyde Park "caused gridlock ...
Many motion pictures during the time, especially war dramas (a form of propaganda itself), included a graphic shown during the closing credits advising patrons to "Buy War Bonds and Stamps", which were sometimes sold in the lobby of the theater. The Music Publishers Protective Association encouraged its members to include patriotic messages on ...
Veronica Foster (January 2, 1922 – May 4, 2000), popularly known as "Ronnie, the Bren Gun Girl", was a Canadian icon representing nearly one million Canadian women who worked in the manufacturing plants that produced munitions, weapons, and equipment during the Second World War.