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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · The Home Front
America's Answer! Production
Jean Carlu · Division of Information, Office for Emergency Management, Washington, 1941–1945
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A poster Jean Carlu signed for the Division of Information of the Office for Emergency Management in Washington, printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, held by the National Archives as 44-PA-358 and dated between 1941 and 1945.
Why it matters
Carlu, the French poster artist, made posters during the Second World War to push American production higher, and this is that commission.
What to notice
Carlu's signature on the sheet, and a headline that puts a question in the reader's mind and answers it in one word.
A war answered by the factory floor.
Provenance
- School
- The Second World War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Jean Carlu
- Printer / house
- U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington
- Campaign
- Production
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Division of Information, Office for Emergency Management, Washington, 1941–1945
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Posters series (NAID 513808, local id 44-PA-358), NARA scan via DPLA and Wikimedia Commons · NARA NAID 513808 · 44-PA-358
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. government work (the WPA Federal Art Project, the wartime agencies), any year. Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. National Archives catalogue re-read 2026-11-02 (NAID 513808, 44-PA-358): use restriction Unrestricted, access Unrestricted.
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