"We Can Do It!"
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1942
name: label: commissioner
content: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
label: distributor
content: War Production Coordinating Committee
label: maker
content: Miller, J. Howard
notes: label: Description
content: Artist J. Howard Miller produced this work-incentive poster for the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. Though displayed only briefly in Westinghouse factories, the poster in later year has become one of the most famous icons of World War II.
label: Description
content: As women were encouraged to take wartime jobs in defense industries, they became a celebrated symbol of female patriotism. But when the war ended, many industries forced women to relinquish their skilled jobs to returning veterans.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Homefront, World War II
label: depicted
content: Rosie the Riveter
label: related event
content: World War II
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content: Political History: Political History, Home Front Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Advertising
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: National Treasures exhibit
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content: Princeton Posters
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Colman, Penny. Rosie the Riveter
label: Related Publication
content: Smithsonian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0851.05
label: accession number
content: 1985.0851
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0851.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster
label: Object Type
content: Posters
label: Object Type
content: Photolithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 in x 17 in; 55.88 cm x 43.18 cm