Poster, <I>Your Work Means Victory</I>
date: label: date made
content: 1917-04
label: date made
content: 1917
name: label: initiated propaganda program
content: Wilson, Woodrow
label: agency oversaw production of propaganda
content: Committee on Public Information
label: issued posters
content: Committee on Pictorial Publicity
label: artist
content: Hoertz, Fred J.
notes: label: Description
content: Before the first troops could be shipped overseas to fight in the trenches of France during World War I, the American people had to be convinced that the war was both justified and necessary. To sway public opinion, President Woodrow Wilson initiated a massive project to flood the country with powerful propaganda. Americans were called upon to enlist, to buy war bonds, to conserve food and essentials—anything that would help the war effort. This poster, by artist Fred J. Hoertz, reminded shipyard workers that their labor was essential for victory. Like many posters geared towards the manufacturers of war materials, "Your Work Means Victory"was meant to show workers that they were just as important as the troops.
label: Description
content: Created just days after the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, the Committee on Public Information was the independent agency that oversaw the production of various propaganda means, such as newspaper ads, lecturers, and films. But the most effective and wide-reaching method was from the Committee on Pictorial Publicity, which issued the thousands of colorful posters that lined Main Streets across the country. Whether these images were created for a Liberty Bond drive, the Red Cross, or the Department of Labor, every poster urged Americans to do something for "the boys over there."
topic: label: Subject
content: Fishing
label: related event
content: The Emergence of Modern America
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Military
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content: Communications
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content: Work
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content: Art
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Frank O. Braynard, Sea Cliff, New York
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0856.15
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0856.15
label: accession number
content: 1991.0856
objectType: label: Object Name
content: poster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 38 in x 27 7/8 in; 96.52 cm x 70.8025 cm