Concrete Ammunition
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
notes: label: Description
content: Concrete Ammunition / Second Line Defense. American World War I poster by artist Gerrit A. Beneker, 1918. Depicted is an African American man pushing a wheelbarrow through a construction site. Printed on reverse is a propoganda leaflet. In the first section, titled "Work or Fight," workers are encouraged to build an Army Supply Base in the best possible time. In the second section, titled "This is War War," workers are told that "working a ten hour day in the hot sun... takes guts"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Advertising
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Alfred Marston Tozzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.74266M
label: catalog number
content: 74266M
label: accession number
content: 291785
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Poster
label: Other Terms
content: Poster; Department of Labor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/2 in x 11 3/4 in; 39.37 cm x 29.845 cm