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United We Win.
Photographic poster, 22 x 28 inches, showing two war plant
workers, white and black side-by-side; creases where folded.
Washington, D.C., Office of War Information, 1943
[1,500/2,500]
A FINE EXAMPLE OF A CLASSIC WWII POSTER
,
aimed at the general public in an effort to show soli-
darity at a time when war production could suffer from the slightest disruption. By and large there was
harmony in most wartime plants that were cranking out tanks, planes and other war material. This
poster was made from a photo credited to Alexander Liberman.
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PITTSBURGH COURIER
“DOUBLE V” CAMPAIGN.
Double V
linen flag,
roughly 12 inch square with
large vertical red, white and blue stripes,
with “V”s in white on either side of a
white stripe with red and blue stars.
Pittsburgh Courier, circa 1942
[800/1,200]
A SCARCE RELIC OF THE PITTSBURGH
COURIER
’
S WWII
“
DOUBLE V
”
CAMPAIGN
.
The black community was slow to buy war
bonds because of previous lack of gratitude for
service in WWI. The Pittsburgh Courier, the
most popular black newspaper in the country,
came up with an answer: “Double V”, V for
calling on the government to do more for people
of color, and V for Victory against the common
enemy. Little flags like this became popular
throughout the country with whites and blacks
alike. See the Henry Louis Gates article posted
on the Root.
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