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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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