Description
United States Second World War poster encouraging Americans to 'keep the home front pledge'. In the centre framed in a blue circle is an image of a young woman wearing an apron with her right hand in the act of giving a pledge. The titled of the poster is printed above this image in blue and red ink, and below the image in a yellow square more text is printed, 'Pay no more than Ceiling / Prices / Pay your Points in full'. The poster is one of a number of posters produced during the Second World War to alert people to the dangers of inflation and profiteering. This poster, in particular, associates fighting inflation with patriotic duty.
Details
Accession Number
ARTV04518
Printer
US Government Printing Office
Publisher
Office of War Information
Measurement
Overall: 71 cm x 51 cm
Medium
Offset lithograph on paper
Credit Line
Transferred from the AWM Research Centre 1979
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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