us-005578-irn73537-irn1236
type: RecordSet
physical characterisitics and technical requirements: Image of french workers with hands in the air. Text lower left corner:"Poster A-25 War Production Drive Headquarters, WPB, Washington, D.C"
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
has beginning date: 1942-01-01
has end date: 1942-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has record set type: Item
history: The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989.
history: Ben Shahn was born in Kovno,(Kaunus) Lithuania, on September 12, 1898. Shahn immigrated to Brooklyn, New York, in 1906. He first worked as a lithographer's apprentice until 1930 and was formally educated at NYU and the National Academy of Design in New York City. He was associated with the Social Realist movement and his work often joined striking visual images with compassionate and powerful political commentary. During World War II (1939-1945) he designed posters the Office of War Information. Shahn, age 71, died on March 14, 1969.
identifier: irn1236
is or was included in: us-005578-irn73537
record resource extent: overall: Height: 28.500 inches (72.39 cm) | Width: 40.000 inches (101.6 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: WPB poster
title: Poster created by Ben Shahn for the War Production Board