Industry -- the arsenal of democracy.

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Small poster with large color image and small black & white inset image. The large color picture shows an urban skyline with smokestacks and a large amount of smoke in the air above. Out of this smoke appears a large image of a soldier playing a bugle and the U.S. flag flying behind him. The small inset is a black & white illustration of a crowd of people walking. Leading the crowd are two men in suits and a woman in a dress.

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1 poster : col. ; 50 x 36 cm.

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Iligan, Ralph, 1893-1960 1942?.

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This poster is part of the collection entitled: World War Poster Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Government Documents Department to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 2962 times, with 47 in the last month. More information about this poster can be viewed below.

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Small poster with large color image and small black & white inset image. The large color picture shows an urban skyline with smokestacks and a large amount of smoke in the air above. Out of this smoke appears a large image of a soldier playing a bugle and the U.S. flag flying behind him. The small inset is a black & white illustration of a crowd of people walking. Leading the crowd are two men in suits and a woman in a dress.

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1 poster : col. ; 50 x 36 cm.

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Additional captions:
"The Call to Defense is a Call to Us All"
"'... It is not the individual Or the army as a whole, But the everlastin' teamwork Of every bloomin' soul.' J. Mason Knox"

"[Copyright] National Association of Manufacturers"

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  • Accession or Local Control No: Database No. 517
  • Call Number: Posters WW2 Iligan 6
  • UNT Catalog No.: b3009350 | View in Discover
  • OCLC: 62138293
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc241

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World War Poster Collection

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World War Two Collection

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  • 1942?

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  • June 13, 2006, 11:21 a.m.

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  • Jan. 9, 2017, 5:12 p.m.

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Iligan, Ralph, 1893-1960. Industry -- the arsenal of democracy., poster, 1942?; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc241/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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