Unlock the door-- quick!
Date: [1942]
Creator: Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952.
Description: Black and white cartoon of a soldier and a miner standing in front of a wooden door with an oversized padlock on it. The padlock represents a shortage of metal for military equipment which is locked behind the doors. The miner holds a large key labeled "More Ore". The soldier tells him that only he can unlock the doors.
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Hit 'em with copper, zinc, lead.
Date: [1942]
Creator: Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952.
Description: Black and white cartoon of Uncle Sam and a miner. Miner: "Gosh, I would like to take a crack at those Japs!" Uncle Sam: "You're doin' it every day - with every ton of ore you mine to make tanks, planes and guns"
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"United we stand--" : two fox-holes defending America.
Date: 1942
Creator: Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952.
Description: Poster consists of two drawings divided by text caption. The first drawing is of a soldier in a fox-hole, aiming a large gun to the right of the viewer. The second drawing is of a miner in a shaft, aiming mining equipment away from the viewer.
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More copper-zinc-lead-- quick!
Date: unknown
Creator: Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952.
Description: A soldier holding a rifle talks to a miner holding a drilling tool. The soldier is gesturing behind him toward the ruins of a town, saying, "Give us metal so it won't happen here".
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A menace we must beat! "We need your metal to help fight the U-boat!"
Date: 1943
Creator: Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952.
Description: Black and white drawing. In the distance, a boat or ship is sinking, with smoke rising from it. In the foreground is a periscope rising from the water. A Nazi symbol can be seen under the surface of the water below it. Nearby, an apparently wounded man floats on a piece of debris on the water. At the upper right is a portrait of Admiral Nimitz and the quoted caption.
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Make his nightmare come true!
Date: [1943]
Creator: Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952.
Description: Charcoal caricature drawing of a sleeping Hideki Tojo, apparently having a nightmare. In his thoughts, an airplane, a missle, and a tank are coming toward him, and a miner stares down at him, saying, "Now we're gonna mine and smelt still more metal for tanks an' ships an' guns".
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Tomorrow may be too late!
Date: [1942]
Creator: Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952.
Description: Black and white cartoon of Hideki Tojo and an American miner. Each has a caption in a bubble above his head. Tojo is trying to influence the miner to slack off on his work but the miner is not influenced.
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We're free to choose-- : this today, or this tomorrow.
Date: [1943]
Creator: Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952.
Description: Black & white cartoon drawing with two frames. The top frame shows a radio announcer in the foreground and four miners in helmets in the background. The radio announcer mentions the importance and responsibility of miners to preserve liberty. The bottom frame shows Hitler holding a whip and threatening three weary miners who are forced to work long hours.
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The avenger's shadow : more metal for U.S. planes, tanks, guns.
Date: 1943
Creator: Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952.
Description: Black and white drawing. A caricatured Japanese soldier holding a smoking gun stands over a fallen man labeled "U.S. pilot". In the distance is a pagoda. At right is a large shadow of a man's head and and shoulders, which appears to be descending over the Japanese soldier. He wears a miner's helmet and the words "more metal for U.S. planes, tanks, guns" appear on his shadow.
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc424/
Your ore packs a punch!
Date: 1943
Creator: Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952.
Description: Two miners listen to the radio. One miner rests his helmet on top of the radio. He rejoices as the radio announces a successful attack by U.S. tanks against the Nazi forces.
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