Defend American freedom: it's everybody's job.

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Uncle Sam has removed his top hat and is putting on a workman's cap. His jacket is draped over his left shoulder and he is wearing striped overalls over a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up. Along the bottom of the poster is the silhouette of an industrial landscape.

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1 poster : col. ; 51 x 41 cm.

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Barclay, McClelland. 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 32043 times, with 1271 in the last month. More information about this poster can be viewed below.

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Uncle Sam has removed his top hat and is putting on a workman's cap. His jacket is draped over his left shoulder and he is wearing striped overalls over a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up. Along the bottom of the poster is the silhouette of an industrial landscape.

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1 poster : col. ; 51 x 41 cm.

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Publication date is from "Design for Victory", p.[viii], by William L. Bird and Harry R. Rubenstein (New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c1998.)

"Courtesy of National Association of Manufacturers."

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  • Accession or Local Control No: Database No. 012
  • OCLC: 12577504
  • Call Number: Posters WW2 Barclay 5
  • UNT Catalog No.: b2892453 | View in Discover
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc611

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  • 1942

Start & End Dates

  • 1939 - 1945

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  • June 12, 2006, 8:03 p.m.

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  • Oct. 1, 2014, 7:32 a.m.

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Barclay, McClelland. Defend American freedom: it's everybody's job., poster, 1942; [New York, N.Y.]. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc611/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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