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Adolph Treidler, She's a WOW/Woman Ordnance Worker, 1942. Estimate $600 to $900 An eerie depiction of school children in gas masks, issued by the Kroger chain of grocery stores, is a precursor to the Cold War paranoia that would dominate the politics of the 1950s. |
Dear God Keep Them Safe!/Buy War Bonds and Stamps, 1942. Estimate $15,000 to $20,000. |
Jean Carlu's early WWII poster Give 'em Both Barrels stirred patriotism in the factory as well as on the front lines. Carlu, a Frenchman, designed in the Art Deco and Cubist styles. His other famed poster for the U.S. War Department America's Answer, Production was designed a year later in 1942.
Jean Carlu, Give'Em Both Barrels, 1941. Estimate $1,500 to $2,000. |
The Tuskegee Airmen came to symbolize the struggles and triumphs minorities faced in WWII. This pilot's stance evokes a quiet strength that inspires reverence in the viewer.
Keep us flying!/Buy War Bonds, 1943. Estimate $1,500 to $2,000. |