USA Propaganda http://usapropaganda.com Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:58:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en We Can Do It! - Rosie the Riveter Poster http://usapropaganda.com/wwii/we-can-do-it-rosie-the-riveter-poster/ http://usapropaganda.com/wwii/we-can-do-it-rosie-the-riveter-poster/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:03:07 +0000 USA Prop http://usapropaganda.com/?p=60

J. Howard Miller’s iconic poster is often believed to be Rosie the Riveter or one of the many young women who were helping construct bombers and fighter planes on the west coast, but was actually a painting of a young woman from a helmet lining factory.

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Additional resources related to Rosie the Riveter and J. Howard Miller can be found below.

Rosie the Riveter (Wikipedia)
Rosie the Riveter (docspopuli)
Real Life Rosie the Riveter (Library of Congress via Flickr)
Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl (Canadian Equivalent of Rosie the Riveter)

J. Howard Miller (Wikipedia)

]]> http://usapropaganda.com/wwii/we-can-do-it-rosie-the-riveter-poster/feed/ I Want You For U.S. Army - Uncle Sam Poster http://usapropaganda.com/wwi/i-want-you-for-us-army-uncle-sam-poster/ http://usapropaganda.com/wwi/i-want-you-for-us-army-uncle-sam-poster/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:42:43 +0000 USA Prop http://usapropaganda.com/?p=30 James Montgomery Flagg’s 1917 poster is probably the most famous example of U.S. propaganda. It was based on the original British Lord Kitchener posters and was successfully used to recruit soldiers during both the first and second world wars.





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Additional resources related to Uncle Sam, James Montgomery Flagg, or Lord Kitchener can be found below.

Uncle Sam (Wikipedia)
Uncle Sam (Library of Congress)
Uncle Sam (Straight Dope)
Biography of Uncle Sam

James Montgomery Flagg (Wikipedia)
James Montgomery Flagg (BPIB)

Lord Kitchener (Wikipedia)



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