We, too, have a job to do
Date1942
Object number00033870
NamePoster
MediumInk on paper with linen backing
DimensionsOverall: 755 x 505 mm
ClassificationsPosters and postcards
Credit LineANMM Collection
Purchased with USA Bicentennial Gift funds
DescriptionThis poster shows an image of a woman representing liberty carrying a torch and leading four young boys in march. It was designed to appeal to American youth and encourage their involvement in the war by joining a Boy Scouts Troop. Posters were a way to motivate eveyone behind the war campaign.HistoryBoy Scout Troops groups were a way to foster patriotism and loyalism in the young, with children being encouraged to join these groups to support the wider war campaign. Even the young had a role to play in the war.SignificanceThis is an example of the way posters targeted schools and children during the war campaign.United States of America Office of War Information
1943
The Boy Scout Shop
1960
