Concrete Ammunition
Concrete Ammunition
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- Description
- Concrete Ammunition / Second Line Defense. American World War I poster by artist Gerrit A. Beneker, 1918. Depicted is an African American man pushing a wheelbarrow through a construction site. Printed on reverse is a propoganda leaflet. In the first section, titled "Work or Fight," workers are encouraged to build an Army Supply Base in the best possible time. In the second section, titled "This is War War," workers are told that "working a ten hour day in the hot sun... takes guts"
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Poster
- Other Terms
- Poster; Department of Labor
- date made
- 1918
- associated date
- 1917 - 1918
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15 1/2 in x 11 3/4 in; 39.37 cm x 29.845 cm
- ID Number
- AF.74266M
- catalog number
- 74266M
- accession number
- 291785
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Alfred Marston Tozzer
- World War I
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- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Military
- Advertising
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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