Overview
- Artwork Title
- This world cannot exist half slave and half free
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.
- Markings
- top: "THIS WORLD CANNOT EXIST / HALF SLAVE AND HALF FREE"
bottom: SACRIFICE FOR FREEDOM
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Classification
-
Posters
- Category
-
War propaganda
- Object Type
-
Posters, American (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Poster with image of a group of people against a brick wall, and over them a shadow of a uniformed male figure raising a whip.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 40.000 inches (101.6 cm) | Width: 28.500 inches (72.39 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.
- Funding Note
- The acquisition of this artifact was made possible by the Crown Family.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 22:05:27
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn545813
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