US war bonds poster of a Rockwell painting depicting a couple checking on their sleeping children
- Artwork Title
- Ours... to Fight for - Freedom From Fear
- Series Title
- Four Freedoms
Buy War Bonds - Date
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publication/distribution:
1943
- Geography
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publication:
Washington (D.C.)
- Language
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English
- Classification
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Posters
- Category
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War propaganda
- Object Type
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Posters, American (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
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War posters.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Four Freedoms war bonds poster featuring an image designed by Norman Rockwell in 1943. The poster shows a couple checking on their sleeping children, symbolizing the freedom from fear. It is one of a four-poster series using Rockwell's paintings, which were inspired by President Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms. He described these in his 1941 State of the Union Address (also called the Four Freedoms Speech): freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. The United States entered World War II in December 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Office of War Information (OWI) was established in June 1942, to control the message and imagery of government information about the war. This office controlled the design and distribution of war information to the American public in print, radio, and film media, and commissioned work from leading artists. Rockwell created a series of sketches about the Four Freedoms to support the war effort, but no one in Washington was interested in using them initially. The paintings were later published by the Saturday Evening Post beginning on February 26, 1943, and then reprinted, with permission, by the OWI. The OWI launched a nationwide tour with the paintings, raising $130 million dollars in war bond sales. They also offered the posters for sale in three different sizes, and four million sets of the posters were printed.
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US war bonds poster with Rockwell painting of people of different faiths to promote freedom of worship
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Four Freedoms war bonds poster featuring a Norman Rockwell painting of people praying as a symbol of the Freedom of Worship for which we were fighting the war. Some people carry symbols of their faiths: a girl with prayer beads, an old woman with her palms pressed together, and a man in a yarmulke. At the top is the phrase: "Each according to the dictates of his own conscience." It is one of a series of four posters (1988.42.1,3,4) using Rockwell's paintings, inspired by the Four Freedoms described in Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union Address: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. The US entered the war in December 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Office of War Information (OWI) was set up in June 1942 to control the message and imagery of government information about the war. Rockwell created a sketches about the Four Freedoms to help the war effort, but no one in Washington was interested. The paintings were published by the Saturday Evening Post beginning February 26, 1943 and then reprinted, with permission, by the OWI. The OWI launched a nationwide tour with the paintings, raising $130 million dollars in war bond sales. They also offered the posters for sale in three different sizes and four million sets of the posters were printed.
US war bonds poster with Rockwell painting of Thanksgiving dinner to promote freedom from want
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Four Freedoms war bonds poster featuring a Norman Rockwell painting of a traditional New England Thanksgiving dinner as a symbol of the Freedom from Want for which we were fighting the war. It is one of a series of four posters (1988.42.1, 2,3) using Rockwell's paintings, inspired by the Four Freedoms described in Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union Address: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. The US entered the war in December 1941, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Office of War Information (OWI) was set up in June 1942 to control the message and imagery of government information about the war. Rockwell created sketches about the Four Freedoms to help the war effort, but no one in Washington was interested. The paintings were published by the Saturday Evening Post beginning February 26, 1943 and then reprinted, with permission, by the OWI. The OWI launched a nationwide tour with the paintings, raising $130 million dollars in war bond sales. They also offered the posters for sale in three different sizes and four million sets of the posters were printed.
