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Title: Our Friend
Description: A poster featuring the face of President Franklin Roosevelt on the right and several people on the left. A soldier holds a child in his arms, others wave their hats. Three of the hats have AFL-CIO buttons on them. A straw hat has Farm Bureau tickets in the hat band. One hand is holding the American flag which appears in the upper left corner. This poster was published to elect a progressive president and congress in 1944, specifically, to help propel Franklin Roosevelt into an unprecedented fourth term. Text in the upper left reads, "Our Friend" and across the foot, National Citizens Political Action Committee."
Image ID: 96867
Creation
Date: 		1944 
Creator
Name: 		Shahn, Ben
Collection
Name: 		Visual Materials Oversize
Genre: Posters
Additional
Information: 		The artist, Ben Shahn, was a painter, printmaker, muralist, and activist. In 1944, he produced a series of posters for the Political Action Committee (PAC) of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), a branch of organized labor, urging people to "register and vote." Litho in U.S.A. The union "bug" appears in the lower right corner.
Subjects: Political campaigns
Labor unions
Presidents
Soldiers
Signs and symbols
Hats
Political posters
Military uniforms
Children and adults
Men
Flags
Clothing and dress
Committees
 

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