Poster
Register
| Poster of a man's arm with his shirt sleeve pushed up. He is holding a yellow card in his fingers with the text, "The Ballot is a power in your hands. Use it - and you help to secure good government. Fail to use it - and you score for the other side. Your vote is the key to your freedom. To use it you must register. Do it." Across the foot is the word, "Register." The poster was created for the Congress of Industrial Organizations Political Action Committee. |
| Image ID: | 96650 |
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| Creation Date: | 1944 |
| Creator Name: | Shahn, Ben |
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| Genre: | Poster |
| Original Format Type: | prints, fine-art |
| Original Format Number: | PH 7-333 |
| Original Dimensions: | 30 x 40 inches |
| 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. |
| Committees |
| Work clothes |
| Men |
| Political campaigns |
| Political posters |
| Voting |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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