URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/40305
Collection Structure Poster collection >  Who said Uncle was safe? Other countries said "it can't happen here" but look at them today. There is only one answer to the fifth columnist's line and that is the production line. Keep it moving. You are a production soldier ... America's first line of defense is here.
Item Title Who said Uncle was safe? Other countries said "it can't happen here" but look at them today. There is only one answer to the fifth columnist's line and that is the production line. Keep it moving. You are a production soldier ... America's first line of defense is here.
Collection Title Poster collection
Artist Hungerford, Cyrus C.
Date Created 1941
Description Drawing of Uncle Sam sitting on a step looking toward Europe, while behind his a large green hand with a bloody knife is threatening to strike him from behind a column labelled "fifth column."
Subject(s) Economic aspects Labor and laboring classes World War, 1939-1945 United States Priorities, Industrial Espionage Industrial productivity Spies Labor productivity
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Place Published Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Country of Origin United States
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 14 in. (55.9 x 35.6 cm)
Format Poster
Medium political posters
Color color
Color color
Hoover ID Poster US 6544
Record Number XX343.30681
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829015km
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