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Poster- Think of Them Before You Take A Day Off!
Poster- Think of Them Before You Take A Day Off!
Poster- Think of Them Before You Take A Day Off!

Poster- Think of Them Before You Take A Day Off!

Date1944
MediumInk on Paper
Dimensions30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
ClassificationsAdvertising Medium
Catalog number1981.37.112
DescriptionWW II Poster- "Think of Them Before You Take A Day Off!" Three images with text below. Left image entitled "Want Some Fun? Think of Chief Gunner's Mate Albert Noland, USN Wounded 5 times he kept his anti-aircraft guns firing even after 19 out of 21 men in his gun crew were killed." Middle image entitled "Weather too Hot? Think of Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate Harold Dixon,USN - His body scorched his arms and legs burned Raw by the sun while adrift on an open life raft for 34 days." Right image entitled " All Worn Out? Think of Private First Class Richard Hollinger, USMC - Lost in enemy infested jungle for 108 hours - Utterly without food or water - Hunted night and day by JAP patrols." At bottom "Official Navy Poster Industrial Incentive Division, Navy Department OC-6-35 M SC-6-35 M" In lower left corner "Einson-Freeman CO.,Inc. L.I.City N.Y."
Status
Not on view