Keep us flying!

Name/Title

Keep us flying!

Description

Poster created by the US Treasury Department during WWII depicting Robert W. Diez, an African American Tuskegee Airman, pleading for Americans to buy war bonds. The poster features an illustration of Diez in flight jacket and gear, in front of a blue sky background

Collection

Poster Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Betsy Graves Reyneau

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

U.S. Government Printing Office

Date made

1943

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

US Treasury Department

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Poster

Nomenclature Class

Advertising Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

War posters, War bonds & funds, Pilots, Military

Search Terms

African American, Tuskegee Airmen, War finance

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

27-7/8 in

Width

20 in