Twice a patriot

Name/Title

Twice a patriot

Description

Depicts an African-American man dressed in a welder's apron, helmet, and glove and holding a welding instrument in his right arm; a shipyard is depicted in the background behind him. Text informs the reader that ex-private Obie Bartlett lost his left arm at Pearl Harbor and is now at work in a west coast shipyard; at the bottom is a quote from him "Sometimes I feel my job here is as important as the one I had to leave."

Collection

Poster Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

U.S. Government Printing Office

Date made

1943

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

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, Arms production, Labor, Shipyards, Disabled veterans

Search Terms

African American, Welder

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

40 in

Width

28-1/2 in