Suzanne Herskovic Ponder poster collection

Identifier: irn615582
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn615582

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Suzanne Herskovic Ponder.

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The collection consists of nine British and American World War II posters.

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Displaying items 1 to 9 of 9

British World War II public travel time recommendation poster
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn619005
- English
- overall: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Text only, lithographic wartime poster used in Great Britain to promote public travel between times that would not interfere with the commutes of workers essential for the war economy. After the fall of France, in June of 1940, Great Britain was left alone to withstand the full force of the German military. The country needed every citizen to do their part and assist in national defense. The poster was issued by the Ministry of Labour & National Service and the Ministry of War Transport for publication by Her Majesty’s Stationary Office (HMSO). The Ministry of War Transport was created ...
British World War II home front travel time advisory poster
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn619006
- English
- overall: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Small wartime poster used in Great Britain to promote public travel between times that would not interfere with the commutes of workers essential for the war economy. After the fall of France, in June of 1940, Great Britain was left alone to withstand the full force of the German military. The country needed every citizen to do their part and assist in national defense. The poster was issued by the Ministry of Labour & National Service and the Ministry of War Transport for publication by Her Majesty’s Stationary Office (HMSO). The Ministry of War Transport was created to control shippin...
British World War II poster with a pair of gripper pliers crushing a swastika
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn619007
- English
- overall: Height: 19.875 inches (50.483 cm) | Width: 13.375 inches (33.973 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Wartime poster designed by Frank Newbould featuring a pair of gripper pliers crushing a swastika. After the fall of France in June of 1940, Great Britain was left alone to withstand the full force of the German military and needed every citizen to do their part and assist in national defense. The gripper pliers symbolize how a unified industrial workforce could crush the Nazi threat. During the war, Britain’s economy transformed into a war economy focused on production for the war effort. Workers were tied to jobs that were considered essential, and employers were prevented from terminating...
American World War II beat the promise poster with a large B
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn619008
- English
- overall: Height: 21.000 inches (53.34 cm) | Width: 16.750 inches (42.545 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Text only poster featuring a large capital B and its corresponding Morse code symbol that was part of RCA Victor’s “Beat the Promise” worker incentive poster series instituted in September 1941, shortly before the United States entered World War II. The promise refers to the company’s production quotas, which employees were encouraged to surpass. The poster series was part of a larger campaign by RCA Victor to increase production for the war effort. The campaign included rallies with war bond drives that featured notable military figures and Victor record recording artists. The campaign was...
American World War II beat the promise poster prompting workers to beat production quotas
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn619009
- English
- overall: Height: 21.875 inches (55.563 cm) | Width: 18.125 inches (46.038 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Large wartime poster with an anthropomorphized wine bottle, encouraging the reader to not be a bottleneck that was part of RCA Victor’s “Beat the Promise” worker incentive poster series instituted in September 1941, shortly before the United States entered World War II. A bottleneck is a person whose slow work effort reduces the production capacity of the entire chain or process in which they are involved.The poster was part of RCA Victor’s Beat the Promise worker incentive campaign instituted in September 1941, shortly before the United States entered World War II. The promise refers to th...
American World War II beat the promise poster encouraging workers to share ideas
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn619010
- English
- overall: Height: 22.000 inches (55.88 cm) | Width: 18.250 inches (46.355 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Wartime poster depicting a worker examining the mechanical insides of an oversized head that was part of RCA Victor’s “Beat the Promise” worker incentive poster series instituted in September 1941, shortly before the United States entered World War II. The poster encourages employees to share their ideas in an effort to boost production. The poster was part of RCA Victor’s Beat the Promise worker incentive campaign instituted in September 1941, shortly before the United States entered World War II. The promise refers to the company’s production quotas, which employees were encouraged to sur...
American World War II poster indicating worker production will help crush the Axis powers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn619011
- English
- overall: Height: 26.250 inches (66.675 cm) | Width: 22.000 inches (55.88 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Silk screen poster depicting a giant shoe about to step on caricatures of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hideki Tojo that was part of RCA Victor’s “Beat the Promise” worker incentive poster series instituted in September 1941, shortly before the United States entered World War II. The poster insinuates that enhanced manufacturing production would be instrumental in stomping out the threat of the Axis Powers. The promise refers to the company’s production quotas, which employees were encouraged to surpass. The poster series was part of a larger campaign by RCA Victor to increase product...
American World War II poster promoting the purchase of war bonds to prevent bondage
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn619012
- English
- overall: Height: 28.250 inches (71.755 cm) | Width: 21.000 inches (53.34 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
World War II war bond advertisement poster depicting a man with half of his body in bondage while the other half is free. The poster implies that buying war bonds supports the war effort as well as the American ideals of freedom and free enterprise, while the alternative is barren oppression under Nazi rule. Giving ten percent of your earnings references the practice of tithing, giving ten percent of one’s earnings to the church or charity. War bonds were offered by the United States government for purchase by the public, who would then keep the bond and be reimbursed for its return at a la...
British World War II home front travel time recommendation poster
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn619013
- English
- overall: Height: 30.000 inches (76.2 cm) | Width: 19.875 inches (50.483 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
British wartime poster depicting a figure resembling Hermes, the ancient Greek god of travel. The poster encouraged members of the public that were not essential to the war economy to avoid rush hour travel and allow the workers to commute to and from their places of work in a timely manner. This poster was issued by the Thomas Tilling Group of Companies, a private company that owned and operated a fleet of buses used for public transport and tours. After the fall of France in June of 1940, Great Britain was left alone to withstand the full force of the German military. The country needed e...