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Take Care! Idle Hands Work for Hitler
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| Title | Take Care! Idle Hands Work for Hitler |
| Coverage / Year | 1942 |
| Description | Poster, color, 20 x 28.5 in., published by the United States Government Printing Office |
| Interpretation | After Pearl Harbor industry in the United States rapidly transformed into maximum war production. The War Production Board was established in January 1942 and abolished in November 1945. Its purpose was to procure materials and direct war production during World War II. Some of the materials this massive war production machine produced: 299, 300 planes 143, 700 ships 41, 000, 000, 000 rounds of ammunition 86, 700 tanks 319, 000 pieces of field artillery and mortars (Source: Watters, Mary. Illinois in the Second World War, Volume II: The Production Front, page 2. Springfield, IL: Illinois State Historical Library, 1952.) |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | World War II; |
| Learning Standards | 14 Political systems; 16 History; |
| Author or Creator | United States. War Production Board |
| Subject / Keywords | World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States ; War posters, American ; World War II |
| Collection Publisher | Illinois State Library
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | ww20066p |
| CONTENTdm file name | 92.jpg |
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