General Motors Photographic Division wartime poster photographs, 1914-approximately 1940
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Summary
- Creator:
- General Motors Corporation
- Abstract:
- General Motors is a multinational autombile manufacturer, founded in 1908 in Detroit, Mich. Collection consists of 9 black-and-white photographs of European wartime propaganda posters. Posters include work from France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union and mainly concern wartime economic and morale support activities. The collection includes posters from World War I, but one poster depicts anti-Nazi sentiments. Artists include Adolphe Willette, Francisque Poulbot, Frank Brangwyn, Georges Redon, and Jean Droit; the French posters were printed by Maison Devambez. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
- Extent:
- 0.1 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English, French, Russian.
- Collection ID:
- RL.11954
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Collection consists of 9 black-and-white photographs of European wartime propaganda posters. Posters include work from France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union and mainly concern wartime economic and morale support activities. The collection includes posters from World War I, but one poster depicts anti-Nazi sentiments. Artists include Adolphe Willette, Francisque Poulbot, Frank Brangwyn, Georges Redon, and Jean Droit; the French posters were printed by Maison Devambez.
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General Motors is a multinational autombile manufacturer, founded in 1908 in Detroit, Mich.
- Acquisition information:
- The General Motors Photographic Division wartime poster photographs were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift.
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Processed by Richard Collier, Nov. 2021.
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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