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United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries. Ours... to fight for/freedom from want

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09520.22 Author/Creator: United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries. Place Written: s.l. Type: Poster Date: 1943 Pagination: 1 poster : col. Height: 101.8 cm, Width: 72.3 cm Order a Copy

OWI No. 45. Government Printing Office O-511886. Based on Norman Rockwell's painting "Thanksgiving Dinner" This poster features a painting of people at a dinner table. An older man and woman stand at the head of the table. The woman is putting a turkey on the table. There are nine other people at the table, all smiling. "Freedom from Want" appeared on the pages of The Saturday Evening Post on March 6, 1943. This was the third installment the Four Freedoms series.

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