Description
The Great Americans Don’t Take Time Off poster
“Great Americans don’t take time off, when our country needs so much, so soon” is a 1943 World War II home-front poster published by the Think American Institute and printed by Kelly-Read & Co. of Rochester, New York, as poster No. 182 in its series. A man and a woman in welding goggles bend over a machine while a column of helmeted soldiers with fixed bayonets advances across the sky behind them. The point was simple: every day on the job at home kept the men at the front supplied.
With its flat, bold colour and clean lettering, it is a striking piece of American industrial history for a workshop, office, garage or den.
Read the full history of the poster and the wartime fight against absenteeism.
Restored edition
Restored from an archival image of an original 1943 poster and rebuilt as a high-resolution 300 dpi print edition. Creases, scuffs and paper wear were removed and the sky blue, orange and cream tones brought back, keeping the lettering crisp at every size.
Sizes and options
- Paper print: 11.7 × 16.5 in, 20 × 28 in or 23.4 × 33.1 in
- Framed print: 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in or 23 × 33 in, in a black, white or natural wood frame, ready to hang
Printed to order in the USA on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper. Free Standard shipping to the US. Compare the print sizes.
More home-front posters
See how other posters honoured the war worker in We Can Do It! and Adolph Treidler’s She’s a WOW.
