Lumber does its stuff --a long way from home.

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Poster consists of photographs and text in a purple-red tone. Six photographs depict the use of lumber by the U.S. armed forces in World War II: to build bridges, tents, and life rafts, and to ship supplies. Photos also illustrate how wooden shipping crates are re-used by field post offices and commissaries in the South Pacific.

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1 poster : col. ; 56 x 81 cm.

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United States. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations. 1943.

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This poster is part of the collection entitled: World War Poster Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Government Documents Department to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 257 times. More information about this poster can be viewed below.

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Poster consists of photographs and text in a purple-red tone. Six photographs depict the use of lumber by the U.S. armed forces in World War II: to build bridges, tents, and life rafts, and to ship supplies. Photos also illustrate how wooden shipping crates are re-used by field post offices and commissaries in the South Pacific.

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1 poster : col. ; 56 x 81 cm.

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"I.S.D. no. 114"

"U.S. Government Printing Office : 1943-O-560495"

"U.S. Army Official Poster"--Centered at bottom with U.S. seal.

Listed in 1944 Monthly Catalog, p. 600.

"1391" is written in upper left corner of poster.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: Database No. 154
  • Government Documents No.: W 107.8:L 97/11
  • Call Number: Posters WW2 BPR 3
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc509

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World War Poster Collection

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World War Two Collection

These materials focus on World War II and the immediate postwar period of the late 1940s. In addition to materials created during the time period, materials may include modern studies and commemorative works about the era.

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  • 1943

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  • June 12, 2006, 10:23 p.m.

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  • April 29, 2016, 6:04 p.m.

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United States. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations. Lumber does its stuff --a long way from home., poster, 1943; [Washington D.C.]. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc509/: accessed May 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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