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Maker(s):Sawyers, Martha (designer); United China Relief, Inc. (publisher)
Culture:American (1902-1988)
Title:China—First To Fight
Date Made:1943-1946
Type:Poster
Materials:Offset lithograph AM halftone
Place Made:United States
Measurements:Sheet: 41 in x 27 in; 104.1 cm x 68.6 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. r. (black): Martha_ / Sawyers; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. ctr. (red on yellow background): CHINA / FIRST TO FIGHT!; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. ctr. (yellow on blue background): UNITED CHINA RELIEF / PARTICIPATING IN NATIONAL WAR FUND.
Accession Number:  MH 2017.29.42
Credit Line:Transfer from the Mount Holyoke College Library
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
WWII poster; Color poster of Chinese soldier in uniform with a gun, a woman with her arm in a sling, and a young child holding the woman's other hand. Yellow background with red text above image and band of blue with yellow text over it below image.

Tags:
posters; propaganda; wars; families; men; women; children; soldiers; uniforms; firearms; Asian; text

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