Object Details
artist
Rockwell, Norman
maker
Rockwell, Norman
Description
In defense of democracies around the world, President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his annual message to Congress on January 6, 1941, articulated the aims of the nation facing the threat of a world at war. “We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms” he stated. Two of these freedoms were specifically included in the Bill of Rights, freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Two were freedoms deeply desired by a generation confronted by economic depression and the threat of dictatorships, freedom from want and freedom from fear.
Artist Norman Rockwell dramatized those aims in a series of paintings that appeared as covers for the Saturday Evening Post and as posters produced by the Office of War Information for its war bond campaign in 1943.
Credit Line
Staples and Charles
date made
1940s
ID Number
PL.314098.02
accession number
314098
catalog number
314098.02
Object Name
poster
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
multi-color (overall color)
Measurements
overall: 56 in x 40 in; 142.24 cm x 101.6 cm
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Political History: Political History, General History Collection
Government, Politics, and Reform
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Exhibition
American Democracy
Exhibition Location
National Museum of American History
Data Source
National Museum of American History
general subject association
Liberty
referenced
Freedom
related event
World War II
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1671491