Their American Ally
c. 1940
Publisher
National Safety Council
Artist
Designer Unknown
DIMENSIONS
12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
OBJECT NUMBER
PH.6116
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
Adolf Hitler, Asian, Benito Mussolini, Chicago, Germany, Health and Safety, Italy, Japan, Nazi, Political, United States, Workplace Motivation, Workplace Safety, WWII
CREDIT LINE
Poster House Permanent Collection
KEYWORDS
Adolf Hitler, Asian, Benito Mussolini, Chicago, Germany, Health and Safety, Italy, Japan, Nazi, Political, United States, Workplace Motivation, Workplace Safety, WWII
This work-safety poster, produced by the National Safety Council during World War II, reiterates the point that workplace accidents serve the enemy by impeding output and, ultimately, delaying victory. The disheveled, clueless-looking character on the right, with a cigarette in his mouth and untied shoelaces, is marked by an arrow pointing to his official title “Old Man Accident.” At the left, the ugly, caricatured figures of the enemy leaders Adolf Hitler, Emperor Hirohito, and Benito Mussolini cheerfully welcome him into their circle.
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