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Rosie the Riveter

April 10, 2012 by Alison Guinee in Highlight

"We Can Do It!" is an American wartime propaganda poster produced by J. Howard Miller in 1942 for Westinghouse Electric as an inspirational image to boost worker morale. The model for the poster is generally thought to be a black-and-white wire service photograph taken of a Michigan factory worker named Geraldine Hoff.

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April 10, 2012 /Alison Guinee /Source
poster, historical
Highlight