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WPB (War Production Board) poster. This is the official poster which may be displayed on all construction work costing over five hundred thousand dollars with certain exceptions, to show that the work has been authorized by the WPA (Work Projects Administration)

SURF-MC1930R037·1 negative :·[between 1940 and 1946]·United States

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Alt text: WPB (War Production Board) poster. This is the official poster which may be displayed on all construction work costing over five hundred thousand dollars with certain exceptions, to show that the work has been authorized by the WPA (Work Projects Administration). 1 negative :, [between 1940 and 1946], United States, United States. Office of War Information.. — from catalogue fields, for readers and machines; not an interpretive caption.

03Catalogue metadata

Designer / studioUnited States. Office of War Information.

Date[between 1940 and 1946]

Year1940

PlaceUnited States

Object type1 negative :

ThemeWorld War and public-information graphics

MovementNot recorded

05Source · Citation · Provenance

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Original record: WPB (War Production Board) poster. This is the official poster which may be displayed on all construction work costing over five hundred thousand dollars with certain exceptions, to show that the work has been authorized by the WPA (Work Projects Administration) Open
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Modern Graphic Design Archive. “WPB (War Production Board) poster. This is the official poster which may be displayed on all construction work costing over five hundred thousand dollars with certain exceptions, to show that the work has been authorized by the WPA (Work Projects Administration)”, United States. Office of War Information., [between 1940 and 1946]. United States. 1 negative :. Record SURF-MC1930R037. https://mgdarchive.com/surfaces/SURF-MC1930R037

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Record status: Public record
Release: v49 — current public release (sealed)
Source verification: Verified source
Last verified: 2026, with the v49 freeze

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