DESIGNER UNKNOWN BRING YOUR BOY HOME! 1943. 35 1/4x46 1/2 inches, 89 1/2x118 cm. Kroger Advertising and Display Dept., Memphis. Condition B+ / B: restored losses in margins and corners; restoration at edges; sharp vertical fold; abrasions in image. During the Second World War, private companies issued propaganda posters to express their patriotism and involvement with the war effort. These private promotions were printed in much smaller numbers than the posters issued by the U.S. Government, making surviving examples extremely rare. Perhaps the most famous non-government poster of the Second World War is the iconic female war worker "Rosie the Riveter," printed by the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. This is from a series published by the grocery chain Kroger, each one a suggestive and/or disconcerting photographic composition.
