Home Front: Posters From World War II
This exhibit, open in the Hartshorne Gallery, includes twelve full-color posters that were distributed during the Second World War by the Office of War Information. It is the first section of a larger exhibition, Home Front, that will look at the lives of local men, women, and children of Monmouth County during World War II. The Home Front exhibition is funded through a $16,830 grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission.Powerful, graphic and patriotic, these posters urged Americans to purchase
war bonds, support the war effort through scrap drives and rationing, and
cautioned citizens against revealing sensitive war information.
Many of the colorful posters were created by professional artists, some
of whom participated in a wartime poster competition organized by the Museum
of Modern Art in New York City. The competition, held in 1941, received
over six hundred entries. Fourteen winners received cash prizes totaling
$2,000 and saw their work produced as posters.
