Original 1943 Work on a Farm This Summer Poster, U.S. Crop Corps WWII Farm Poster

Original Work on a farm… this Summer / Join the U.S. Crop Corps poster, an authentic American wartime recruitment poster issued in 1943.

This is one of the most appealing American home-front posters of the Second World War: practical, hopeful, and visually warm. A young man and woman stand in work clothes against a brilliant blue sky, one holding a pitchfork, the other a basket of vegetables, both presented not as weary labourers but as capable, healthy, and purposeful. It turns agricultural work into something dignified and optimistic, which is exactly why it still feels attractive today.

What makes the image especially effective is the way it blends propaganda and everyday life. The message is direct — the war needed food, and farms needed labour — but the poster avoids severity. Instead, it presents farm work as youthful, patriotic, and shared. That gives it a warmth that many wartime posters do not have, and it makes it much easier to live with on the wall.

It also carries a strong sense of American idealism. The clean overalls, the healthy produce, and the clear blue sky create an image of useful work as something hopeful and communal rather than burdensome. For today’s buyer, that makes it more than just a war poster: it is also a strong piece of Americana, agricultural history, and vintage graphic design.

This is an authentic original vintage poster, not a reproduction.

Artist: Douglass Crockwell Title: Work on a farm… this Summer / Join the U.S. Crop Corps Date: 1943 Issuer: Office of War Information Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office Country: United States Medium: Original colour poster on paper Size: 57 × 41 cm / 22.4 × 16.1 inches Condition: Excellent overall vintage condition; folded as issued with a light vertical fold visible when open Framing: Unframed

A highly displayable original for collectors of WWII posters, American home-front material, farm and harvest imagery, and vintage Americana.

Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description. Packed with great care and shipped fully insured.