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Keep Us Flying!

1943

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Poster created by the US Treasury Department during WWII depicting Robert W. Deiz, an African American Tuskegee Airman, pleading for Americans to buy war bonds. The poster features an illustration of Deiz in flight jacket and gear, in front of a blue sky background. Above him, blue italicized type reads [Keep us flying!]; below him white lettering on dark blue background reads [BUY WAR BONDS].

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Catalog reference: 2011.168

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