Calling WAAC
1943
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A color poster encouraging enlistment in the WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps). The poster is titled in black “Calling WAAC. . .” and shows a sepia tone illustration in the upper left of a uniformed U.S. Army soldier lying on the ground and speaking into a field telephone.
In the center of the poster is a sepia tone illustration of a woman in an Army uniform wearing a headset and seated at a typewriter typing a radiogram. A yellow and black illustration of a radiogram appears above her right shoulder and has the message: “RADIOGRAM / TO ALL QUALIFIED WOMEN – EVERYWHERE, ALL STATES, USA – MEET TOTAL WAR WITH YOUR TOTAL EFFORT . . . JOIN THE WACC.”
The names of the poster artists are printed on the left side of the typewriter: ALBRO F. DOWNE / MICHAEL RAMUS. Additional yellow on black and black on white text below the image reads: “WOMEN'S ARMY AUXLLIARY CORPS ★ UNITED STATES ARMY / APPLY AT ANY U.S. ARMY RECRUITING AND INDUCTION STATION.”
In the center of the poster is a sepia tone illustration of a woman in an Army uniform wearing a headset and seated at a typewriter typing a radiogram. A yellow and black illustration of a radiogram appears above her right shoulder and has the message: “RADIOGRAM / TO ALL QUALIFIED WOMEN – EVERYWHERE, ALL STATES, USA – MEET TOTAL WAR WITH YOUR TOTAL EFFORT . . . JOIN THE WACC.”
The names of the poster artists are printed on the left side of the typewriter: ALBRO F. DOWNE / MICHAEL RAMUS. Additional yellow on black and black on white text below the image reads: “WOMEN'S ARMY AUXLLIARY CORPS ★ UNITED STATES ARMY / APPLY AT ANY U.S. ARMY RECRUITING AND INDUCTION STATION.”
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of Government Reports.
Full Citation: 44-PA-537; Calling WAAC; 1943; World War II Posters, 1942–1945; Records of the Office of Government Reports, Record Group 44; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/calling-waac, February 13, 2025]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.