2010.54.15844

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Ill Fares The Land...And Men Deacy
Ill Fares The Land...And Men Deacy
Late 20th Early 21st Century
22 in HIGH x 28 in WIDE
(55.88 cm HIGH x 71.12 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.15844

Sign and Pictoral Local 591 union logo in black and "UAW Education Posters" in white, both at the bottom right. ".50" handwritten in pencil on verso top left.





Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a yellow background with stylized black and white images of an auction at a farm on the left and a closed factory and an umemployment office at the right, all with people in front. At the center is a white background resembling an unrolled piece of paper with black text reading "''Ill fares teh land / to hastening / ills a prey, / where wealth / accumulates / and men decay'' / Source: / The Deserted Village / by Oliver Golddsmith". At the top left of the poster is "Ill Fares The Land..." continuing at the bottom right with "And Men Decay" all in red.
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