Category:Defense bonds mural, Grand Central Terminal
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- On December 14, 1941, a photomural measuring 96 x 118 feet, weighing more than 50 tons and covering the entire east wall of Grand Central Terminal's Main Concourse was dedicated in New York City. The Farm Security Administration mural promoted the purchase of defense bonds and stamps, later called war bonds and stamps. More information
- "Sale of Bonds Advocated; Huge Photo Mural in Grand Central Terminal Dedicated" (The New York Times, December 15, 1941)
- Photo set at the Library of Congress. Photographs show selecting pictures to be used. Three dimensional dummy. Making scale paste ups. Making print strips. Inspecting, packing finished strips. Carpenters working on frames, cutting out letters. Spray painting. Elecricians wiring fluorescent lights. Mounting print strips. Erecting mural. Dedication.
Media in category "Defense bonds mural, Grand Central Terminal"
The following 15 files are in this category, out of 15 total.
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Installing bond photomural 8b14682u.tif 322 × 420; 133 KB
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Installing bond photomural 8b14685u.tif 556 × 420; 229 KB
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Installing bond photomural 8b37517u.tif 326 × 420; 134 KB
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Installing bond photomural 8b37542u.tif 552 × 420; 227 KB
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Installing the bond photomural 8b14681u.tif 322 × 420; 133 KB
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Installing the defense bond sales photomura8b14685v.jpg 977 × 684; 269 KB
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Installing the defense bond sales photomural 8b14681v.jpg 729 × 970; 204 KB
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Installing the defense bond sales photomural 8b14682v.jpg 721 × 966; 285 KB
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Installing the defense bond sales photomural 8b37517v.jpg 708 × 954; 253 KB
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Installing the defense bond sales photomural 8b37542v.jpg 946 × 688; 235 KB
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Photo mural concourse grand central 3c22720u (cropped).tif 3,792 × 3,018; 10.91 MB
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Photo mural concourse grand central 3c22720u.tif 4,096 × 3,275; 12.79 MB
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Photo mural in concourse of Grand Central terminal.jpg 927 × 728; 316 KB
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Photo mural sale defense bonds concourse grand central 3c22715u.tif 4,096 × 3,267; 12.76 MB
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Categories:
- Historical views of Main Concourse (Grand Central Terminal)
- Grand Central Terminal in the 1940s
- 1941 in New York City
- Series E bond
- World War II propaganda
- Farm Security Administration in New York (state)
- New Deal in New York City
- Murals in New York City
- 1941 works in the United States
- 1943 disestablishments
- December 1941 United States photographs