Hold that Smile!

Hold that Smile!

Ephemera

Ernst Halberstadt

Maker
American, b. Germany, 1910–1987

Hold that Smile!

1950
Photolithograph
Image: 25.6 × 69.7 cm (10 1/16 × 27 7/16 in.)
Overall: 28.3 × 71.3 cm (11 1/8 × 28 1/16 in.)
Gift of David Halberstadt, 2011
Inscriptions recto (printed in image): Hold that Smile! / THAT SMILE MEANS HEALTH FREEDOM FROM WANT / AND FAITH IN A SECURE FUTURE.... / Sympathetic legislators brought today's smile to / the face of America's Children / Hold that Smile! / Register and Vote / UNITED LABOR LEAGUE OF OHIO / COUNCIL FOR [crossed out and corrected to "Congress of" in pencil] Industrial Organizations / American Federation of Labor / Int. Association of Machinists / Railway Unions / United Mine Workers / [accompanying image of girl wearing a plaid jacket and holding a binder] TODAY / © E. H. [logo with the following text] LOCAL NO.3 / AMALGAMATED / UNION LITHOGRAPHERS LABEL / OF AMERICA / BOSTON / [accompanying Lewis Hine image of girl at spinning jenny] 1908 / Lewis Hine, Photographer / © Copyright Julian Brightman Co. 1950

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