Nobody in this picture carries his pack alone. One soldier is helping another lift a heavy backpack onto his shoulder, and both are in tropical combat uniforms. Joseph Hirsch made the poster for Abbott Laboratories in 1943, as part of the Treasury's Schools-at-War Program. Hirsch worked as an embedded war correspondent in the South Pacific, North Africa and Italy.
He had studied under George Luks in New York and completed murals in Philadelphia before the war.
On the poster
Two American soldiers in tropical uniforms share a load, one lifting the other's heavy pack. Bold red type reads "CARRY YOUR SHARE". White lettering below adds "BUY WAR BONDS".
About this print
A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.




