“Employ the Handicapped” week poster, 1951

“Employ the Handicapped” week poster, 1951

State Employment Service Local Offices

President’s Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week

People with disabilities throughout American history have faced difficulties in getting work skills and finding jobs. This image fits among many depictions in this time of male disabled amputees performing tasks using the latest in what was called “artificial limbs.” The man pictured in this poster illustration uses the prosthetic hook actively, and in a high-tech position that suggests not only employment but skilled employment.

https://everybody.si.edu/media/675

https://www.fromthesquare.org/design-as-a-lever-for-disability-rights/

1951

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English