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“Employ the Handicapped” week poster, 1951

state employment service local offices poster disability history america

The President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities has had several names since President Truman organized it in 1947. This drawing of a man with a split-hook hand working on a hydraulic gauge has the title “America Needs All of Us.” 

President’s Committee on National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week