Charles Fletcher ~ Soldier of Production ~ Welder~ Postcard

Charles Henry Fletcher ~ Soldier of Production ~ Charles Henry Fletcher was an African-American welder who invented a device for welding insulation clips. For his achievement he was awarded “The Certificate Of Individual Production”. The highest honour given to a worker by WPB! ***** CC-PD-Mark (PD-US-Gov) ***** Re: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/File:CHARLES_HENRY_FLETCHER_-_SOLDIER_OF_PRODUCTION_-_NARA_-_535695.tif ***** Artist: Charles Henry Alston ~ (1907 -1977) was an African-American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City neighbourhood of Harlem. During the 1930s and early 1940s. Alston created illustrations for magazines such as Fortune, Mademoiselle, The New Yorker, Melody Maker and others. He also designed album covers for artists such as Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins. Alston became staff artist at the Office of War Information and Public Relations in 1940, creating drawings of Noteable African Americans. These images were used in over 200 black newspapers across the country by the government to foster goodwill with the black citizenry. Alston was the first African-American supervisor for the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. *****