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68
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World War Two Collection
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212
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Student Demonstration Poster Collection
116
Turtle Creek Chorale Collection (The Dallas Way)
106
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"You buy 'em, we'll fly 'em!": defense bonds, stamps.
Flyer in khaki uniform and helmet with goggles sits in cockpit of plane giving "thumbs up" sign. A formation of U.S. Army planes flies overhead. In the background is a hangar with plane and personnel.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Wilkinsons; Wilkinson, J. Walter & Wilkinson, Walter G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Stamp out black markets --with your ration stamps : pay no more than legal prices.
A giant thumb presses down on a ration stamp squashing a man. The man is depicted in green and is scowling.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. Office of Price Administration.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Bugle Sounds : Enlist in the U.S. Army Now : Your Country Needs You.
Poster in red, white, and blue tones includes an illustration of a military airplane and a photograph of men driving armored vehicles.
Date:
194X
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Could this be you? : don't travel unless your trip helps win the war.
Four cartoons in black line drawing on white; cartoons appear as paper sheets tacked to a blue background. They depict various excuses for travel which are characterized as frivolous: "It's impossible to find anything in the local shops." "We haven't seen Bob's children since way last fall." "But this contract is vital.""But Grandma misses us so."
Date:
1945
Creator:
United States. Office of Defense Transportation.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
I want you for U.S. Army : nearest recruiting station.
Uncle Sam points at the viewer. Half-length portrait of Uncle Sam, pointing at the viewer as part of the United States government effort to recruit soldiers.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Springs with stings ... : you can speed victory by salvaging and selling old metal. The steel industry needs scrap!
A black & white drawing on the top half of the poster shows a metal spring figure pinching a cartoon Hitler's nose. Hitler's bare arms and legs form a swastika, and he holds a knife. The lower portion of the poster is text, with a small picture displaying various steel products. Under drawing is text and picture saying what steel is used for. The company's name, address, and logo appear at the bottom. Red text at the bottom explains the purpose of the advertisement and where it appears: Time and Business Week.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
--We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain-- : remember Dec. 7th!
A tattered, torn U.S. flag flies at half-staff as dark smoke billows in the background.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Saalburg, Allen Russell, 1899-1987.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The United Nations fight for freedom.
Poster depicts an etching of the Statue of Liberty on a black background on the left side of the poster. On the right there are pictures of flags of 30 countries. Poster has black background with white text at the top of the page and a white border all around.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Broder, S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A careless word-- : --a needless sinking.
A ship at sea burns in the background while sailors row away in a life boat. Some are wearing life vests and some appear to be wounded.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Fischer, Anton Otto, 1882-1962
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The United Nations fight for freedom.
Poster depicts an etching of the Statue of Liberty on a black background on the left side of the poster. On the right there are pictures of flags of 30 countries. Poster has black background with white text at the top of the page and a white border all around.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Broder, S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Till we meet again: buy war bonds.
A smiling soldier in a khaki uniform and cap waves from a porthole.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Hirsch, Joseph, 1910-1981
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Till we meet again : buy war bonds.
A smiling soldier in a khaki uniform and cap waves from a porthole.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Hirsch, Joseph, 1910-1981
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Screening the Axis.
A mesh metal being stands upright holding a metal sieve through which he strains the metal weaponry out of the enemy. Nazi and Japanese soldiers rain down into the sieve. Above and behind them are dark clouds with lightning striking downward toward the sieve. In the far background is a town.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Wire to the Axis]
A serpent made of metal wears a helmet with a swastika on it. The serpent has long tail, sharp teeth, and a long snout. Smoke billows in background. Metal beams in a "V" formation appear to approach the serpent from the upper left area of the poster.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An open letter to the unconquerable Dutch.
A poem praising the Dutch for defying the Nazis in World War II. The poem is framed by a painting of a tattered Dutch flag, in front of which are two hands bound with broken chains. Behind the flag is a Dutch landscape, including windmills and the ocean, depicted as a war zone.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Atherton, John, 1900-1952 & Auslander, Joseph, 1897-1965
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"In the strength of great hope we must shoulder our common load" : buy Victory Bonds.
An image of Franklin D. Roosevelt hovers in the sky above a family standing near a grave site. On the horizon line is a cemetery monument (a cross with a wreath) and a view of the the rising sun.
Date:
1945
Creator:
Beall, C. C. (Cecil Calvert), 1892-1967
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Army : guardian of the colors.
Color image of four soldiers in army uniforms and helmets. Two in center hold flags (one U.S. flag and one with eagle crest). Two outside soldiers hold rifles.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Woodburn, Tom B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Next! : 6th War Loan.
Large head of a helmeted soldier grimaces at an aerial image of the island nation of Japan. At left is an inset graphic of a blue bomb falling on the Japanese flag.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Bingham, James
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arms for Russia-- a great convoy of British ships escorted by Soviet fighter planes sails into Murmansk Harbour with vital supplies for the Red Army.
A view of the ocean and sky from the deck of a ship flying a British White Ensign (naval ensign) flag. There are other ships in the water and planes flying in the sky. Red Star emblems can be seen on some of the planes. One plane in the distance is crashing toward the ocean.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Blake.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
War supplies for Russia-- : a convoy of British and American lorries streams along the Persian route to Russia.
A long convoy of covered trucks travels on a winding road. In the sky overhead are military airplanes, and in the background are an encampment and a large mountain range.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Blake.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Atlantic charter.
All-lettered poster in black & white. Text of the Atlantic Charter of August 14, 1941, signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Title and heading at top. Two columns of text below in italics.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
I want you for the U.S. Army : enlist now.
Uncle Sam points at the viewer. Half-length portrait of Uncle Sam, pointing at the viewer as part of the United States government effort to recruit soldiers.
Date:
1941
Creator:
Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960
System:
The UNT Digital Library
America calling : take your place in civilian defense.
Red and white text, with a civil defense insignia in the middle of the poster. Civil Defense insignia is a red "CD" in white triangle on a blue circle.
Date:
1941
Creator:
Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A battery of Britain's giant coastal-defence guns mounted on railway trucks.
Poster is a color drawing of a large military gun mounted on a train truck. The gun is being fired, and similar guns are seen firing in the distance. Small figures of soldiers can be seen covering their ears. The background is a brightly colored yellow and orange sky.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Davies, Roland.
System:
The UNT Digital Library