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"Of course I can! : I'm patriotic as can be-- and ration points won't worry me!"
A dark-haired woman with a wide-eyed expression holds three large glass jars of vegetables in her arms. Three more jars can be seen at the lower area of the picture. The woman wears a ruffled apron.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Williams, Dick.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Plant a victory garden : our food is fighting : a garden will make your rations go further.
Illustration of three people in a vegetable garden. The man and woman are working with garden tools. In the foreground is a young boy looking into a basket of vegetables. He wears a military hat.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defend your country : enlist now in the United States Army.
A color poster of a frowning Uncle Sam with his jacket and top hat on the floor at his feet. He rolls up his sleeves with one hand, and with his other hand is clenched into a fist. Directly behind him is a flying bald eagle and the sun. The background design is a stars-and-stripes motif and the image is designed to appear as if it is mounted on posts.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Woodburn, Tom B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Where our men are fighting, our food is fighting : buy wisely--cook carefully--store carefully--use leftovers.
In the foreground, a crate of food is dropping via parachute. In the background are parachuting men.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. Office of War Information.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Work on a farm-- this summer : join the U.S. Crop Corps.
Both in bib overalls, a man holds a pitchfork while a woman holds a basket overflowing with harvested vegetables against the background of a blue sky.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Douglass Crockwell, Spencer, 1904-1968
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Work on a farm-- this summer : join the U.S. Crop Corps.
Both in bib overalls, a man holds a pitchfork while a woman holds a basket overflowing with harvested vegetables against the background of a blue sky.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Douglass Crockwell, Spencer, 1904-1968
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ours-- to fight for : freedom from want.
Color poster features a painting of people at a dinner table. An older man and woman stand at the head of the table. The woman is putting a turkey on the table. There are nine other people at the table, all smiling.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ours-- to fight for : freedom from want.
Color poster features a painting of people at a dinner table. An older man and woman stand at the head of the table. The woman is putting a turkey on the table. There are nine other people at the table, all smiling.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Back 'em up with more metal.
Color poster of at least seven soldiers in uniforms and helmets surrounding an anti-aircraft gun which is firing. Other guns can be seen firing in the background.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Stoops, Herbert Morton
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"We'll have lots to eat this winter, won't we Mother?" : grow your own, can your own.
A girl and her mother are canning vegetables in glass containers. Both have blond hair in ponytails and both are wearing white aprons with red trim. In the background is a shelf full of canned vegetables.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Parker, Alfred, 1906-1985.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An open letter to the unconquerable Norwegians.
A poem praising the Norwegians for defying the Nazis in World War II. The text of the poem is framed by a painting depicting a blond-haired man, woman and child. The man wears overalls and the woman and child wear kerchiefs on their heads. The man is holding a pitchfork. In the background are a haystack and a traditional Norwegian loft house.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dohanos, Stevan, 1907-1994 & Auslander, Joseph, 1897-1965
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Good news from home: more production.
Color poster shows a smiling soldier in a brown uniform and helmet. He holds up his hand with four fingers splayed as if to count off the list of words displayed to the right in bold red text: "tanks", "planes", "guns", "ships".
Date:
1942
Creator:
Dohanos, Stevan, 1907-1994
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The avenger's shadow : more metal for U.S. planes, tanks, guns.
Black and white drawing. A caricatured Japanese soldier holding a smoking gun stands over a fallen man labeled "U.S. pilot". In the distance is a pagoda. At right is a large shadow of a man's head and and shoulders, which appears to be descending over the Japanese soldier. He wears a miner's helmet and the words "more metal for U.S. planes, tanks, guns" appear on his shadow.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952
System:
The UNT Digital Library
1778, 1943 : Americans will always fight for liberty.
U.S. soldiers in helmets and coats march forward on snow, looking back in review at colonial militiamen with rifles, some in torn clothing or bloody bandages. A badge of the U.S. flag is displayed prominently on the shoulder of the soldier nearest the viewer.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Perlin, Bernard, 1918-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Americans all, let's fight for victory : Americanos todos, luchamos por la victoria.
Illustration of two hands holding hats. One holds a Mexican "sombrero" and the other holds an "Uncle Sam"-style top hat.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Helguera, Leon
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fill it! : help harvest war crops.
Color poster. In the foreground, a large empty harvesting basket is held out by two hands. In the background, men and women in straw hats harvest crops by hand in a field. A barn and farmhouse can be seen in the distance. At the lower right corner of the poster is the Crops Corps logo: a large blue "C' surrounding a red wheat sheaf.
Date:
1945
Creator:
Dohanos, Stevan, 1907-1994
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Award for careless talk : don't discuss troop movements, ship sailings, war equipment.
A hairy hand wearing a ring with a Nazi insignia holds an Iron Cross military decoration, also with a swastika on it. The poster background is red with a white border that has barbs pointing into the red area.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Dohanos, Stevan, 1907-1994
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Someone talked!
A man's head and arm are seen barely above black water. The man looks and points toward the viewer.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Siebel, Frederick
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Because somebody talked!
Color poster shows a sad cocker spaniel with its head resting on sailor's collar on back of a blue chair. On the wall behind the chair hangs a "Gold Star" service flag with a red border, white center, and yellow star in the middle. A gold star on a service flag signifies a family member who has died in war.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Heyman, Wesley
System:
The UNT Digital Library
And we talk about sacrifice: buy war bonds.
Picture of a woman weeping. Her face looks haggard, and she wears a red kerchief on her head. In the background, smoke rises from ruins.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Couillard, R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Someone talked!
A man's head and arm are seen barely above black water. The man looks and points toward the viewer.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Siebel, Frederick
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Don't let this happen to you! : too little, too late : order coal now!
A shovel leans against the wall of an empty coal cellar where a few coal briquettes spell out the words "too little, too late."
Date:
1944
Creator:
Fitzpatrick, Daniel Robert, 1891-1969.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
And we talk about sacrifice: buy war bonds.
Color image of a woman weeping. Her face looks haggard, and she wears a red kerchief on her head. In the background, smoke rises from ruins.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Couillard, R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S.A. in action : the supply line starts with you.
A series of black & white photographs depicting the use and transport of military supplies.
Date:
1944
Creator:
United States. Army.
System:
The UNT Digital Library