Resource Type
Partner
Collection
Serial/Series Title
American War Posters
104
Newsmap
36
War Savings Staff [poster] (United States. War Savings Staff)
21
Produce for victory
14
OWI poster
11
This man is your friend, he fights for freedom.
7
War Production Board [poster] (United States. War Production Board)
7
Beat the promise
6
[Recruiting Publicity Bureau poster] (United States. Army)
6
Defense Savings Staff [poster] (United States. Defense Savings Staff)
5
4 More
Country
Year
Language
Let's all fight : buy war bonds.
In the foregound is a large color image of a soldier lunging forward with rifle bayonet. In the background are small black & white images of people working in various industries, and a building with smokestacks.
Date:
1942
Creator:
United States. Department of the Treasury.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Let's fly this flag by New Year's: everybody at least 10% in war bonds.
A blue flag flies on a gold pole. The flag has a white silhouette of the Concorde Minute Man, twelve white stars circling him, and a white "T" in the lower right corner. A red, white, and blue target is to the bottom left of the flag, containing the text, "Everybody at least 10%".
Date:
1942
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Let's fly this flag: everybody at least 10% in war bonds.
A blue flag (with white silhouette of Concord Minute Man, 12 white stars circling him) flies on a gold pole. A red, white, and blue target is to the bottom left of the flag, containing the text, "Everybody at least 10%".
Date:
1942
Creator:
United States. Department of the Treasury.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Let's hit 'em with everything we've got! : don't wait, choose the Navy.
Sailors in helmets and blue shirts, operating large artillery weapons. An explosion is seen in the background.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Barclay, McClelland.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lexington, 1775 : they fought for freedom, we fight to keep it : buy war stamps & bonds.
This is a small color poster promoting war stamps. Image shows four colonial freedom fighters. Three of them are pointing their muskets and one appears to have fallen on his weapon. Colors are teal and orange.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Daugherty, James Henry, 1889-1974
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lexington, 1775, they fought for freedom, we fight to keep it; Independence, July 4, 1776, they kept the faith and so do you every time you lend a dime for war savings stamps; John Paul Jones said, "I have not yet begun to fight", fight with war stamps & bonds; Washington crossed the Delaware to win our freedom, we cross oceans to keep it.
A series of four equally sized wood prints of historic scenes separated by dotted lines. The colors are teal and orange.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Daugherty, James Henry, 1889-1974
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lexington, 1775, they fought for freedom, we fight to keep it; Independence, July 4, 1776, they kept the faith and so do you every time you lend a dime for war savings stamps; John Paul Jones said, "I have not yet begun to fight", fight with war stamps & bonds; Washington crossed the Delaware to win our freedom, we cross oceans to keep it.
A series of four equally sized wood prints of historic scenes separated by dotted lines. The colors are teal and orange.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Daugherty, James Henry, 1889-1974
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"I'm an Ellis Island American. I left the old country to be free--and nobody is going to take that freedom away. That's why I'm fighting on the production line--to help destroy the enemies of freedom. Let's keep 'em rolling" : produce for victory!
The picture depicts a middle-aged man with dark hair, graying sideburns, wearing wire-rimmed glasses and a work apron.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Hagel, Otto, 1909-1973.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Making America strong : competitive companies co-operate to produce important instruments for military aircraft.
Black & white poster features comic-book style drawings of an industrial worker, managers, and buildings, and a large outline map of the U.S. containing additional text.
Date:
1942?
Creator:
National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Making America strong : how American shipyards are winning the race against time to build our Navy.
Black & white chart describes how shipbuilding has become quicker during wartime. It features comic-book style drawings of a shipyard, a large ship at sea, and Uncle Sam changing from his decorated top hat to a worker's cap.
Date:
1942?
Creator:
National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Making America strong : how subcontracting accelerates defense production--.
Black & white poster features comic-book style drawings. In the center of a large outline map of United States is a large tank, with numerous lines pointing outward to small drawings of industrial buildings throughout the U.S. In the upper left corner is a more detailed drawing of a factory with smokestacks.
Date:
1942?
Creator:
National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Making America strong : industry's ever improving mass production methods step up output of latest type war planes.
Black & white poster features comic-book style drawings of machinery used to produce airplanes. In the upper right corner is an image of Uncle Sam pointing out to some people a flying military airplane which is seen through a large "hole" drawn in the poster.
Date:
1942?
Creator:
National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Making America strong : today about 800 American industrial concerns either make airplanes or supply the parts.
Black & white chart features comic-book style drawings of airplanes, airplane parts, and industrial buildings arranged in pictograph format illustrating production statistics for engines, propellers, instruments, and complete airplanes.
Date:
1942?
Creator:
National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Making America strong : U.S. industry today employs 18 men to back up one soldier in the Army.
Black & white chart features comic-book style drawings. The main image is of a soldier on the battlefield. A pictograph shows how the number of industrial workers per soldier has grown through the centuries, from 55 BC to 1940. In the upper left corner is a drawing of a factory with smokestacks.
Date:
1942?
Creator:
National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Man for man, America's workers and America's soldiers are the best in the world! We helped them build our nation -- we'll help them defend it." Produce for victory!
A young woman works on a machine part. Her reddish hair is coiffed and she wears a neatly pressed blue work uniform.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Sheldon-Claire Co.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Men working : together!
A helmeted soldier, a factory worker, and a sailor stand proudly together. Black & white photograph on light orange background.
Date:
1942
Creator:
United States. Office for Emergency Management. Division of Information.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Now is the time! : apply at the nearest U.S. Army recruiting and induction station.
A large black & white photograph of a man's head is shown against a pink-toned background. The background is a collage of photographs showing various military occupations. A white inset at left lists various branches of service.
Date:
1942
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Put the squeeze on the Japanese : beat your promise.
A caucasian man representing American workers squeezes a large clamp around a caricature of Hideki Tojo. The worker wears a sleeveless undershirt labeled "Increased Production". His watch says "RCA". A caption behind his hat says "You and I". Tojo appears to be shouting, as illustrated by several (presumably) Japanese characters. He is reaching toward a bloody sword labeled: "Remember Pearl Harbor!" In the background are battleships, firing tanks, flying airplanes, and lightning bolts.
Date:
[1942..1945]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pvt. Joe Louis says-- "We're going to do our part, and we'll win because we're on God's side."
Poster features a black & white photo of boxer Joe Louis in a combat uniform and helmet, pointing a rifle with bayonet. The background of the poster is blue.
Date:
1942
Creator:
United States. Office of Facts and Figures.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reach your boy overseas by V mail, the letters that travel on film ... : your stationer and post office have V...-mail letter forms.
Color poster shows a picture of a helmeted soldier's face at right. The letters in "V mail" are formed by an image of film that is coming off of a reel. The background of the main part of the poster is yellow.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Schlaikjer, Jes Wilhelm, 1897-1982
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Remember last December! : --"that free peoples may not perish from this earth" : enlist in your Navy today.
Color poster features a portrait of a sailor in an enlisted service dress blue uniform. He stands in front of a waving U.S. flag.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Falter, John Philip, 1910-1982.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Save waste fats.
4 black, white, and gray cartoons. Each has a caption: Fat in frying pan: "Save waste fat and greases"; pouring waste fat through strainer: "Strain into clean can"; Can of fat in storage area: "keep in cool dark place"; woman handing can to butcher: "sell it to your meat dealer."
Date:
1942
Creator:
United States. War Production Board. Bureau of Industrial Conservation.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Say yes! : take your change in war stamps.
A smiling gloved soldier looks backward toward the view while pointing to the words "Say Yes".
Date:
1942
Creator:
United States. War Savings Staff.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Say yes! : take your change in war stamps.
Color poster shows three stylized images of soldiers from the different branches of the U.S. armed forces (Navy, Army, Marines). Above them is a speech bubble containing the poster text.
Date:
1942
Creator:
United States. War Savings Staff.
System:
The UNT Digital Library