Resource Type
Collection
Serial/Series Title
American War Posters
116
Newsmap
54
OWI poster
34
Four freedoms
9
U.S. Army official poster.
9
War Finance Division [poster] (United States. War Finance Division)
8
War Savings Staff [poster] (United States. War Savings Staff)
7
[Newsmap]
7
U.S.A. in action
2
Official Navy poster, Industrial Incentive Division ; 3-80M
1
Country
Year
Month
Language
Don't get hurt : it may cost his life.
Color poster shows a man with his arm in a cast and a sling. He wears overalls and a work shirt. At the bottom of the poster is an image of a fallen soldier lying in the sand. U.S. Army Safety Program seal appears at lower right corner of picture.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Keppler, Victor
System:
The UNT Digital Library
They look to us for supplies.
A group of soldiers with faces covered in dirt. Profuse sweat can be seen on the face of the soldier in front.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Keppler, Victor.
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
Make his nightmare come true!
Charcoal caricature drawing of a sleeping Hideki Tojo, apparently having a nightmare. In his thoughts, an airplane, a missle, and a tank are coming toward him, and a miner stares down at him, saying, "Now we're gonna mine and smelt still more metal for tanks an' ships an' guns".
Date:
1943
Creator:
Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A menace we must beat! "We need your metal to help fight the U-boat!"
Black and white drawing. In the distance, a boat or ship is sinking, with smoke rising from it. In the foreground is a periscope rising from the water. A Nazi symbol can be seen under the surface of the water below it. Nearby, an apparently wounded man floats on a piece of debris on the water. At the upper right is a portrait of Admiral Nimitz and the quoted caption.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952
System:
The UNT Digital Library
We're free to choose-- : this today, or this tomorrow.
Black & white cartoon drawing with two frames. The top frame shows a radio announcer in the foreground and four miners in helmets in the background. The radio announcer mentions the importance and responsibility of miners to preserve liberty. The bottom frame shows Hitler holding a whip and threatening three weary miners who are forced to work long hours.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Your ore packs a punch!
Two miners listen to the radio. One miner rests his helmet on top of the radio. He rejoices as the radio announces a successful attack by U.S. tanks against the Nazi forces.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952
System:
The UNT Digital Library
This is the enemy.
Stylized caricature of a scowling German soldier. There is a swastika on his cap. He wears a monocle in one eye; in the monocle is a reflection of a person hanging on a gallows.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
Koehler, Karl. & Ancona, Victor.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
United we are strong : united we will win.
Artillery gun barrels decorated with the flags of the Allies, all firing in unison.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Koerner, Henry.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Art education in "schools at war" : school art sells bonds -- builds victory.
The poster is a collage of several black and white images that surround a central image. The central image around which all of these vignettes are arranged depicts an heraldic shield that has five red stars on a black stripe. The image below this shield is of the Concord Minute Man statue.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Longyear, William Levwyn, 1899-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"We'll lick 'em-- just give us the metal!"
A smiling soldier, with a bloody bandage on his right arm, holds a rifle with bayonet in one hand and a tattered Japanese flag in the other.
Date:
1943
Creator:
McLeod, Ronald, 1897-1977.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"We'll lick 'em-- just give us the stuff!"
A smiling soldier, with a bloody bandage on his right arm, holds a rifle with bayonet in one hand and a tattered Japanese flag in the other.
Date:
1943
Creator:
McLeod, Ronald, 1897-1977.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Millions of troops are on the move-- : is your trip necessary?
A large crowd of soldiers exit a train and crowd the train platform.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Melbourne, Montgomery.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
I need you on the job full time-- don't get hurt.
Color poster shows a close-up view of a soldier in a combat helmet, pointing a military gun or rifle toward the viewer. An explosion can be seen in the background.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Meyers, Harry Morse
System:
The UNT Digital Library
For their future-- : buy war bonds.
Painting of a blonde woman in a blue shirt and red and white striped skirt, holding a blonde baby. There is a blue sky behind them with some clouds. They are both looking down at a black toy lamb, with a flower wreath around its head. The poster is bordered by a painted picture frame. "BUY WAR BONDS" is in what would be a metal plate fastened to the "frame"
Date:
1943
Creator:
Munsell
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Deliver us from evil" : buy war bonds.
Black & white photo of the head and shoulders of a sad-looking young girl surrounded by smoke or clouds. The photo is centered on a white swastika. Text on poster is in white and blue.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Nadeau, Harriet
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Be a Victory Farm Volunteer in the U.S. Crop Corps : see your principal.
The main part of the poster is a large black-and white photograph of the faces of a smiling teenage girl and boy. The lower part of the poster is a green-tinted photograph of young volunteers harvesting potatoes. A farmer on a mule- or horse-drawn farm machine can be seen in the background. The sky in the background is colored blue.
Date:
1943
Creator:
National Victory Farm Volunteers (U.S.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Don't let him stick his nose in your business.
Black and white cartoon. The cartoon character is a mosquito, smiling in a sinister manner and showing fangs. He has a long sharp nose and he is rubbing his hands together. There is a sunburst of white around him and the rest of the poster is black.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Nolan, Jack.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Night raider : use your net.
A small black & white poster which features a cartoon-like illustration of a mosquito flying in front of the moon at night.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Nolan, Jack.
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
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
Let 'em have it: buy extra bonds.
Color image of a soldier preparing to throw a hand grenade. He wears a helmet and his sleeves are rolled up. Smoke and barbed wire can be seen in the background. On the left side of the poster is a red, white, and blue shield logo which reads: "We bought extra war bonds, 4th War Loan".
Date:
1943
Creator:
Perlin, Bernard, 1918-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Let 'em have it: buy extra bonds.
Color image of a soldier preparing to throw a hand grenade. He wears a helmet and his sleeves are rolled up. Smoke and barbed wire can be seen in the background. On the left side of the poster is a red, white, and blue shield logo which reads: "We bought extra war bonds, 4th War Loan".
Date:
1943
Creator:
Perlin, Bernard, 1918-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
United : the United Nations fight for freedom.
Flags of the member nations of the United Nations wave amidst smoke of a bombardment, with military airplanes, ships and tanks in background.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Ragan, Leslie Darrell, b. 1897
System:
The UNT Digital Library