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
Newsmap. Monday, January 25, 1943 : week of January 15 to January 22
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Tripoli, Western Europe, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Pacific and Far East, Russia, Chile, Iraq. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps: Tunisia/Libya ; Russian Front. Photographs: North Africa; Forward positions: Guadalcanal; Not in "Mein Kampf" [retreating German panzers struggling through mud]; Jap ships feel U.S. air blows. Back: Poster illustrating Italian Navy uniforms and insignia. Includes Italian pronunciation chart.
Date:
January 25, 1943
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. Monday, January 18, 1943 : week of January 8 to January 15
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: New Guinea, Solomons, Tunisia, Burma, Libya, Europe, Russia, supply. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps: [New Guinea] -- [Tunisia] -- [U.S.S.R.] Photographs: Southwest Pacific bombing mission; Trophies of war; Navy scout boards its cruiser. Back:"Learn to Recognize These Vehicles : Medium Tanks and Self-Propelled Artillery" poster gives identifying features and illustrations of various vehicles.
Date:
January 18, 1943
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. Monday, January 11, 1943 : week of January 1 to January 8
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Rabaul, Solomons, Pacific, Wake, New Guinea, Burma, North Africa, Russia, Aleutians. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Includes inset maps: Tunisia; USSR. Photographs: Japanese Bull's eye [a Nip carrier making a perfect circle trying to escape in the Battle of Midway]; "Kamerad" in Tunisia; Waiting for actions on a U.S. carrier; "General winter". Back: "Learn to Recognize These Vehicles" poster gives identifying features and illustrations of various heavy tanks and self-propelled artillery.
Date:
January 11, 1943
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Newsmap. Monday, January 4, 1943 : week of December 25 to January 1
Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: North Africa, Command, Libya, New Guinea, Solomons, Burma, Russia, Fr. Somaliland. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Includes inset maps: Indonesia -- Rostov region [USSR]. Photographs: Blimp patrol -- Supplies for Guadalcanal -- Along the road to Tunisia. Back: The Nerve System of the Army: text, illustration, and photographs show contributions of the Signal Corps to the war effort.
Date:
January 4, 1943
Creator:
[United States.] Army Orientation Course.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[A Program for "Sunny of Sunnyside"- - an Operetta]
A program for "Sunny of Sunnyside - An Operetta", presented at the Travis School Auditorium on April 29-30, 1943.
Date:
April 29, 1943
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Program for "Lazy Town", an Opera in Two Acts]
A program for "Lazy Town - An Opera in Two Acts", presented by Sam Houston School on May 14, 1943.
Date:
May 14, 1943
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Program for the "Victory Queen" and "Victory on the Home Front"
A program for The Victory Queen and Victory on the Home Front, presented by Mineral Wells High School at the Convention Hall on March 8, 1943.
Date:
March 8, 1943
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Starve the Squander Bug : buy more war bonds.
Long, narrow poster formed as a banner. At each end of the banner is a red area with green circle, in front of which is an image of the "Squander Bug" eating money. Text in black and green on gray center section.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Seuss, Dr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Army is counting on you for more metal.
A group of weary soldiers 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
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
Save freedom of worship : each according to the dictates of his own conscience : buy war bonds.
Men and women of various races and faiths, including a woman with rosary beads, clasp hands together in prayer.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
We have just begun to fight!
Black & white illustration of a soldier in a combat uniform and helmet. He has one arm raised and appears to be shouting. In his other arm he holds a rife with bayonet.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. Office of War Information.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Save freedom of speech : buy war bonds.
A man stands to speak at a town meeting. A folded document is in his pocket. He wears a worn bomber jacket and a flannel shirt; sitting all around him are men in suits.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Food is a weapon : don't waste it! : buy wisely -- cook carefully -- eat it all : follow the National Wartime Nutrition Program.
Color image of a dinner plate on a table with fork and knife resting on it. The plate is empty except for a few chicken bones on it. A crumpled napkin lies to the left of the plate and an empty glass to the right. The poster background is in shades of green.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aircraft insignia.
Twenty different types of airplanes fly across the scene, each with distinct markings. The main background is of clouds in the sky. The border is comprised of insignia of aircraft from 47 countries.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Coggins, Jack
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wood joins the colors! : the Army & Navy need millions of board feet for barracks.
A soldier in uniform and helmet stands guard as wooden boards are lifted to a construction site where men are building barracks. Already-constructed barracks are seen in the background.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Starr, Maxwell B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Your metal saves our convoys : keep it coming!
In the foreground, a man stands on a platform on a ship, shouting through a megaphone at several other men on deck who are loading and firing a large cannon-like weapon toward the sea. Other ships can be seen in the background.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Helck, Peter, 1893-1988.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
This is the enemy.
An arm with a swastika on its sleeve stabs a sword through a book labeled "Holy Bible".
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. Office of War Information.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Use it up--wear it out--make it do! : our labor and our goods are fighting.
A man and a woman are outside on the lawn. The man bends over to oil a lawnmower while the woman, kneeling, hand-sews a patch on the back of the pants he wears. A basket full of sewing supplies is on the grass next to the woman. The man wears a red shirt, blue pants, and saddle shoes. The woman wears a bright yellow dress and brown high-heeled shoes.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. Office of War Information.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Back the attack! : buy war bonds.
Color poster of a battle scene. A soldier lies on the ground and holds his military rifle in a ready position. Several parachutes can be seen the sky above and descending around the soldier.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Schreiber, Georges, 1904-1977
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
An open letter to the unconquerable Greeks.
A poem by Joseph Auslander praises the Greeks for defying the enemies in World War II. The text of the poem is framed by an illustration depicting a group of Greek people, some in tattered clothing, some injured or dying, among ancient ruins. Behind them, on the right, is the Parthenon.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Riggs, Robert, 1896-1970 & Auslander, Joseph, 1897-1965
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Save freedom of worship : each according to the dictates of his own conscience : buy war bonds.
Men and women of various races and faiths, including a woman with rosary beads, clasp hands together in prayer.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978.
System:
The UNT Digital Library