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
We need more metal for more weapons.
Poster in green and white tones with green-tinted photographs. Poster shows a series of photographs of military equipment with captions describing the types of metals used for each. Photographs include: an army truck, a battleship, a B-24 bomber plane, a searchlight, an anti-aircraft gun, and tanks.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. Army.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Not behind the plow"-- your metals are in the Army -- everywhere.
Five photos of various war-related activities to show where metal goes to use in the armed services.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
German army uniforms and insignia.
Color poster showing the insignia, patches, hats and uniforms of the German army. The poster features two figures: one is a German soldier wearing the blue field uniform and the other is a German soldier wearing the brown Afrika Korps uniform. Also depicted are the national emblems worn on headgear.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. Army. Services of Supply. Special Service Division.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Learn to recognize these vehicles : heavy, medium, and light armored cars.
Chart features black & white silhouette drawings of front and profile views of heavy, medium, and light armored cars. Included are American, British, Russian, German, Italian, and Japanese armored cars. A purple band at the bottom includes tips for identification.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. Army. Services of Supply. Special Service Division.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
If you tell where they're going-- they may never get there! : don't talk about troop movements!
Black and white image of soldiers boarding a ship.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. War Department.
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
A blow to the Axis, more lumber for the Army.
A shirtless man uses an axe to chop down a tree. He wears a hat and blue jeans, with a red bandana in his back pocket.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Von Schmidt, Harold, 1893-1982
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Get a load of this-- : the Army needs lumber for crates and boxes.
Color poster of three soldiers loading crates with a lifting device consisting of ropes attached to a metal hook. Two soldiers are shirtless; all are wearing helmets. In the background, bombs explode in the water near a boat loaded with wooden crates.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Karl, J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
He's sure to get V-mail : safest overseas mail.
Smiling soldier in combat helmet reading mail.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Schlaikjer, Jes Wilhelm, 1897-1982
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
I'm counting on you! : don't discuss: troop movements, ship sailings--war equipment.
Color poster with blue background. Uncle Sam holds his index finger to his lips, indicating silence.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Helguera, Leon
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Metal at the fighting front.
Five pictures of war activities involving metal. Each picture has extended text below the picture.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Give your good books to our fighting men : the books you'd like to keep are the good ones to give.
Poster is printed in burnt sienna color. At the lower right corner are shown the heads and shoulders of three military men in uniform. In the upper left corner are hands holding books. A stream of books falls from the hands toward the men.
Date:
1943
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
German navy uniforms and insignia.
Color poster showing the insignia, patches, hats and uniforms of the German navy. The poster features four figures wearing different navy uniforms: a white summer uniform, a blue service dress uniform, a blue signal corps uniform, and a green officer's field service dress uniform. Also shown are the national emblems which appear on headgear and buttons. Also included are charts showing German pronunciation and a comparison of ratings (ranks) in U.S. and German navies.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. Army. Services of Supply. Special Service Division.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Gas.
This poster features six individual cartoon panels illustrating the identification of various poisonous gases, including lewisite, mustard, tear, phosgene and clorpicrin. The text is printed in red and black. The cartoons are gray and black line drawings with selective fill of pink and red.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. Army Service Forces. Special Service Division.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ready for anything --thanks to you!
Color illustration of soldiers wading from a ship or boat through water and storming a beach. Behind them is a tank about to exit a ship. More ships, a small boat, and explosions can be seen on the water in the background.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Sewell, Amos, 1901-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Learn to recognize these vehicles : medium tanks and self-propelled artillery.
Black & white chart features drawings of front and profile views of various tanks and self-propelled artillery, and tips for identification. Included are British, Japanese, German, American, Russian, and Canadian vehicles.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. Army. Services of Supply. Special Service Division.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lumber does its stuff --a long way from home.
Poster consists of photographs and text in a purple-red tone. Six photographs depict the use of lumber by the U.S. armed forces in World War II: to build bridges, tents, and life rafts, and to ship supplies. Photos also illustrate how wooden shipping crates are re-used by field post offices and commissaries in the South Pacific.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations.
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
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
They've got the guts : back 'em up with more metal.
Color image of two soldiers in combat uniforms. One is shooting a military rifle and the other has just landed next to him by parachute. Additional parachutes can be seen in the distance.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Cornwell, Dean, 1892-1960
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
Brotherhood Week, February 19th to 28th, 1943.
All-lettered poster is beige with brown letters. The text is a message from President Franklin D. Roosevelt about the importance of Brotherhood Week during wartime in 1943.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
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