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1946 resolution: that every American buy and hold U.S. savings bonds.

Color image of a scroll document nestled among a background of bond bills. The scroll document appears yellowed and torn with age.
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. War Finance Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Be with him at every mail call : V-mail is private, reliable, patriotic.

Poster shows a a smiling young woman in a pink blouse, sitting at a table or desk, writing a letter. Her image is superimposed on a monochromatic background picture of soldiers in the field receiving mail.
Date: 1945
Creator: Hiller, Lejaren A., 1880-1969
System: The UNT Digital Library

A lifetime education free for high school graduates who qualify: U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps.

A woman in a gray military uniform is shown in the right foreground. In the left background are two young women in dresses, carrying books and looking at the uniformed woman.
Date: 1945
Creator: Ross, Alexander, 1909-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Your blood can save him.

Kneeling soldier holds rifle in left hand and clutches head with right hand. A helmet with a bullet hole lies in front of him. Large Red Cross symbol in lower right corner of poster.
Date: 1945
Creator: Whitman.
System: The UNT Digital Library

For peace and security: buy bonds.

The Three Wise Men (Three Kings of the Orient) in colorful garments ride camels toward the Christmas Star.
Date: 1945
Creator: Ball, Linn
System: The UNT Digital Library

Could this be you? : don't travel unless your trip helps win the war.

Four cartoons in black line drawing on white; cartoons appear as paper sheets tacked to a blue background. They depict various excuses for travel which are characterized as frivolous: "It's impossible to find anything in the local shops." "We haven't seen Bob's children since way last fall." "But this contract is vital.""But Grandma misses us so."
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. Office of Defense Transportation.
System: The UNT Digital Library

"In the strength of great hope we must shoulder our common load" : buy Victory Bonds.

An image of Franklin D. Roosevelt hovers in the sky above a family standing near a grave site. On the horizon line is a cemetery monument (a cross with a wreath) and a view of the the rising sun.
Date: 1945
Creator: Beall, C. C. (Cecil Calvert), 1892-1967
System: The UNT Digital Library

7th War Loan: now--all together.

Small color poster promoting the 7th War Loan. The painting by C. C. Beall is based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken by Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal, of the second American flag raising by U.S. Marines on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945.
Date: 1945
Creator: Beall, C. C. (Cecil Calvert), 1892-1967
System: The UNT Digital Library

Going our way? : be a Victory Farm Volunteer of the U.S. Crop Corps.

Color poster shows an adolescent boy and girl. Both are smiling and neatly dressed. The boy carries farm tools. He has red hair and freckles and wears a windowpane-plaid blue shirt. The girl's blond hair is coiffed and she wears a red dress or blouse. A "Craftsman" brand name mark can be seen on the pitchfork carried by the boy.
Date: 1945
Creator: Bruehl, Anton, 1900-1982.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Buy now for the bigger 7th War Loan through payroll savings.

Small color poster with a red background. The image is of a diverse group of people standing in a V formation and waving green bills. The group includes white men and women and a black man. They are dressed in a variety of work clothing styles, including overalls, industrial uniforms, and business suits.
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. War Finance Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Victory-- now you can invest in it! : Victory Loan.

An eagle with its wings extended stands on a stack of bond bills. Stars and red, white, and blue colors are in the background.
Date: 1945
Creator: Cornwell, Dean, 1892-1960
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

Get the Jap and get it over! : work where you're needed.

Bullet-ridden and tattered Japanese and German flags (of World-War II era) fly on a bamboo pole. Background is in shades of green.
Date: 1945
Creator: Saalburg, Allen Russell, 1899-1987.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Grow your own : be sure!

Color poster shows a group of fruits and vegetables on a table. Two red-white-and-blue ribbons in a "V" shape rise from the table.
Date: 1945
Creator: Strong, Grover.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Your victory garden counts more than ever!

In the background is a view of a garden with a man and woman cultivating and weeding; foreground is an arrangement of various vegetables, including peas in the shell, cabbage, and carrots.
Date: 1945
Creator: Morley, Hubert.
System: The UNT Digital Library

A message about food from the President of the United States.

A message from President Harry Truman, urging Americans to grow, preserve, and conserve food. This is an all lettered poster, white printing on blue background, with a U.S. seal appearing at the top center.
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. Dept. of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library

85 million Americans hold war bonds.

A color image of a man's hand clenching war bonds, as the Statue of Liberty's hand holds its torch above, against a starry night sky. The man's hold on the bonds mimics the statue's hold on the torch.
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Treasury.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Christmas overseas gifts : wrap securely, address correctly, choose gifts wisely : mail between Sept. 15 - Oct. 15.

Picture of Santa Claus in a soldier's helmet, pointing with his left hand at a wrapped and addressed package in his right. The U.S. seal appears at the lower left corner and a U.S. Navy shield logo appears at the lower right corner.
Date: 1945
Creator: Graves.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Urgent notice : 1. Fighting men and materials are being shifted ...

All lettered poster, black text on orange background. The poster urges the reader not to discuss military information because the Japanese are obtaining such information. At the bottom are the signatures of military officials and J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI.
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. War Department.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Protect them : don't pay over ceiling prices.

Black & white photograph of a hand clutching a savings account deposit envelope and a $25 savings bond. The photograph is superimposed on a green circle.
Date: 1945
Creator: United States. Office of Price Administration.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Me travel? --not this summer : vacation at home.

A smiling man relaxes in an easy chair while reading a newspaper and smoking a pipe. A Springer Spaniel dog lies on the floor beside him. On a book case at his side is a framed picture of a young soldier, a radio, and a fan which blows his hair back.
Date: 1945
Creator: Dorne, Albert, 1904-1965.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Serve those who served: nurses are needed in Veterans Administration hospitals.

A wounded veteran sits in a wheelchair; in the background, soldiers fight in combat and a nurse tends to a wounded soldier in hospital.
Date: 1945
Creator: Douglass Crockwell, Spencer, 1904-1968
System: The UNT Digital Library

Keep your Red Cross at his side : give!

Image of a soldier in a helmet. Green foliage is seen in the background. A large Red Cross symbol appears in the lower right area of the poster.
Date: 1945~
Creator: Whitman.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Symbol of life ... : U.S. Army Nurse Corps.

Poster of a photo of a man in bed wearing gray pajamas with a mandarin collar and white frog closures, a maroon corduroy robe and dogtags. He has his right hand raised slightly and is in conversation with a nurse who happily listens to him. She wears a gray and white striped seersucker uniform with a matching nursing cap.
Date: 1945
Creator: Hiller, Lejaren A., 1880-1969
System: The UNT Digital Library