Resource Type

He's a fighting fool, give him the best you've got : more production.

Color poster in blue and black shades. Image of a soldier using a large artillery gun which is pointed upward. Three planes are seen flying in the distance behind the soldier.
Date: 1942
Creator: Ludekens, Fred, 1900-1982.
System: The UNT Digital Library

America calling : take your place in civilian defense.

Red and white text, with a civil defense insignia in the middle of the poster. Civil Defense insignia is a red "CD" in white triangle on a blue circle.
Date: 1941
Creator: Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The knockout blow starts here : fellow soldiers.

A series of black & white photographs showing the manufacture of war supplies, their use in the battlefield, and the appreciation of the armed forces for the factory workers. Includes a graphic image of a bomb hitting a swastika.
Date: 1942
Creator: McL, W.
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

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

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

Take the wheel : --steer a course for future success while serving your country in the United States Navy or the U.S. Naval Reserve.

The upper half of the poster shows a painting of a large U.S. battleship, with additional ships seen in the background. In the lower half of the poster, to the left of the poster caption, is a small image of a naval officer looking through a porthole with binoculars and a sailor in a white uniform steering the ship.
Date: 1941
Creator: Murphey, Matt.
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

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

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

Join us on the farm front! : be a Victory Farm Volunteer of the U.S. Crop Corps.

Black & white photo superimposed on a blue background. A smiling young teenage boy and girl stand in a farm field, holding farm tools.
Date: 1944
Creator: National Victory Farm Volunteers (U.S.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

Protect his future: buy and keep war bonds.

Color poster shows a young, smiling boy being lifted in the air holding on to a man's hands. The boy has blond hair and is wearing red overalls and a white t-shirt.
Date: 1944
Creator: Nichols, Ruth Alexander
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

Palau's fall would weaken Japs.

Black & white map of the southern Pacific Ocean, showing the north of Australia, parts of China, Korea, and French-Indo-China, New Guinea, the Philippines, Japan, and several small islands. An inset text box in the lower left corner titled "Pacific Progress" describes the completed and future goals of the U.S. armed forces toward defeating Japan. In the upper right corner is an inset map of Palau.
Date: 1944
Creator: O'Donohoe, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Red Army encircling Balkans.

Black & white newsmap showing the planned paths of the Soviet armed forces through eastern Europe toward Berlin, Germany.
Date: 1944
Creator: O'Donohoe, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library