Resource Type

Wood shelters our planes : the Army & Navy need 156,000,000 board feet a year for hangars.

Scene of men building a hangar. In the foreground are several stacks of lumber. Two Army airplanes fly overhead.
Date: 1943
Creator: Rochon Hoover Studio
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 : 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

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

Defend your country : enlist now in the United States Army.

A color poster of a frowning Uncle Sam with his jacket and top hat on the floor at his feet. He rolls up his sleeves with one hand, and with his other hand is clenched into a fist. Directly behind him is a flying bald eagle and the sun. The background design is a stars-and-stripes motif and the image is designed to appear as if it is mounted on posts.
Date: 1943
Creator: Woodburn, Tom B.
System: The UNT Digital Library

If you tell where he's going, he may never get there!

A sailor looks back and smiles as he walks away. He wears an enlisted service dress blue uniform and carries a large white sea bag on his shoulder.
Date: 1943
Creator: Falter, John Philip, 1910-1982.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Our carelessness, their secret weapon : prevent forest fires.

Large, caricatured heads of Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo stare out as a forest fire blazes in the background.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Forest Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Rationing means a fair share for all of us.

Cartoon scenes at a butcher shop with and without rationing. In the "without rationing" scene, an older woman leaves the butcher shop with many packages, while a second woman buys only one meat chop. In the "with rationing" scene, each woman leaves the shop with ration book in hand, smiling and carrying the same amount of meat.
Date: 1943
Creator: Roese, Herbert.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Meet your schedules -- for victory : the toughest job is still ahead!

Portraits of Navy admirals King, Ingersoll, and Nimitz, each with quotes in yellow speech balloons.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Navy Dept. Industrial Incentive Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library

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

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

Americans all, let's fight for victory : Americanos todos, luchamos por la victoria.

Illustration of two hands holding hats. One holds a Mexican "sombrero" and the other holds an "Uncle Sam"-style top hat.
Date: 1943
Creator: Helguera, Leon
System: The UNT Digital Library