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American War Posters
338
Newsmap
214
OWI poster
46
War Savings Staff [poster] (United States. War Savings Staff)
29
War Finance Division [poster] (United States. War Finance Division)
19
Produce for victory
15
Beat the promise
12
U.S. Army official poster.
11
British War Posters
10
Four freedoms
10
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Back 'em up with more metal.
Color poster of at least seven soldiers in uniforms and helmets surrounding an anti-aircraft gun which is firing. Other guns can be seen firing in the background.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Stoops, Herbert Morton
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
Back your future with U.S. savings bonds.
Small color poster. A neatly-dressed family (father, mother, young boy and slightly older girl) smiles and looks upward. The boy holds a red toy plane and the girl holds a book. In the foreground, an arm wearing an "Uncle Sam" style sleeve pulls back the corner of a large U.S. flag which appears to be hanging curtain-like over the family. In the background is a desert landscape.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Englert
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A battery of Britain's giant coastal-defence guns mounted on railway trucks.
Poster is a color drawing of a large military gun mounted on a train truck. The gun is being fired, and similar guns are seen firing in the distance. Small figures of soldiers can be seen covering their ears. The background is a brightly colored yellow and orange sky.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Davies, Roland.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The battle-wise infantryman -- is careful of what he says or writes : how about you?
Color poster of head and shoulders of a helmeted Army soldier holding a rifle and looking toward the viewer. The background is a green color.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Schlaikjer, Jes Wilhelm, 1897-1982
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Be a cadet nurse : the girl with a future.
Color poster of two women in cadet nurse uniforms (probably two views of the same woman). The woman on the left wears a military-style uniform with blue jacket and cap. The woman on the right wears a white nurse's uniform with a nurse's cap. Both women are wearing cadet nurse shoulder patches and caduceus (medical symbol) pins.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Whitcomb, Jon
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
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
Because somebody talked!
Color poster shows a sad cocker spaniel with its head resting on sailor's collar on back of a blue chair. On the wall behind the chair hangs a "Gold Star" service flag with a red border, white center and yellow star in the middle. A gold star on a service flag signifies a family member who has died in war.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Heyman, Wesley
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Because somebody talked!
Color poster shows a sad cocker spaniel with its head resting on sailor's collar on back of a blue chair. On the wall behind the chair hangs a "Gold Star" service flag with a red border, white center, and yellow star in the middle. A gold star on a service flag signifies a family member who has died in war.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Heyman, Wesley
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Become a nurse : your country needs you.
Color poster of a young woman receiving her nursing cap. A male (only the hands and sleeves are shown) is placing it on her head. He wears blue sleeves with a stars-and-stripes motif on the cuffs. The young woman wears a blue cotton uniform with a white collar, cuffs, and pocket handkerchief. The model for this poster is Weslee Wootten D'Audney.
Date:
1942
Creator:
American Nurses Association. Nursing Information Bureau.
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
Bonds or bondage : everybody--every pay day 10%.
Image of a man in cap and overalls, with outstretched arms and legs. In one hand he holds a U.S. flag; his other hand and leg are chained to a swastika-inscribed ball. One side of his face smiles; the other side is weary. The poster background is also split in two halves: On the left is a landscape of farm lands, industrial smoke stacks, and skyscrapers; on the right is a dark barren landscape.
Date:
1941/1942?
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A British "Blenheim" bomber of the Coastal Command aids a British destroyer in smashing a German submarine.
Poster is a pastel drawing of an aircraft bombing a submarine. A British ship is shown behind the bombed submarine, and other ships can be seen in the distance.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
British bombers have carried out over 1,600 raids on Germany (up to May, 1941)
Color poster is a stylized drawing of aircraft in battle. Four bomber planes are depicted in camouflage. A large explosion is shown at the upper left corner of the picture.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
British tanks hurled Italy out of Abyssinia, and in Libya completely wrecked Axis plans of conquest.
Color illustration of tanks driving across a desert. The ground and sky are depicted in yellow and orange tones.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
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
The Bugle Sounds : Enlist in the U.S. Army Now : Your Country Needs You.
Poster in red, white, and blue tones includes an illustration of a military airplane and a photograph of men driving armored vehicles.
Date:
194X
Creator:
unknown
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
Buy war bonds: Third War Loan.
Color poster of a young boy with tears streaming from his eyes. He has a freckled face and wears a white short-sleeved shirt. Around his neck hangs a Medal of Honor (gold star on a blue ribbon). In his hand he holds a khaki soldier's cap.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Keppler, Victor
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Buy war savings bonds : beat the promise!
In the sky, a giant hand wearing a work glove puts dollar bills into a giant savings bond bill which is shaped like a funnel. The base of the funnel points toward a group of military tanks on the ground. Four airplanes fly in formation over the tanks.
Date:
1941?/1942?
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Can you qualify as an aviation cadet? : here are the requirements : keep 'em flying!
Chart of requirements for becoming an air cadet. At the bottom center below the chart is a black and white photograph of a group of men wearing flight suits, parachutist's helmets, goggles, and parachute packs. The background is a blue graphic design of airplanes.
Date:
1942
Creator:
United States. Army Air Forces.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Can you qualify for the Army Air Corps?
Chart of requirements for joining the Army Air Corps. Upper and lower borders are red-white-and-blue stripes with text. A "watermark"-type logo can be seen in the background of the chart, with text: "LET'S GO! U.S.A. KEEP 'EM FLYING." This 1942 edition of the poster is distinguished by one split column numbered "2" under "Aviation Cadets" and one split column numbered "3" under "Enlisted Men."
Date:
1942
Creator:
United States. Army. Recruiting Service.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Care is costly: buy and hold war bonds.
Small color poster of a wounded soldier sitting on the ground. He has bandages on his hand and leg and his camouflage helmet lies on the ground next to him.
Date:
1945
Creator:
Treidler, Adolph, 1886-1981
System:
The UNT Digital Library