Resource Type

A national emergency is upon us : arise America before it is too late! Defend your country and your loved ones ....

Navy recruitment poster. Text is in red and blue against an off-white background. An image of the U.S. flag is centered at the top.
Date: 1941
Creator: United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Navigation.
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

Our wounded need help! : ten ways you can release nurses for military service.

All lettered poster with red and black text, describing how to conserve health resources and help recruit nurses for military and civilian services.
Date: unknown
Creator: American Red Cross
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

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

Give it your best!

Color image of the U.S. flag, with 48 stars.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. Office for Emergency Management. Division of Information.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Give it your best!

Large color image of the U.S. flag with 48 stars.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. Office of War Information.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Remember last December! : --"that free peoples may not perish from this earth" : enlist in your Navy today.

Color poster features a portrait of a sailor in an enlisted service dress blue uniform. He stands in front of a waving U.S. flag.
Date: 1942
Creator: Falter, John Philip, 1910-1982.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Less dangerous than careless talk : don't discuss troop movements, ship sailings, war equipment.

Illustration of a coiled, green-eyed rattlesnake with blood dripping from its mouth and fangs, ready to strike. Blood is also pooled on the floor next to the snake.
Date: 1944
Creator: Dorne, Albert, 1904-1965.
System: The UNT Digital Library

United we stand, divided we fall : beat the promise.

Bird's eye view of two factories; the two images are divided by the stripes of the U.S. flag. On the left, with blue background, a train drives away from a working factory with vehicles parked outside the buildings. On the right, with red background, a factory burns. A wrecked train and fallen person lie near the burning buildings.
Date: 1942
Creator: RCA Manufacturing Company, inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Metal for victory! : keep it coming.

A series of five black & white photographs and captions depicting of war activities involving metal. Poster has red border.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pvt. Joe Louis says-- "We're going to do our part, and we'll win because we're on God's side."

Poster features a black & white photo of boxer Joe Louis in a combat uniform and helmet, pointing a rifle with bayonet. The background of the poster is blue.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. Office of Facts and Figures.
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

America's answer! : production.

Drawing of a gloved hand holding a gray wrench, turning the "o" in the word "production" which is shaped like a bolt.
Date: 1942
Creator: Carlu, Jean.
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

The United Nations fight for freedom.

Poster depicts an etching of the Statue of Liberty on a black background on the left side of the poster. On the right there are pictures of flags of 30 countries. Poster has black background with white text at the top of the page and a white border all around.
Date: 1942
Creator: Broder, S.
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

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