L'Emprunt de la Libération.

A white-mustached man resembling Kaiser Wilhelm II, wearing a white helmet and cape, and holding a broken sword, kneels dejectedly with his head down. Above and behind him is held a large group of flags of the Allied states.
Date: unknown
Creator: Faivre, Abel, 1867-1945.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Le Cardinal Mercier protège la Belgique.

Illustration of Cardinal Mercier in a gold cape and mitre (headdress). He holds a staff in his left hand. A fallen man is slumped over at his feet and there is a crowd of people behind him, most of whom appear to be women. The Cardinal is depicted in color and the other people are depicted in black & white.
Date: 1916
Creator: Fouqueray, Charles, 1869-1956.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pour le triomphe, souscrivez à l'emprunt national : les souscriptions sont reçues à Paris et en province à la Banque Nationale de Crédit.

French soldiers of World War I march on the ground through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. From the clouds, a crowd of soldiers from past wars descend to join them. The figure of Bellona (the Roman goddess of war) of the "Marseillaise" sculpture on the arch appears to urge the soldiers on to battle.
Date: 1918
Creator: SEM
System: The UNT Digital Library

4e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale : les souscriptions sont reçues sans frais à la Banque Privée ....

In the forefront is a drawing of a drummer boy marching with a look of surprise on his face. Hovering above and behind him is a female figure in a long dress. In the background are soldiers carrying tattered flags.
Date: 1918
Creator: Falter, Marcel, b. 1866.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pour que la France soit victorieuse! : souscrivez au 4ème Emprunt de la Défense Nationale, Crédit Français, 52_54, rue de Châteaudun, Paris.

Lithograph, of a black and white drawing of a cock and an eagle preparing to fight. The eagle wears a crown. The French cock appears to be standing over a miniature town. The imperial eagle is representative of the Central Powers and the Gallic cock is a symbol of France. The poster is bordered with a blue, white, and red stripe.
Date: 1918
Creator: Scott, Georges Bretin, 1873-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Emprunt de la Libération : on les a : souscrivez à la London County & Westminster Bank (Paris) Ltd.

Lithograph of 3 soldiers in battle. One is wearing a Scottish uniform with kilt. A tall soldier with a mustache wears a French uniform and holds his helmet in the air. Another in the background wears an olive/khaki uniform (British or U.S.) with helmet, and is pointing a rifle. An explosion can be seen in the background on the left.
Date: 1918
Creator: Bouisset, Firmin.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Feed a fighter : eat only what you need-- waste nothing-- that he and his family may have enough.

Charcoal drawing of a soldier sitting in a trench, drinking out of a cup. Other soldiers can be seen in the background. At the top right corner of the poster is the round seal of the U.S. Food Administration (shield with flag motif surrounded by wheat stalks).
Date: 1918
Creator: Morgan, Wallace.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Crédit Lyonnais : souscrivez au 4e Emprunt National.

Naked man wearing sword belt and helmet lunges to the right with sword extended against an eagle and pulling a French flag from its beak.
Date: 1918
Creator: Faivre, Abel, 1867-1945.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Be patriotic: sign your country's pledge to save the food.

Color poster of a woman with her hands extended toward the viewer. She is wearing an dress that appears to be made from a draped U.S. flag, and a cap of a stars-and-stripes motif.
Date: 1917
Creator: Stahr, Paul, 1883-1953
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pour le retour, souscrivez : 4e Emprunt National, Crédit Foncier d'Algérie et de Tunisie, 43, rue Cambon, Paris.

Lithograph of a Mediterranean sea port. Numerous ships and boats are in the water. In the foreground are people standing along a sea wall, in traditional white Tunisian clothing, waving at a crowd of people on a large ship. In the background is a large city. Several airplanes are seen flying overhead.
Date: 1918
Creator: R. P.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Are you 100% American? Prove it! Buy U.S. government bonds : Third Liberty Loan.

Poster is mainly black text with a red border. Centered at top is a design consisting of an eagle, U.S. flags, and cannons. Centered at the bottom is a blue shield with white text: "U.S. TREASURY WILL PAY INTEREST EVERY SIX MONTHS".
Date: unknown
Creator: Stern
System: The UNT Digital Library

Help yourself : get up in the world by steady saving.

All lettered poster with text in black, encouraging the public to save by buying War Savings Stamps, Treasury Savings Certificates, and Liberty Bonds.
Date: 1919
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Treasury. War Loan Organization. Savings Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Over the top for you : buy U.S. gov't bonds, Third Liberty Loan.

A soldier in a combat uniform and helmet appears to be climbing a hill while grasping a large U.S. flag on a pole. His mouth is open as if he is shouting.
Date: 1918
Creator: Riesenberg, Sidney H.
System: The UNT Digital Library

For liberty, civilization, and humanity.

Poster of a soldier playing a bugle on a hill, standing in front of a U.S. flag. In the distant background on the right, a ship is sinking. The image of the bugler is adapted from an original sculpture by Edoardo Cammilli.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cittadino (New York, N.Y.)
System: The UNT Digital Library

Remember! the flag of liberty, support it! : buy U.S. government bonds, 3rd. Liberty Loan.

A group of people stand in front of the American flag. A ship is in the background.
Date: 1918
Creator: United States. Department of the Treasury. Publicity Bureau.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Americans all!: Victory Liberty Loan.

Painting of a woman in a yellow gown, with left arm raised holding a laurel wreath. With her right hand she grasps a large U.S. flag which is hanging behind her.
Date: 1919
Creator: Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Wire to the Axis]

A serpent made of metal wears a helmet with a swastika on it. The serpent has long tail, sharp teeth, and a long snout. Smoke billows in background. Metal beams in a "V" formation appear to approach the serpent from the upper left area of the poster.
Date: unknown
Creator: Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965.
System: The UNT Digital Library

And they thought we couldn't fight: Victory Liberty Loan.

Color illustration of a wounded yet smiling soldier. His uniform sleeves are tattered, and he is bloodied and bandaged; he wears a helmet and carries three enemy helmets in his hands, in addition to his rifle. A barbed wire fence and the ruins of a building can be seen in the background.
Date: 1919
Creator: Forsythe, Vic, 1885-1962
System: The UNT Digital Library

Buy Liberty Bonds.

Color poster with picture frame drawn as border. Profile of a bust of Abraham Lincoln is in center.
Date: 1918
Creator: United States. Department of the Treasury. Publicity Bureau.
System: The UNT Digital Library

My daddy bought me a government bond of the Third Liberty Loan, did yours?

A smiling young blonde girl in a white dress and red hair bow clutches a government bond.
Date: 1918
Creator: United States. Department of the Treasury. Publicity Bureau.
System: The UNT Digital Library

V: invest.

Red poster with blue and white border. In the center is a large blue "V" and below that is the word "INVEST" in white.
Date: 1919
Creator: United States. Department of the Treasury. War Loan Organization.
System: The UNT Digital Library

For home and country : Victory Liberty Loan.

Color image of a happy military family. A soldier holds his young son in one arm while embracing his wife with the other. A helmet hangs on a long cord around the soldier's neck. The child smiles and embraces the soldier while the wife admires a medal attached to the soldier's uniform.
Date: 1918
Creator: Orr, Alfred Everitt, 1886-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Defeat the Kaiser and his U-boats : victory depends on which fails first, food or frightfulness : eat less wheat.

In the foreground is the profile of Kaiser Wilhelm II wearing a German helmet. His face is colored green. In the background is a u-boat in the water; farther in the distance is a sinking ship with smoke rising from it. The sky is colored orange and the orange sky is reflected on the surface of the water. Centered at the bottom of the poster is a circular seal: a shield with a U.S. flag motif, surrounded by wheat stalks. (This is a seal of the U.S. Food Administration.)
Date: unknown
Creator: Steele.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ring it again : buy U.S. gov't bonds : Third Liberty Loan.

A crowd of American colonial-era people point at the Liberty Bell ringing out from the tower of Philadelphia's Independence Hall. In the upper left area of the poster is a large close-up picture of the Liberty Bell.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library