Resource Type

Speaking for America ... Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Black and white photograph of Dwight Eisenhower on a blue background. Text box contains a quote celebrating the variety of races and religions in America.
Date: unknown
Creator: Scholastic Magazines, inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Speaking for America ... Judy Garland.

Black and white photograph of Judy Garland on a blue background. Text box contains a quote celebrating diversity in America.
Date: unknown
Creator: Scholastic Magazines, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Speaking for America ... Bob Hope.

Black and white photograph of Bob Hope on a blue background. Text box contains quote promoting tolerance of race, religion, and ancestry.
Date: unknown
Creator: Scholastic Magazines, inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library

World news of the week, Monday, Dec. 30, 1940, volume 3, no. 17.

Illustrated color map with textual news highlights for the week of December 20 to December 26, 1940.
Date: December 30, 1940
Creator: unknown
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

Make your own declaration of war: buy war bonds.

Poster in black & white and red tones. A soldier stands next to a facsimile of a declaration of war against Japan. He holds his rifle with bayonet with one hand and points at the viewer with the other. The declaration of war is signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sam Rayburn, and H.A. Wallace.
Date: unknown
Creator: Victory Display Committee
System: The UNT Digital Library

26 job opportunities in the United States Army Air Forces.

Folded brochure containing panels which can be folded out and used as posters. One side has photographs depicting 26 Army Air Force jobs. Another side has photographs of different types of military airplanes and depicts the jobs associated with flying and maintaining a B-17 airplane. On the reverse side are job descriptions and requirements.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Federal Security Agency.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Army is counting on you for more metal.

A group of weary soldiers covered in dirt. Profuse sweat can be seen on the face of the soldier in front.
Date: 1943
Creator: Keppler, Victor
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

"I'm an Ellis Island American. I left the old country to be free--and nobody is going to take that freedom away. That's why I'm fighting on the production line--to help destroy the enemies of freedom. Let's keep 'em rolling" : produce for victory!

The picture depicts a middle-aged man with dark hair, graying sideburns, wearing wire-rimmed glasses and a work apron.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hagel, Otto, 1909-1973.
System: The UNT Digital Library

The United Nations: For Peace and World Progress.

The top and bottom of the poster are blue. In the top portion is the title; in the middle portion is a chart of the organization of the United Nations; the bottom section has drawings and text explaining some of the UN's goals.
Date: 1946
Creator: United States. Department of State.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Art education in "schools at war" : school art sells bonds -- builds victory.

The poster is a collage of several black and white images that surround a central image. The central image around which all of these vignettes are arranged depicts an heraldic shield that has five red stars on a black stripe. The image below this shield is of the Concord Minute Man statue.
Date: 1943
Creator: Longyear, William Levwyn, 1899-
System: The UNT Digital Library

He eats a ton a year : your farm can help.

Poster features a black and white photograph on a red background. A smiling soldier in uniform and helmet sits at a table eating a meal. In addition to his plates of food and bread, he has a metal cup full of milk. At the lower right area of the poster is a circular logo, "Food for freedom", with a silhouette image of a farmer with pitchfork.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. Dept. of Agriculture. War Boards.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Enemy ears are listening.

The poster depicts Benito Mussolini, Hideki Tojo, and Adolf Hitler. Only one hand and the head of each man is shown. Each has his hand cupped around one ear. On Tojo's hand is a pinky ring and the artist's signature "Iligan" is written on his wrist, with a small inverted black triangle symbol below it.
Date: 1942
Creator: Iligan, Ralph, 1893-1960
System: The UNT Digital Library

Keep punching-- in the battle of production : beat your promise!

Black & white cartoon depicts two boxers in the midst of fighting. The boxer on the left is a stereotypical caricature of a Japanese man. He holds a sword labeled "Remember Pearl Harbor". The boxer on the right represents "You & I", according to a sign behind him. He is Caucasian with dark curly hair. His gloves are labeled, "All-Out Production" and "No Waste" and he punches the Japanese fighter.
Date: unknown
Creator: Alexander.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Materials are precious!--let's make every piece count!

Cartoon image of the Pacific portion of the earth's globe. In the upper left corner is a smiling Caucasian man in overalls labeled, "You & I" standing in front of a factory. In the foreground, across the ocean, is a caricature of a Japanese soldier (probably Hideki Tojo) running from an artillery shell, over a tropical landscape. Behind him flies a bird saying "D'ya remember Pearl Harbor, kid?!" In the distance is a battleship.
Date: unknown
Creator: Alexander.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Help RCA, help USA : you and I : beat the promise.

In the foreground are two clasped hands, one representing Uncle Sam with a blue and gold-starred jacket sleeve; in the background is a factory with smokestacks. A U.S. flag stripe design connects the two images.
Date: 1942
Creator: RCA Manufacturing Company, inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Save freedom of worship : each according to the dictates of his own conscience : buy war bonds.

Men and women of various races and faiths, including a woman with rosary beads, clasp hands together in prayer.
Date: 1943
Creator: Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978.
System: The UNT Digital Library

We have just begun to fight!

Black & white illustration of a soldier in a combat uniform and helmet. He has one arm raised and appears to be shouting. In his other arm he holds a rife with bayonet.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Office of War Information.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Save freedom of speech : buy war bonds.

A man stands to speak at a town meeting. A folded document is in his pocket. He wears a worn bomber jacket and a flannel shirt; sitting all around him are men in suits.
Date: 1943
Creator: Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ideas will help beat the promise : let's have yours!

Stylized image of a man in overalls and cap, lifting the top off of a large concrete sculpture of a head to reveal the machinery which is its inner workings. The man scratches his head; around him are several captions of the word: "Idea?".
Date: 1942
Creator: RCA Manufacturing Company, inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Food is a weapon : don't waste it! : buy wisely -- cook carefully -- eat it all : follow the National Wartime Nutrition Program.

Color image of a dinner plate on a table with fork and knife resting on it. The plate is empty except for a few chicken bones on it. A crumpled napkin lies to the left of the plate and an empty glass to the right. The poster background is in shades of green.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.
System: The UNT Digital Library

"No nation of slaves can match a nation of free men. We're doing more because we want to than they can because they have to!" : produce for victory!

50 men dressed in work clothes stand assembled in vague lines and gaze toward the left as if at a rally. All of the men appear to have light-colored skin and clean-shaven faces. Most are wearing caps or hats.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sheldon-Claire Co.
System: The UNT Digital Library