Resource Type

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

U.S.A. in action : the supply line starts with you.

A series of black & white photographs depicting the use and transport of military supplies.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The UNT Digital Library

La grande offensiva Italiana: la disfatta Austriaca sul Montello.

Detailed color illustration of a battle scene. Italian soldiers in blue cross a river and charge against Austrian soldiers in green. Several Austrian soldiers and a horse are falling or dead. A toppled weapon is seen in the foreground. Several explosions can be seen on the river, its banks, the mountains, and a town in the distance. Airplanes are flying, cannons are firing, and multitudes of Italian troops are marching in the far distance.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
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

Serve those who served: nurses are needed in Veterans Administration hospitals.

A wounded veteran sits in a wheelchair; in the background, soldiers fight in combat and a nurse tends to a wounded soldier in hospital.
Date: 1945
Creator: Douglass Crockwell, Spencer, 1904-1968
System: The UNT Digital Library

"This world cannot exist half slave and half free" : sacrifice for freedom!

Family and priest grimacing and cowering under the shadow of an enemy soldier holding up cat-o-nine tails.
Date: 1942
Creator: Falter, John Philip, 1910-1982.
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

Me travel? --not this summer : vacation at home.

A smiling man relaxes in an easy chair while reading a newspaper and smoking a pipe. A Springer Spaniel dog lies on the floor beside him. On a book case at his side is a framed picture of a young soldier, a radio, and a fan which blows his hair back.
Date: 1945
Creator: Dorne, Albert, 1904-1965.
System: The UNT Digital Library

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

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

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

Hit hard! Hit fast! Hit often! : produce for your Navy : victory begins at home!

Image of Admiral W.F. Halsey holding binoculars and looking into the distance. He appears to be on a ship. He wears a leather jacket and a green garrison cap with a Navy pilot wing pin. In the lower right corner of the picture is a yellow box with text, "U.S. NAVY DISPATCH" etc.
Date: unknown
Creator: Falter, John Philip, 1910-1982.
System: The UNT Digital Library

A British anti-aircraft battery in action. More than 590 German raiders have been destroyed by anti-aircraft fire over Britain.

An image of soldiers firing large anti-aircraft guns into the sky.
Date: unknown
Creator: Gardner, James, 1907-1995.
System: The UNT Digital Library

2me Emprunt de la Défense Nationale : en avant, armée de l'épargne, c'est pour la patrie.

A crowd of people hands money to a woman draped in a blue, white, and red French flag and wearing a helmet. The woman stands in front of a winged statue of liberty ("La Marseillaise"). The stairs around her are littered with bills, coins, and money bags. A small cherub figure in a helmet sits near the woman's feet.
Date: 1916
Creator: Robaudi, Alcide Théophile, 1850-1928.
System: The UNT Digital Library