Resource Type

Your metal is on the attack : keep it coming!

Color illustration of soldiers wading from a ship or boat through water and storming a beach. Behind them is a tank about to exit a ship. More ships, a small boat, and explosions can be seen on the water in the background.
Date: 1943
Creator: Sewell, Amos, 1901-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Washington crossed the Delaware to win our freedom, we cross oceans to keep it : buy war stamps & bonds.

Small poster in orange and green tones. George Washington is in a boat, surrounded by other men with oars who are rowing. In front of him in the boat is the U.S. flag.
Date: 1942
Creator: Daugherty, James Henry, 1889-1974
System: The UNT Digital Library

Independence, July 4, 1776 ... : they kept the faith and so do you every time you lend a dime for war savings stamps.

Small color poster in red-orange and green tones. Thomas Jefferson reads the Declaration of Independence while other signers of it are seated around a table listening.
Date: 1942
Creator: Daugherty, James Henry, 1889-1974
System: The UNT Digital Library

John Paul Jones said, 'I have not yet begun to fight' : fight with war stamps & bonds.

Color poster in red-orange and green tones. John Paul Jones, wearing a Revolutionary War uniform, stands with one fist in the air and a sword in his other hand. At his feet is a cannon. Behind him is an early U.S. flag; in front of him is a shirtless man wearing a head scarf and earring.
Date: 1942
Creator: Daugherty, James Henry, 1889-1974
System: The UNT Digital Library

Keep your Red Cross at his side : give!

Image of a soldier in a helmet. Green foliage is seen in the background. A large Red Cross symbol appears in the lower right area of the poster.
Date: 1945~
Creator: Whitman.
System: The UNT Digital Library

"Good bye, Dad, I'm off to fight for Old Glory, you buy U.S. gov't bonds" : Third Liberty Loan.

Color illustration of a young man, in uniform holding a rifle, shaking the hand of an elderly man with white hair and beard wearing matching gray pants and vest and a white shirt with a bow tie. There is a landscape of farms in the distance. There is a blue border around the picture.
Date: 1917~
Creator: Harris, Lawrence S.
System: The UNT Digital Library

You are one of 50,000,000 Americans who must fill out an income tax return by March 15th : ... file yours early.

Pictures of 1944 1040 form and 1944 withholding receipt in between red and blue text.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Treasury.
System: The UNT Digital Library

You give him wings! : the Army needs lumber for training planes.

A pilot in a khaki flight suit climbs into an airplane. Two planes are flying overhead in the distance.
Date: 1943
Creator: Ward, E. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wood gets 'em over! : the Army needs 17,000,000 board feet a year for pontoon bridges.

Soldiers build a wooden, pontoon bridge over a waterway.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Back 'em up with more metal.

Color poster of two army soldiers in camouflage, holding rifles, crawling on their bellies on the grass at night.
Date: 1942
Creator: Von Schmidt, Harold, 1893-1982
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lexington, 1775 : they fought for freedom, we fight to keep it : buy war stamps & bonds.

This is a small color poster promoting war stamps. Image shows four colonial freedom fighters. Three of them are pointing their muskets and one appears to have fallen on his weapon. Colors are teal and orange.
Date: 1942
Creator: Daugherty, James Henry, 1889-1974
System: The UNT Digital Library

Give us lumber for more PT's.

Color image of war ships at sea. In the foreground is a boat with "PT 34" painted on it, shining a light and speeding forward. In the background, a ship is sinking as explosive flames rise from it. Other ships and flames can be seen in the distance on the left.
Date: 1943
Creator: AEL.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Your metals fight : --on land -- on sea --in the air!

Six green-tinted photographs with captions describing the use of metals for military weapons, airplanes, and ships.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Keep it coming ... : waste nothing.

Color poster shows a convoy of green food-supply trucks driving through snow. A soldier in a long coat and helmet appears to be directing the trucks. In the lower left corner is the seal of the U.S. Food Administration.
Date: 1918
Creator: Illian, George, 1894-1932
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fight or buy bonds : Third Liberty Loan.

Color poster depicts a woman dressed in a white gown and holding a U.S. flag in the air. Troops march in the background, also carrying a U.S. flag.
Date: 1917~
Creator: Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wanted! : for murder : her careless talk costs lives.

Black & white photograph of a well-groomed woman with dark hair and a subtle smile on her face.
Date: 1944
Creator: Keppler, Victor.
System: The UNT Digital Library

You deliver the ships--we'll deliver the goods! : stay on the job, don't slow up the ship!

A Navy commander in a jacket, scarf, and cap stands at a high point on a battleship holding binoculars. Turbulent waters surround the ship and other large ships are seen in the distance.
Date: unknown
Creator: Whitcomb, Jon.
System: The UNT Digital Library

"--Pass the ammunition" : o.k. soldier--that's our job!

A smiling soldier in a combat uniform and helmet carries a wooden box. The box is stamped, '50 FU ZES P.D., M46'. In the background are artillery guns firing into a dark sky and another soldier carrying a similar box toward the battlefield.
Date: 1943
Creator: Stanley, Frederic.
System: The UNT Digital Library

"We'll lick 'em-- just give us the stuff!"

A smiling soldier, with a bloody bandage on his right arm, holds a rifle with bayonet in one hand and a tattered Japanese flag in the other.
Date: 1943
Creator: McLeod, Ronald, 1897-1977.
System: The UNT Digital Library

"My girl's a WOW" : woman ordnance worker.

Color illustration of a helmeted soldier, smiling and holding a black and white picture of a woman. The woman wears a kerchief on her head and a pin on her white shirt (probably an I.D. badge) that has a woman's face and a number (14002) on it.
Date: 1943
Creator: Treidler, Adolph, 1886-1981
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sure! We'll finish the job : Victory Liberty Loan.

A smiling man wearing a hat and overalls stands. He wears an indigo shirt, sleeves rolled up and showing the cuff of a red undershirt. On his overalls are pinned four buttons depicting patriotic symbols of the United States.
Date: 1918
Creator: Beneker, Gerrit A. (Gerrit Albertus), 1882-1934.
System: The UNT Digital Library

"--Pass the ammunition" : the Army needs more lumber.

A smiling soldier in a combat uniform and helmet carries a wooden box. The box is stamped, '50 FU ZES P.D., M46'. In the background are artillery guns firing into a dark sky and another soldier carrying a similar box toward the battlefield.
Date: 1943
Creator: Stanley, Frederic
System: The UNT Digital Library

Save a loaf a week: help win the war.

Illustration in orange and black tones. A hand uses a knife to cut a loaf of bread.
Date: 1917
Creator: Cooper, F. G., b. 1883
System: The UNT Digital Library