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World War Two Collection
609
World War Poster Collection
490
World War Two Newsmaps
212
Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
58
World War One Collection
55
Texas State Publications
42
End of Term Publications
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Technical Report Archive and Image Library
4
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2
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American War Posters
380
Newsmap
214
OWI poster
46
British War Posters
30
War Savings Staff [poster] (United States. War Savings Staff)
29
French War Posters
20
War Finance Division [poster] (United States. War Finance Division)
19
Produce for victory
15
Beat the promise
12
U.S. Army official poster.
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Keep your [trap] shut! : don't give the rats any information!
Picture of a mouse trap that has sprung and caught a scrap of newspaper, which says "Crew Claims U-Boat Knew of Ship's Sailing." In the lower right corner are three small caricatures of Hideki Tojo, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini, who are referred to as "the rats."
Date:
[1942..1945]
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lexington, 1775, they fought for freedom, we fight to keep it; Independence, July 4, 1776, they kept the faith and so do you every time you lend a dime for war savings stamps; John Paul Jones said, "I have not yet begun to fight", fight with war stamps & bonds; Washington crossed the Delaware to win our freedom, we cross oceans to keep it.
A series of four equally sized wood prints of historic scenes separated by dotted lines. The colors are teal and orange.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Daugherty, James Henry, 1889-1974
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Catafighters.
A series of 5 cm. boxes with drawings and captions below in rows of 4 across and 6 down. Drawings are comic book style with text explanations written below each box. The banner at the top has "RN" and "RAF" printed on either side of the title. Poster has red, black, and blue printing on white background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
British Information Services.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Lumber goes to war : more lumber means victory sooner : keep it coming.
Comic-book style drawings with captions illustrate how lumber is used in war: for floating dry docks for ship repair, Army gliders, train boxcars, and airplane propellers. Black drawings on blue paper.
Date:
1943
Creator:
United States. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The famous British "Spitfires" flying in formation. Each machine can fire at the rate of over 6,000 cannon and machine gun bullets per minute.
Color illustration of eleven military airplanes flying in formation. The sky is turquoise and gray.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Gardner, James, 1907-1995.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wood shelters our planes : the Army & Navy need 156,000,000 board feet a year for hangars.
Scene of men building a hangar. In the foreground are several stacks of lumber. Two Army airplanes fly overhead.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Rochon Hoover Studio
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
We can--we will--we must!--Franklin D. Roosevelt: buy U.S. war savings bonds & stamps now.
Image of a flying U.S. flag on a blue and white background surrounded by a gray border. Inset at left contains a quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt with a small image of the Concord Minute Man statue.
Date:
1942
Creator:
United States. Department of the Treasury.
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
This is the enemy.
Stylized caricature of a scowling German soldier. There is a swastika on his cap. He wears a monocle in one eye; in the monocle is a reflection of a person hanging on a gallows.
Date:
1943~
Creator:
Koehler, Karl. & Ancona, Victor.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Don't let this happen to you! : too little, too late : order coal now!
A shovel leans against the wall of an empty coal cellar where a few coal briquettes spell out the words "too little, too late."
Date:
1944
Creator:
Fitzpatrick, Daniel Robert, 1891-1969.
System:
The UNT Digital Library