Resource Type

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
Object Type: Poster
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
Object Type: Poster
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
Object Type: Poster
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
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

With Douglas DC-3 luxury liners, Delta Air Lines provides the fastest transportation to and from the South.

Delta commercial airplane in flight.
Date: unknown
Creator: Delta Air Lines.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Award for careless talk : don't discuss troop movements, ship sailings, war equipment.

A hairy hand wearing a ring with a Nazi insignia holds an Iron Cross military decoration, also with a swastika on it. The poster background is red with a white border that has barbs pointing into the red area.
Date: 1944
Creator: Dohanos, Stevan, 1907-1994
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Good news from home: more production.

Color poster shows a smiling soldier in a brown uniform and helmet. He holds up his hand with four fingers splayed as if to count off the list of words displayed to the right in bold red text: "tanks", "planes", "guns", "ships".
Date: 1942
Creator: Dohanos, Stevan, 1907-1994
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

An open letter to the unconquerable Norwegians.

A poem praising the Norwegians for defying the Nazis in World War II. The text of the poem is framed by a painting depicting a blond-haired man, woman and child. The man wears overalls and the woman and child wear kerchiefs on their heads. The man is holding a pitchfork. In the background are a haystack and a traditional Norwegian loft house.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dohanos, Stevan, 1907-1994 & Auslander, Joseph, 1897-1965
Object Type: Poster
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.
Object Type: Poster
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
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Work on a farm-- this summer : join the U.S. Crop Corps.

Both in bib overalls, a man holds a pitchfork while a woman holds a basket overflowing with harvested vegetables against the background of a blue sky.
Date: 1943
Creator: Douglass Crockwell, Spencer, 1904-1968
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Work on a farm-- this summer : join the U.S. Crop Corps.

Both in bib overalls, a man holds a pitchfork while a woman holds a basket overflowing with harvested vegetables against the background of a blue sky.
Date: 1943
Creator: Douglass Crockwell, Spencer, 1904-1968
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Enlist in a proud profession! : join the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps.

Image of a woman in a gray dress military uniform with a "CADET NURSE" sleeve patch. She has light-colored hair and wears a beret.
Date: 1943
Creator: Edmundson, Carolyn Moorhead, 1906-
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Back your future with U.S. savings bonds.

Small color poster. A neatly-dressed family (father, mother, young boy and slightly older girl) smiles and looks upward. The boy holds a red toy plane and the girl holds a book. In the foreground, an arm wearing an "Uncle Sam" style sleeve pulls back the corner of a large U.S. flag which appears to be hanging curtain-like over the family. In the background is a desert landscape.
Date: 1946
Creator: Englert
Object Type: Poster
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.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

A careless word-- : --a needless sinking.

A ship at sea burns in the background while sailors row away in a life boat. Some are wearing life vests and some appear to be wounded.
Date: 1942
Creator: Fischer, Anton Otto, 1882-1962
Object Type: Poster
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.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

I need your skill in a war job!

Top half of poster features a black & white drawing of Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer; the bottom half is a gray text box listing numerous trades and urging the reader to seek work in them to support the war effort.
Date: 1943
Creator: Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

I want you for the U.S. Army : enlist now.

Uncle Sam points at the viewer. Half-length portrait of Uncle Sam, pointing at the viewer as part of the United States government effort to recruit soldiers.
Date: 1941
Creator: Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

I want you for U.S. Army : nearest recruiting station.

Uncle Sam points at the viewer. Half-length portrait of Uncle Sam, pointing at the viewer as part of the United States government effort to recruit soldiers.
Date: unknown
Creator: Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960
Object Type: Poster
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
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Christmas overseas gifts : wrap securely, address correctly, choose gifts wisely : mail between Sept. 15 - Oct. 15.

Picture of Santa Claus in a soldier's helmet, pointing with his left hand at a wrapped and addressed package in his right. The U.S. seal appears at the lower left corner and a U.S. Navy shield logo appears at the lower right corner.
Date: 1945
Creator: Graves.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library