24 April 1943

Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008

Typed letter signed

Title: to Morris "Moe" Weiner

Written at 9:00 AM, at the office. Talks about his being stationed in Portland [Oregon] and the shopping there. Says she feels as if she were in a play last night (referring to letter dated 23 April 1943) regarding meeting his sister's new boyfriend. Tells him she will write the Office of Service Benefits in Newark, N.J. about his allotment. Says she is going to the Opera and for Chinese food after with friends. Her friend Sarah has information, and the application forms, needed to join the OSS. Asks Moe to let her know if he is interested in this.

GLC09414.0007

1915

Wilson, William Bauchop, 1862-1934

Letter signed

Title: to A.G. Johnson

A response from Secretary of Labor William Bauchop Wilson to A.G. Johnson's letter to President Woodrow Wilson regarding the latter's opposition to the Butler Immigration Bill. States the President will consider Johnson's comments.

GLC09518.04

1943

Poster

Title: Fuel fights!/Save your share

Government Printing Office # O-554712. Image of an eagle bearing label "Fight Waste!" on his back is at the right bottom corner of poster. Text reads: "Fuel fights! / save your share / 1. keep temperature at 65 F./2. don't heat unused rooms. /3. keep windows closed. /4. draw window shades at night."

GLC09520.12

1945

Poster

Title: Charter of the United Nations

Government Printing Office O-673788. Publication 2472

GLC09520.13

1942

Poster

Title: Strong in Strength of the Lord/we who fight in the People's cause/will never stop until that cause is won

Government Printing Office # O-488341. Full-color poster with a illustration of three hands holding a monkey wrench, a rifle, and a wrench. O.W.I. Poster No. 8, illustrated by David Stone Martin. The quote is from a 1942 speech by U. S. Vice President, Henry Wallace.

GLC09520.14

1943

United States. Public Health Services. Federal Security Agency.

Poster

Title: Enlist in a proud profession!/Join the U.S. cadet nurse corps

Illustrated by Carolyn Moorhead Edmundson. Caption in blue box at bottom: "A lifetime education-- free! If you can qualify". "For information, go to your local hospital or write U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, Box 88, New York, N.Y." 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.

GLC09520.16

1942

Poster

Title: Attack Attack Attack/buy war bonds

WSS 697-B. O-497775. Government Printing Office. Illustrated by Ferdinand Warren.

GLC09520.17

1942

United States. War Savings Staff.

Poster

Title: Till we meet again/buy war bonds

Wss 645-A. Government Printing Office No. O-491739. Illustrated by Joseph Hirsch depicting a smiling soldier in a khaki uniform and cap waves from a porthole. Approved with a stamp on the verso for distribution to schools by the Deputy Superintendant of Schools, Seymour L. Stone.

GLC09520.18

circa 1941

Poster

Title: Housewives! Save waste fats for explosives!

Wartime conservation poster by Walter Richards. "SAVE WASTE FATS FOR EXPLOSIVES!." Left side of the poster shows fat pouring down from a kitchen skillet to an artillery piece manned by three helmeted soldiers. Blue and red lettering reads: "Housewives! Save Waste Fats for Explosives!"

GLC09520.20

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: Save freedom of speech / buy war bonds.

OWI No. 44. Government Printing Office O-510257. From the Four Freedoms series. From an painting in the Saturday Evening Post by Norman Rockwell. 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.

GLC09520.21

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: Ours... to fight for/freedom from want

OWI No. 45. Government Printing Office O-511886. Based on Norman Rockwell's painting "Thanksgiving Dinner" This poster features a painting of people at a dinner table. An older man and woman stand at the head of the table. The woman is putting a turkey on the table. There are nine other people at the table, all smiling. "Freedom from Want" appeared on the pages of The Saturday Evening Post on March 6, 1943. This was the third installment the Four Freedoms series.

GLC09520.22

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: The Atlantic Charter

All-lettered poster in black & white. Text of the Atlantic Charter of August 14, 1941, signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Title and heading at top. Two columns of text below in italics.

GLC09520.23

circa 1941

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

Poster

Title: Don't fall for enemy propaganda

Color lithograph by artist Jack Betts. Warns of enemy propaganda against the U.S. Government, the Allies, Catholics, Jews and Protestants during World War II. Poster depicts the face of a man wearing a hat flanked by caricatures in green of Hitler and Hirohito whispering in his ear. Published by L. I. P. & B. A.

GLC09520.24

1943

Poster

Title: For gunpowder/save waste fats

Government Printing Office # O-533197.

GLC09520.25

1943

Poster

Title: I'm Counting on You!

OWI No. 78. Government Printing Office # O-534057. Poster depicts Uncle Sam in stars and stripes top hat holds his finger to his mouth in a "hushing" gesture. Illustrated by Leon Helguera.

GLC09520.26

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: Is your trip necessary?

OWI No. 73. Government Printing Office # O-533555. Black & white photograph of a bus or train car which is overcrowded with passengers. Many of the passengers are servicemen in uniform. The rest are civilian men, women, and children.

GLC09520.27

1943

United States. War Savings Staff.

Poster

Title: For freedom's sake/buy war bonds

WSS 789-A. OWI - 35. Government Printing Office # O-514158. A small color poster by artist John Atherton (1900-1952) promoting war bonds. In the foreground is an image of the Concord Minute Man statue (a sculpture by Daniel Chester French in Concord, Massachusetts). In the background is a town landscape. Printed for Department of the Treasury.

GLC09520.28

1943

United States. Office of War Information

Poster

Title: Where our men are fighting/our food is fighting

Government Printing Office # O-506016. In the foreground, a crate of food is dropping via parachute. In the background are parachuting men.

GLC09520.29

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: Save freedom of worship/buy war bonds

OWI No. 43. Government Printing Office O-510256. From the Four Freedoms series. Based on a painting form the Saturday Evening Post by Norman Rockwell. Men and women of various races and faiths, including a woman with rosary beads, clasp hands together in prayer.

GLC09520.31

1943

United States. Department of the Treasury

Poster

Title: Back the attack/buy war bonds

WSS No. 829. Government Printing Office O-537864. Poster by Georges Schreiber (1904-1977 ) depicting a battle scene. A soldier lies on the ground and holds his military rifle in a ready position. Several parachutes can be seen the sky above and descending around the soldier.

GLC09520.33

1943

United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Poster

Title: Ours..to fight for/freedom from fear

OWI No. 46. Government Printing Office O-511887. Based on a painting from the Saturday Evening Post by Norman Rockwell. From the Four Freedoms series. Color poster of a mother and father tucking two children into bed. The father is holding glasses and a newspaper that reads "BOMBINGS KI- HORROR HIT."

GLC09520.35

1942

Poster

Title: Special civilian defense insignia

Government Printing Office O-484125

GLC09520.36

1942

United States. War Production Board Bureau of Industrial Conservation

Poster

Title: Your scrap brought it down

Government Printing Office # O-471454. Conservation Poster by Zudor showing showing a German Heinkel HE-111 bomber spinning out of control engulfed by fire streaming from both engines; enemy bomber succumbed to bullets or flak made from recycled scrap metal. Caption reads: "Give to a collector, salvage depot or sell to a dealer, keep scrapping rubber, metal and rags."

GLC09520.05

circa 1880

H.B. Hall & Sons, fl. 1850-1900

Print

Title: Engraving of Nathan Bedford Forrest

Engraving depicts Forrest as an older man. Engraved by H.B. Hall's Sons, NY. Engraved for Lindsley's Historical Series.

GLC02460.26

circa 1880

H.B. Hall & Sons, fl. 1850-1900

Print

Title: Engraving of Nathan Bedford Forrest

GLC02460.27