1943

U.S. Government Printing Office

Poster

Title: The more Women at work the sooner we will Win!

One poster entitled, "The more Women at work the sooner we will Win!" printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1943. Poster features a woman standing inside an acrylic dome fitting holes into it. The poster states, "Women Are Needed Also As: Farm Workers Waitresses Timekeepers Laundresses Typists Bus Drivers Elevator Operators Teachers Salespeople Taxi Drivers Messengers Conductors - and in hundreds of other war jobs! See your local U.S. Employment Service." The identifying number at the bottom of the poster is OWI poster No. 52 O-517134. There is a stamp reading, "Wm. A. Donovan…

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1943

U.S. Government Printing Office

Poster

Title: The Avenger's Shadow

One poster entitled, "The Avenger's Shadow," printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1943. Poster features a caricature of a Japanese soldier standing over a body labeled U.S. Pilot, holding a smoking gun. The Japanese soldier is staring horrified at a shadow figure in the shape of a man. Inside the shadow figure it reads, "More Metal for U.S. Planes Tanks Guns." The identifying number at the bottom of the poster is O-528653. The artist of the poster is Rollin Kirby.

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1943

U.S. Government Printing Office

Poster

Title: Help Smash Hitler Now!

One poster entitled, "Help Smash Hitler Now!" printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1943. Poster features a soldier holding a gun in his left hand. He is looking over his shoulder to the viewer and pointing in front of him with his right hand. In front of him is a tank shooting at a wall labeled, "Invasion of Europe." The soldier is saying, "Look! That's Where We Need Every Ton Of Metal You Can Mine And Smelt!" The identifying number at the bottom of the poster is O-529012. The artist of the poster is Rollin Kirby. There is a stamp reading, "Wm. A. Donovan," and the text' "W.…

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1943

U.S. Government Printing Office

Poster

Title: Wood Flies to War

One poster entitled, "Wood Flies to War," printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1943. Poster features an air force plane flying through dark cloudy sky. The poster states, "The Army and Navy need 20,000 Square Feet of Plywood for Each Cargo Plane." The identifying number at the bottom of the poster is O-514623.

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1944

U.S. Government Printing Office

Poster

Title: 5th War Loan

One poster entitled, "5th War Loan," printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, dated 1944. Poster features a broom labeled, "Extra War Bonds" sweeping away ripped Nazi and Japanese flags, as well as a broken Japanese katana and a bullet-riddled Nazi helmet. The identifying numbers at the bottom of the poster are WFD 911 and O-581632. It also notes that it is an official U.S. Treasury Poster.

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1942-1945

United States. Maritime Commission

Poster

Title: "I'm building the ships we need to win!"

One poster entitled, "I'm building the ships we need to win!" dated 1942-1945. Poster features a ship builder showing off a "Ships for Victory" badge that is pinned to his overalls. Behind him is a ship in a shipyard being built. The poster reads, "The Enemy Hasn't Quit... Don't You!" The title of the poster is on the back in pencil.

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1942-1945

Poster

Title: Power for Victory

One poster entitled, "Power for Victory" dated 1942-1945. Poster features a sailor standing in a crow's nest. Behind him is a map of the world in red. The poster also reads, "Merchant Seamen man the lifelines!" The poster has a shield in it that reads, "United Seamen's Service in cooperation with the War Shipping Administration Serves War-Battered Merchant Seamen on The Six Continents USS shares in the National War Fund." The title of the poster is on the back in pencil.

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1942-1945

Carrier

Poster

Title: Having Trouble Civilian?

One poster entitled, "Having Trouble Civilian?" printed by Carrier, dated 1942-1945. Poster features a soldier peeking out of a foxhole with a shell going off behind him. Illustrated note reads, "Having Trouble Civilian? So am I!... But we're not doing much talking about it. And yet, I'd like to say this to all America - LOST HOURS in the plant may mean LAST HOURS for us!" Under the note the poster reads, "Soldier You Said It! 'Let's get it over QUICK!'" There is the text' "Carrier Corps," on the back of the poster.

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1942-1945

Carrier

Poster

Title: Give your shirt or Lose It!

One poster entitled, "Give your shirt or Lose It!" printed by Carrier dated 1942-1945. Poster features a civilian holding his jacket and taking off his tie. The poster uses the phrase, "The shirt off your back" as if to motivate Americans to give all they can to the war effort. They say there are three lines to hang your shirt on, "Hang it on the Assembly Line with Sweat! Hang it on the Dotted Line with Bonds! Hang it on the Firing Line with Speed!" The poster also features the Carrier Corporation's slogan, "Let's get it over Quick!" This slogan was suggested by a factory worker who said, "We…

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1942-1945

American Federation of Labor

Poster

Title: Give!

One poster entitled, "Give!" printed by the American Federation of Labor, dated 1942-1945. Poster features a steam whistle blowing. The whistle is labeled AFL. Also featured is the text, "For Home Front For War Front." At the bottom of the poster there is a logo of the National War Fund. The poster also identifies three members of the AFL: William Green, honorary chairman, president Matthew Woll, and, George Meany, honorary secretary. The art featured in the poster is signed Pokras. There is the text' "Labor League for Human Rights, Give," on the back of the poster.

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1942-1945

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States

Poster

Title: Don't fall for Enemy Propaganda

One poster entitled, "Don't fall for Enemy Propaganda" printed by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, dated 1941-1945. Poster features the face of a man wearing a hat. He is flanked by caricatures in green of Adolf Hitler and Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, whispering in his ear. The poster reads, "Don't fall for Enemy Propaganda Against Our Government Against our Allies Against Catholics, Jews or Protestants Remember Hitler and the Japs are trying to get us fighting among ourselves." There is the text "Veterns of Foreign Wars of the U.S. poster, VFW" on the back of the poster.

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1942

Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos, fl. 1942

Poster

Title: [Caricature of Hitler, three Nazi officers, and a South American man]

One poster printed by the Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos, dated 1941-1945. Poster features a stereotypical caricature of a South American man rolling up his sleeves in a threatening manner towards caricatures of Adolf Hitler and three Nazi officers. Hitler and his officers have been halted and ran into each other's backs. Behind the five men is an outline of Latin America. The art in the poster is by Arias Bernal.

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1939-1945

The Director of Public Information for National Salvage Office, fl. 1939-1945

Poster

Title: Salvage Bones to Make Glycerine for Explosives Glue for Aircraft

One poster entitled, "Salvage Bones to Make Glycerin for Explosives Glue for Aircraft," printed by the director of Public Information for National Salvage Office, dated 1939-1945. Poster features an armed airman in an airplane. The poster has a section to write in a telephone number, with a note to get in touch with your local salvage officer. There is the text' "Canada, ODPI," on the back of the poster.

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1939-1945

The Director of Public Information for National Salvage Office, fl. 1939-1945

Poster

Title: Wanted Scrap Metal To Make

One poster entitled, "Wanted Scrap Metal To Make" printed by the director of Public Information for National Salvage Office, dated 1939-1945. Poster features types of scrap metals falling into the title. Under the title are images of tanks, shells, and guns. The poster has a section to write in a telephone number, with a note to get in touch with your local salvage officer. There is the text' "Canada, ODPI," on the back of the poster.

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1939-1945

The Director of Public Information for National Salvage Office, fl. 1939-1945

Poster

Title: Housewives! Wage War on Hitler Save

One poster entitled, "Housewives! Wage War on Hitler Save" printed by the director of Public Information for National Salvage Office, dated 1939-1945. Poster features a spoon with a banner tied to it. On the banner it lists things housewives should save; rubber, metal, paper, fats, bones, rags, and glass. The poster has a section to write in a telephone number, with a note to get in touch with your local salvage officer. There is the text' "Canada, ODPI," on the back of the poster.

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1939-1945

Lowe & Brydone Printers LTD.

Poster

Title: Fighters of the Allies!

One poster entitled, "Fighters of the Allies!" printed by Lowe & Brydone Printers LTD., dated 1939-1945. Poster features a hand holding a wrench between two gears. The gears have the Nazi swastika in the center. The wrench is breaking the gears. The poster reads, "Fighters of the Allies! Your Countrymen are hitting back at home." There is a stamp reading, "Wm. A. Donovan" and the text, "United Nations" on the back of the poster.

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1939-1945

Poster

Title: Munition Workers of Allied Countries...

One poster entitled, "Munition Workers of Allied Countries..." dated 1939-1945. Poster features four scenes separated by a banner that reads, "Munition Workers Of Allied Countries... Are Hitting Back At Hitler... Through British Factories!" The top left scene is a plane dropping a bomb on a convoy. The top right scene depicts two tanks firing on enemy tanks. The bottom left scene is of factory workers building planes. The bottom right scene is workers on four assembly lines building tanks. There is a stamp reading, "Wm. A. Donovan" and the text, "United Nations" on the back of the poster.

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1939-1941

Poster

Title: Allies In The Shipyards

One poster entitled, "Allies In The Shipyards" dated 1939-1941. Poster features a ship being built in a shipyard. There are six images of men working, they are labeled; Norway, Fighting France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Belgium. The poster also features the flags of Great Britain, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Greece, France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Luxembourg along the left edge. The poster reads, "Allies In The Shipyards The Workers Portrayed Above, Are All Workers In The Same British Shipyard!" There is a stamp reading, "Wm. A. Donovan" and the text, "United Nations" on…

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1941-1945

Poster

Title: Women of the Allies

One poster entitled, "Women of the Allies" dated 1941-1945. Poster features six women in four different scenes. The top scene is a woman swinging a bottle. The second scene is a nurse looking at a medical instrument. The third scene is a woman working on a piece of machinery. The fourth scene is three women working on a plane. The poster also features the flags of Great Britain, the United States, The Soviet Union, China, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece Yugoslavia, Netherlands, Norway and Poland along the left edge of the poster. The poster reads, "Women of the Allies.. Fight For…

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1939-1945

Gilbert Whitehead & Co Ltd

Poster

Title: Ports Are Often Bombed When Convoys Are In Because Somebody Talked

One poster entitled, "Ports Are Often Bombed When Convoys Are In Because Somebody Talked," printed by Her Majesty Stationery Office by Gilbt Whitehead &Co., LTD. dated 1939-1945. Poster features a port bombed by airplanes. There are soldiers using hoses to spray water on ships as smoke rises up. The poster reads, "Ports Are Often Bombed When Convoys Are In Because Somebody Talked Never mention arrivals, sailings, cargoes or destinations to anybody." There is an identifying number at the bottom of the poster, 51-2024. The title of the poster is written in pencil on the back, and there is a…

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1939-1945

Poster

Title: Leaders of the Allied Nations Whose Headquarters Are In Britian

One poster entitled, "Leaders of the Allied Nations Whose Headquarters Are In Britain," dated 1939-1945. Poster features nine portraits of Allied leaders in a V-shape formation. The poster reads, "Leaders of the Allied Nations Whose Headquarters Are In Britain." The leader's portraits featured are Hubert Marie Pierlot of Belgium, Edvard Benes of Czechoslovakia, Charles De Gaulle of France, King George II of the Hellenes, King Peter of Yugoslavia, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, King Haakon of Norway, Wladyslaw Sikorski of Poland, Charlotte Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. The title of the…

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1939-1945

W. R. Royle & Son Ltd.

Poster

Title: By Land Sea and Air The Allies Are Hitting Back

One poster entitled, "By Land Sea and Air The Allies Are Hitting Back," dated 1939-1945. Poster features a V-shape formation of soldiers with flags behind them. There are also six scenes on the poster. The featured flags belong to England, the United States, The Soviet Union, China, Poland, Norway, Czechoslovakia, France, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Belgium, and Greece. The scenes are; two soldiers shooting a gun, upper left; a burning ship, center left; sailors loading bombs onto a plane, lower left; soldiers carrying guns and charging, upper right; a factory floor with tanks being built,…

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1943-1945

British Information Services

Poster

Title: [General Montgomery]

One poster printed by the British Information Services, dated 1943-1945. Poster features a portrait of Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery in a field of white bordered by red. The poster also features a quote by the field marshall that reads, "I am never anxious when I fight my battles. If I am anxious, I don't fight them. I wait until I am ready." According to the poster this was said at a Sicilian base, August 22, 1943.

GLC09654.30

29 June 1943

Autocar

Poster

Title: Hello You Limey

One poster entitled "Hello You Limey," printed by Autocar, dated June 29, 1943. Poster features a scene of two groups of soldiers meeting. The poster reads in part, "The Date: April 7, 1943. The place: A stretch of wasteland in southern Tunisia, 42 miles from Gabes. The occasion: The historic meeting between reconnaissance patrols of the British Eighth Army, in three armored dingos, and armored forces of the Second U.S. Army Corps..." The poster also reminds people to keep their pledge to the Truck Conservation Corps. It also mentions the Autocar half-track. The artwork used in the poster is…

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1941-1945

Autocar

Poster

Title: Strafer Beware!

One poster entitled "Strafer Beware!" printed by Autocar, dated 1941-1945. Poster features a scene of an Autocar half-track shooting down Nazi strafers. The poster refers to the half-tracks and says in part, "they are only one of the mobile units rolling out of Ardmore for our Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Forces.... Stand by for better trucks to come. Keep your pledge to the U.S. Truck Conservation Corps." The artwork used in the poster is signed by E. George Roland. It also has the title of the poster in pencil on the back.

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