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Thanks Buddy!

One poster entitled, "Thanks Buddy!" printed by the United States Government Printing Office, dated 1944. Poster features a soldier shaking hands with a paper boy who is carrying papers under his arm. The poster reads, "Thanks Buddy! Newspaper Boys...

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Don't Shiver This Winter...

One poster entitled, "Don't Shiver This Winter..." printed by the United States Government Printing Office, dated 1944. Poster features a penguin looking cold in a winter hat and scarf and holding a shovel. The penguin is standing on an ice block...

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Make Victory Secure

One poster entitled, "Make Victory Secure" printed by the United States Government Printing Office, dated 1945. Poster features a flag flying over a farm. The poster reads, "Make Victory Secure Buy Victory Bonds" The identifying numbers at the bottom...

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Victory - now you can invest in it!

One poster entitled, "Victory - now you can invest in it!" printed by the United States Government Printing Office, dated 1945. Poster features a bald eagle perched on a stack of war bonds with his wings spread. The background is three stripes; one...

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Now... All Together

One poster entitled, "Now... All Together" printed by the United States Government Printing Office, dated 1945. Poster is a painting of a photo taken by Associated Press. The image is of five United States Marines planting the United States flag at...

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Fire Is A 5th-Columnist

One poster entitled, "Fire Is A 5th-Columnist," dated 1941-1945. Poster features a personification of fire in a black robe. The poster reads, "Fire Is A 5th-Columnist ..Don't Let It Endanger This Plant.. Keep Fire Out By Being Careful." There is also...

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Verboten

One poster entitled, "Verboten" printed by Remington, dated 1941-1945. Poster features a caricature of a Nazi soldier pointing a finger at a man that is holding an envelope with suggestion written on it. The poster reads, "Verboten Der Fuehrer Has...

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Let's get it over Quick!

One poster entitled, "Let's get it over Quick!" printed by Carrier, dated 1941-1945. Poster features a soldier holding a gun and yelling over his shoulder. The poster reads in part, "Let's stop thinking of a long war! Let's start speeding up a short...

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Careless Words May Cause Disaster!

One poster entitled, "Careless Words May Cause Disaster!" printed by the Director of Public Information, dated 1939-1945. Poster features a sailor with the initials H.M.C.S. (Her Majesty's Canadian Ship) on his hat holding his finger up to his lips...

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Beware

One poster entitled, "Beware" printed by the Director of Public Information, dated 1939-1945. Poster features three Canadian servicemen talking over a drink. Behind them in the shadows is the face of a man. His ear is not colored in and is facing...

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If you don't need it... Don't Buy It

One poster entitled, "If you don't need it... Don't Buy It" printed by the director of Public Information, dated 1939-1945. Poster features a white elephant, outlined in orange. The elephant has a for sale sign on it and a couple is looking at it...

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American Junior Red Cross

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Be a Victory Farm Volunteer in the U.S. Crop Corps : see your principal

Government Printing Office # O-517942. The main part of the poster is a large black-and white photograph of the faces of a smiling teenage girl and boy. The lower part of the poster is a green-tinted photograph of young volunteers harvesting...

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American junior red cross

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The present with a future/war bonds

In this poster by by artist Adolph Dehn, Santa Claus flies his sleigh delivering war bonds.

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For peace and security/buy bonds

WFD 67 - A. Government printing office # O-668763. Image by Linn Ball depicting the Three Wise Men (Three Kings of the Orient) in colorful garments ride camels toward the Christmas Star.

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Ours -- to fight for / freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear.

OWI No. 47. Government Printing Office O-511888. A large color poster of four Norman Rockwell paintings for the Saturday Evening Post that depict four American freedoms. In clockwise order, top to bottom, the images are: a man standing up to speak...

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O'er the ramparts we watch/United States Army Air Force

Image by Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer (1897-1982) depicting a young man with dark hair stands in the clouds, holding a large rocket-shaped bomb. He wears a brown leather bomber jacket and a silver I.D. bracelet. Small images of military airplanes fly in...

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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...

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Charter of the United Nations

Government Printing Office O-673788. Publication 2472

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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...

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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...

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Attack Attack Attack/buy war bonds

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

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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...

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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:...

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