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Poster

"I Want You for U.S. Army"

Date: 1917
Description: Uncle Sam recruiting poster that says "I want You for U.S. Army". Poster has three different addresses for nearest recruiting offices.
Poster

On The Job For Victory

Date: 1914
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of the inside of a shipping manufacturer, with men working near a ship in drydock. Text at bottom reads: "On The Job For V...
Poster

Join American Red Cross Poster

Date: 1917
Description: World War I poster depicting a young nurse extending out her right hand. In the background, wolves are approaching the front porch of a house, and howling ...
Photograph

Back Our Girls Over There

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring a woman in a navy blue uniform working at a switchboard that has the symbol of the Y.W.C.A abpve it. Outside the window behind...
Poster

Four Years in the Fight

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring women glass blowers working in a factory with large tongs. Two men are standing by the window in the background, one dressed i...
Photograph

The Girl on the Land Serves the Nation's Need

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring four women in brown coats, pants, and hats walking along a field. One of the women is leading a team of two horses, two of the...
Poster

If I Fail He Dies

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring two nurses in white gowns and hats. One of the women is behind a table preparing bandages, and the other woman is cradling a w...
Poster

Kosciuszko, Pulawski, walczyli o wolnosc w Ameryce

Date: 1917
Description: Poster in Polish with an illustration of Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish military leader who fought with the Americans during the Revolutionary War. This...
Poster

Blood or Bread

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of a man holding up a wounded soldier, with an artillery cannon in the background. Text reads: "Blood or Bread. Others are giv...
Poster

War Rages in France

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of refugees moving along a ruined street; one woman is wearing a nun's habit. Text reads: "They cannot fight & raise food at th...
Poster

Sugar means Ships

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of a woman drinking out of a glass with a straw, while below her miniaturized ships labeled "ARMS," "FOOD," "SOLDIERS" and "SU...
Poster

Order Coal Now

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of a team of two horses drawing a coal wagon, with a man in the back of the tipped wagon unloading coal with a shovel.
Poster

Teamwork Wins

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of several men working in a shipyard. In the background is an American flag. The text at the bottom reads: "United States Ship...
Poster

Are You Working with Schwab?

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of Charles Schwab overseeing men who are working in a shipyard. Text reads: "Charles M. Schwab, Director General of the Emerg...
Poster

Make Every Minute Count for Pershing

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of a man riveting a ship in a shipyard. Text at bottom reads: "United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation."
Poster

Boost Your Job!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoons under the headline. The cartoon on the left shows a man is nailing a sign to a padlocked door, which is labeled "Opportunity." The...
Poster

We Are Human 'Round Here

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the first, at top left, a man in a suit has his hand on the shoulder of a man in overalls and is asking, "Do you find th...
Poster

This Town Is Your Home

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the first, silhouetted figures are working in the yard in front of a large house with a public school and a factory with...
Poster

When You Attack Men Who Maintain Pay Rolls

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the one on the left, a man wearing a hat and smoking a cigar is carrying a sack labeled "Agitator." He is demanding of a...
Poster

America's Success in War and Industry

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer. Poster text reads: "AMERICA'S SUCCESS IN WAR AND INDUSTRY Depends on the co-operation...

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