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Fund Raising Poster

Date: 1942
Description: Photographic copy of a poster made by International Harvester's advertising department to solicit funds for the International Harvester Company's World War...
Poster

The Red Cross War Fund Poster

Date: 1914
Description: "If You Can't Go Across With A Gun Come Across With Your Part Of The Red Cross War Fund." Poster depicting a man, wounded and bleeding with his arm in a sl...
Poster

The War Bonds You Hold Are Fighting Bonds!

Date: 1944
Description: Treasury Design No. 52, "Fighting Bonds." The poster features a service flag or banner with a blue star in the center. Red stripes emerge from the shadow o...
Poster

Your Country Is Still at War - Are You? Buy More War Bonds and Hold Them!

Date: 1944
Description: Treasury Design No. 53, "Roll of Honor." The poster features an unrolled scroll of parchment with a "Roll of Honor" listing the following names: Richard As...
Poster

Let's All Back the Attack

Date: 1944
Description: Treasury Design No. 35, "Crowd with Banners." The poster features a determined crowd of American civilians from all walks of life holding up signs in suppo...
Poster

Figure It Out Yourself - Boost Your Bond-Buying thru Payroll Savings

Date: 1943
Description: Treasury Design No. 30, "Pointing Finger." The poster features a hand with a finger pointing out at the audience. The cuff of the man's sleeve is blue with...
Poster

Buy War Bonds - Top That 10% Everybody Every Payday

Date: 1942
Description: Treasury Design No. 20A, "Top That 10%." The poster features a simple text-based design, with some geographic shapes and stars. The primary color scheme is...
Poster

Buy War Bonds - Top That 10% by New Years

Date: 1942
Description: Treasury Design No. 20B, "Top That 10%." The poster features a simple text-based design, with some geographic shapes and stars. The primary color scheme is...
Poster

Congratulations on Your Pledge of 10% for War Bonds

Date: 1942
Description: Treasury Design No. 17, "Flag Design." The poster features a waving blue minuteman flag with a ring of stars around the silhouette of a revolutionary war s...
Poster

Back The Boys, Do it Now

Date: 1918
Description: Poster promoting a war fund drive in Marathon County, bordered by American flags and logos for the "Marathon County War Fund, Back the Boys," featuring an ...
Poster

Lest We Perish

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a young woman whose headscarf has slipped down onto her shoulders, holding out her hands to the viewer. Poster text rea...
Poster

Buy a Liberty Bond of the U.S. Government and Wear This Button

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a large version of the Liberty Bond button, which includes the Statue of Liberty and reads: "I Own a Liberty Bond." Pos...
Poster

I Have Bought Another Liberty Loan. Have You?

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a large version of the Liberty Loan button with the Statue of Liberty and the words: "I Own a Liberty Bond." An arrow directs the viewer f...
Poster

You're Not in Style If You Don't Wear a Button Like This

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an oversized Liberty Loan button of 1917, which includes the Statue of Liberty and the words: "Get Behind the Government, Liberty Loan of ...
Poster

The Hun — his mark

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a bloody handprint. Poster text reads: "The Hun — his mark. Blot it Out with LIBERTY BONDS."
Poster

Keep These Off the U.S.A.

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting a pair of German boots (with Prussian eagle), which are dripping with blood. Poster text reads: "Keep these off the U.S.A. Buy more LIBERT...
Poster

AMERICANS ALL!

Date: 1919
Description: Poster depicting Miss Columbia in yellow dress with her left arm extended high holding a wreath; in her right hand she is holding a corner of an American f...
Poster

The Victory Loan Flyers

Date: 1919
Description: Poster depicting a locomotive speeding along railroad tracks with airplanes flying overhead. The airplanes have the markings associated with American warpl...
Poster

Victory. Add the Fifth Point

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting a woman in shadow (possibly representing Columbia) adding a point to a five-pointed star that is labeled "Victory." Poster text reads: "Vi...
Poster

"V"

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a blue "V," outlined in white, on a red background, with a blue and white border.

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