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Poster

Warum Wir Krieg Führen

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with text in German. Reads, in part: "Warum Wir Krieg Führen. (Auf anordnung der Minnesotaer kommission fur offentliche sicherheit veroffentlieht.)"...
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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 ...
Poster

Just One Extra Litter

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a mother pig with six piglets and rows of pigs at the bottom of the poster. Highlights of the text reads: "Just one ext...
Poster

Lest They Perish

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman with a baby tied to her back, standing amid the ruins of some buildings. Poster text reads: Lest They Perish. C...
Poster

Give or We Perish

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman clutching her coat around her and looking nervously to the right. Poster text reads: "Give or We Perish. Americ...
Poster

Let's End It — Quick With Liberty Bonds

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman as Columbia holding out her hands to the viewer. Behind her, a city is in flames. Poster text reads: "Let's End...
Poster

Buy Liberty Bonds

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a brass colored relief of the profile of Abraham Lincoln, as it appears on a penny. Poster text reads: "Buy Liberty Bon...
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

The World Cannot Live Half Slave, Half Free

Date: 1918
Description: Propaganda poster encouraging American involvement in World War I by depicting the Prussian army as enslaving Europe. Includes a map of Europe with the lan...
Poster

Joan of Arc Saved France

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicts Joan of Arc. Text reads: "Joan of Arc Saved France. Women of America, Save Your Country. Buy War Savings Stamps. United States Treasury Depa...
Poster

Be Ready! Join Now!

Date: 1915
Description: British recruitment poster commissioned by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London. Depicts a silhouette of a British soldier holding a rifle.
Poster

3e emprunt de la Défense nationale

Date: 1917
Description: Text poster reads, in part: "Republique Francaise. Ministere des finances. 3e emprunt de la Défense nationale. donne un revenu reel de 5.83%...."
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Come On!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of an American soldier standing over the body of a German soldier. The soldier is facing the viewer, clutching his bayonet...
Poster

Every Girl Pulling For Victory

Date: 1918
Description: Illustrated WWI poster featuring a woman in a sailor suit rowing a small boat. A blue star and the word 'Victory' appear on the stern of the boat. The post...
Poster

Caring For American Soldiers in England

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a man in a uniform walking on the left side. Behind him is the Red Cross insignia is in the top left side of the poster...
Poster

Keep 'Em Smiling Help War Camp Community Service

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring three smiling men: a soldier, an officer, and a sailor. The officer is in the middle with his arms around the other two, and the War Camp ...
Poster

Save Your Child from Autocracy and Poverty

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicts a small child, naked except for socks and shoes, standing in front of the Torch of Liberty. Poster text reads: "Save Your Child From Autocra...
Poster

The Greatest Mother in the World

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a monumental woman cradling a wounded man. She is wearing a Red Cross hat, and the Red Cross insignia behind her on the...
Poster

Souvenez-Vous!

Date: 10 1917
Description: Poster commissioned by the Rememberance League for an October, 1917, exhibition on German war crimes in France. Poster image shows a drawing of a German so...
Poster

Save a loaf a week — help win the war

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of a loaf of bread being sliced by someone using a knife.

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