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Arthur Towell

Date: 02 20 1945
Description: Arthur Towell, chairman of Dane County 1945 Red Cross war fund campaign. Mr. Towell heads the Arthur Towell Incorporated Advertising Agency.
Poster

For Every Fighter a Woman Worker, Care For Her Through the YWCA

Date: 1918
Description: A female factory worker standing with her arms upraised, holding a miniature airplane in one hand and a bombshell in the other. In the background is the YW...
Photograph

Officers of the Scout Leaders Club

Date: 09 28 1944
Description: Officers of the Scout Leaders Club being shown how to prepare posters for the War Chest campaign. Left to right: Mrs. William H. Borden (Lucie), president ...
Photograph

War Bond Sellers

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: One of a series of portraits of war bond sellers, part of the national retailer's Series E War Loan Campaign, representing Manchesters, Sears, Rennebohms, ...
Photograph

Farmers Unloading Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Farmers unload scrap metal onto a large pile as part of a wartime scrap drive.
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

Black Out Curtains

Date: 1942
Description: Publicity photograph of a woman hanging blackout curtains, with the assistance of her young daughter. The photograph was taken to provide illustration for ...
Photograph

Patriotism Starts Early

Date: 1942
Description: World War II permeated every aspect of life in America during World War II, and nothing was wasted that could contribute to the war effort. Here a young b...
Photograph

Bernhard Mautz

Date: 09 27 1944
Description: Bernhard "Bernie" Mautz, president, general manager, and founder of the Mautz Paint and Varnish Company, at his desk. Mr. Mautz was chairman of Madison's 1...
Poster

One of The Thousand Y.M.C.A. Girls in France

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a young woman wearing a YMCA uniform. She is holding three books in her left hand, and a mug with steam rising from it ...
Historical Essay

Gugler Lithographic World War II Mobilization Posters - Image Gallery Essay

Discover the famous lithographic company most known for its WWII posters whose goal was to mobilize public support for the American war effort.
Photograph

Men Standing near Scrap Iron Pile

Date: 1942
Description: Men watch as workers cut down scrap iron and load it on a railroad car as part of a wartime scrap drive.
Classroom Material

Victor Berger, Milwaukee Socialists, and Civil Liberty

Conflict on the Homefront: Wisconsin During World War I
Learn more about Victory Berger by examing 1917 editorial selections from his newspaper, Milwaukee Leader
Classroom Material

Selling the War to the American Public

Conflict on the Homefront: Wisconsin During World War I
Use WWI posters to learn more about WWI as well as the use of this media in building support for the war

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