Agriculture--United States; United States Employment Service; United States. Extension Service; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Food supply--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War...
Color poster by Morgan Douglas that shows a man holding a pitch fork and standing behind a woman carrying a basket full of fresh vegetables, both of whom are dressed in bib-and-brace overalls and straw hats. In the sky above their heads are the...
Fund raising; Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; Soldiers--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster that in the foreground shows an American soldier in full combat gear holding a rifle with fixed bayonet and charging the enemy, while in the background are depictions of a farmer plowing a field and factory workers building military...
Nurses--Recruiting--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Casualties; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster that shows a young woman dressed in a nurse's uniform standing over a male patient recuperating in bed, with the words "Save his life... and find your own" set in type in the background behind her. Used to recruit nurses during World...
Canning and preserving--United States; Food conservation--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Food supply--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster showing a canning jar labeled "Can all you can" lying in front of several fresh fruits and vegetables. Below the image are the words "It's a real war job!" This poster encourages Americans to preserve their own fruits and vegetables by...
French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931; Fund raising; Minutemen (Militia)--Massachusetts--Concord; Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; Savings stamps--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States;...
Color poster from the May 1942 cover illustration for Ladies' Home Journal by A. (Alfred) Parker (1906-1985) that shows a mother watch as her daughter licks a savings stamp before pasting it into a stamp book. On the floor next to the girl's feet...
Flags--United States; Freedom; Fund raising; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster that shows a worker standing in a field and divided down the middle so that in his right hand he holds a United States flag and there is a productive city and factories in the background, while on his left hand and foot are a ball and...
Soldiers--United States; United States. War Production Board; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster showing a factory worker testing a rifle in the foreground while in the background are images of three soldiers standing and aiming their bayonet-fixed rifles. Printed across the images of the soldiers are the words, "The battle begins...
Fund raising; Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Air pilots, Military--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster made from a painting by Georges Schreiber (1904-1977) that shows a young man dressed in the uniform of an American pilot as he straps himself into the cockpit of his airplane, with the words "Keep him flying!" emblazoned across the...
Bald eagle in art; Printing--United States--World War, 1939-1945; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Two color posters on one sheet: "The Pen and the Sword", a poster printed in patriotic red, white, and blue colors, is on the obverse side; and Crocker-McElwain's paper news poster, volume 1, number 2, May 1942, a four-page pamphlet, is on the...
Food conservation--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by A. (Alfred) Parker (1906-1985) that shows a mother and daughter canning fruits and vegetables, with the girl saying, in the banner above the image, "We'll have lots to eat this winter, won't we Mother?" Below the image is the full...
Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by H. Macke that shows the portrait of an attractive young woman (background) holding a quarter in one hand and a savings stamp in the other hand while appearing behind the darkened image of a soldier (middle ground) running with his...
Soldiers--United States; United States Employment Service; United States. War Manpower Commission; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster by Al Moore that shows a United States soldier looking out at the viewer and saying, as shown in the words above, "-- and back us up with a war job!" This poster encourages those who did not enter the armed forces to take a war job,...
Agriculture--United States; United States. Extension Service; War posters, American; Women; Women's Land Army of America; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster of women at work in a variety of agricultural jobs, including feeding chickens, milking a cow, driving a tractor, and picking vegetables, as members of the Women's Land Army (WLA). The full caption for this poster reads as follows:...
United States Employment Service; War posters, American; Women; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster created from a 1942 color photograph taken by Alfred T. Palmer (1906-1993) showing an attractive young married woman (note prominently displayed wedding ring) working on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F U.S. Navy bomber at the...
American Nurses Association. Nursing Information Bureau; Patriotism; Uncle Sam (Symbolic character); United States. Federal Security Agency; United States. Public Health Service; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female;...
Color poster showing the portrait of an attractive young woman proudly receiving a white nurse's cap most likely from the hands of Uncle Sam (note stars and strips on sleeves), with the words "become a nurse : your country needs you" emblazoned...
United States. Coast Guard. Women's Reserve; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster by (John Joseph) Floherty, Jr., CPO USCGR (Chief Petty Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve) (1907-1977) that shows an attractive young woman in a U.S. Coast Guard uniform holding binoculars, while behind her a sailor holding a rifle...
United States Employment Service; United States. War Manpower Commission; V-mail; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster by Lawrence Nelson Wiibur (1897-1988) that shows an attractive young woman clutching V-mail messages to her chest and looking longingly in the distance, with the words "Longing won't bring him back sooner... get a war job!" positioned...
United States. Coast Guard. Women's Reserve; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster by L. W. (Lester W.) Bentley (1908-1972) that shows an attractive young woman in a U.S. Coast Guard uniform with a lighthouse in the background and the words "The girl of the year is a SPAR" printed in the sky above. Printed below the...
French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931; Fund raising; Minutemen (Militia)--Massachusetts--Concord; Patriotism; Savings bonds--United States; Savings stamps--United States; War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States;
Color poster by the Wilkinsons (J. Walter Wilkinson, 1892-1988, and his son, Walter G. Wilkinson, 1917-1971) that shows a young man in a khaki uniform in the cockpit of a U.S. Army fighter plane giving the thumbs-up sign and saying "you buy 'em[,]...
War posters, American; World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States; World War, 1939-1945--War work--United States;
Color poster that make use of the photograph of a worker stoking the fires in a production plant, with the words "keep the home fires burning" appearing above his head and the words "more production!" appearing below this image. Printed in small...
