Art of War: Posters in World Conflicts
Primary Source Sampler
These items in the Online Exhibition are only a sample of the several hundred war posters available in the digitized collections of the Library of Congress website. These posters are linked to their bibliographic page. Learn more in the Teacher Resource section of this site!
World War I Examples
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Be patriotic--sign your country's pledge to save the food / Paul Stahr. Prints and Photographs Division. |
I want you for the Navy promotion for anyone enlisting, apply any recruiting station or postmaster / Howard Chandler Christy. Prints and Photographs Division |
Junior Red Cross Comrades all / Karl E. Johnson Prints and Photographs Division |
I want you for the US Army. American Treasures of the Library of Congress. |
World War II Examples
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Annual farm and home week American Memory By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943. |
Americans suffer when careless talk kills! / Harry Anderson Bibliographical Information and citation for Library of Congress would go here. |
The more women at work the sooner we win! : Women are needed also as [...] See your local U.S. Employment Service. Bibliographical Information and citation for Library of Congress would go here. |
Let me do the talking! : Serve in silence / Homer Ansley. Bibliographical Information and citation for Library of Congress would go here. |
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Military Recruiting
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I want you for the US Army American Treasures of the Library of Congress |
I want you for the Navy promotion for anyone enlisting, apply any recruiting station or postmaster / Howard Chandler Christy. Prints and Photographs Division |
It's a woman's war too! Join the WAVES--Your country needs you now--Apply to your nearest Navy recruiting station or office of naval officer procurement / John Falter, USNR. American Memory American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States |
Above and beyond the call of duty--Dorie Miller received the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbor, May 27, 1942 / David Stone Martin. Prints and Photographs Division |
Volunteers and Women
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This is America: Keep It Free: poster based on Dorothea Lange photo Prints and Photographs Division |
Their real pin-up girl / Hungerford Prints and Photographs Division |
20 at home to 1 in the trenches Prints and Photographs Division |
Our boys need sox - knit your bit American Red Cross. Prints and Photographs Division |
Civil Defense
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Air raid precautions : Keep cool, don't scream, don't run, prevent disorder, obey all instructions. By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943 |
Keep mum - the world has ears / Grigware. By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943 |
Blackout means black/ CH. By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943 |
Join now : The office of civilian defense needs you for decontamination squads / John McCrady. By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943 |
Conservation Efforts
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Keep it coming - waste nothing / Illian ; The W.F. Powers Co. Litho., N.Y. Prints and Photographs Division |
War gardens for victory--Grow vitamins at your kitchen door / Stecher-Traung Lithograph Corporation, Rochester, New York. Prints and Photographs Division |
Americans! Share the meat as a wartime necessity Prints and Photographs Division |
Your sugar ration is 2 lbs. per month / The Carey Printing Company, New York. Prints and Photographs Division |
