World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters, 1908-1944
Robert D. Farber
University Archives and Special Collections Department, Brandeis
University Libraries
c. 2008 By Brandeis University Libraries, all rights reserved
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| Creator: |
U.S. Government |
| Title: |
World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters, 1908-1944 |
| Quantity: |
92.00 Folders |
| Repository: |
Brandeis University Libraries |
| Identification: |
MWalB00055 |
| Language: |
English, Lithuanian, and Yiddish |
Administrative Information
Access:
Access to the collection is in accordance with the policies of
Brandeis University Libraries, Robert D. Farber University Archives
and Special Collections Department.
Copyright:
Requests to publish material from the collection should be
directed to the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special
Collections Department.
Processed by:
Aaron J. Wirth
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include
the following information: World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters, Robert D. Farber University Archives
and Special Collections Department, Brandeis University.
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Scope and Content
The Brandeis University World War I and World War II Propaganda Posters Collection includes nearly a hundred
different images with a variety of aims. Inspired by Western European examples, the creation and production of
applicable pictorial publicity immediately gained a substantial level of artistic involvement and industrial application
in the United States. The subjects of the posters include programs such as The United War Work Campaign, the Red Cross,
and most notably the subscription of Liberty and Victory loans. Each of the four Liberty loan campaigns, the first and
second in 1917, the third and fourth in 1918 and the Victory loan campaign of early 1919 created a vast amount of poster
art on both the local and national levels.
Countless designs were created, the majority of which were printed in large quantities. Several artists were
involved in the creation of the propaganda posters during the wars. Several artists were
involved in the creation of the propaganda posters during the wars; some of these artists were already widely known through
their work in books, magazines, and advertising. This collection includes such famous artists as Howard Chandler
Christy, James Montgomery Flagg, Adolph Treidler, Harrison Fisher, Casper Emerson Jr., Henry Patrick Raleigh, and
Haskell Coffin, to name but a few; Edward Penfield is not included. The items are organized alphabetically, and the
majority are from the World War I era.
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Series Description
Series I.
World War I Propaganda Posters
Inclusive dates (1914-1919; 1908; undated)
155 posters
Arrangement: Alphabetical by title
Along with the aforementioned subjects, topics in this series include the YMCA, rationing materials
and food, and war savings stamps, among others.
Series II.
World War II Propaganda Posters
Inclusive dates (1941-1944; undated)
14 posters
Arrangement: Alphabetical by title
This series primarily contains motivational posters, particularly aimed at the home front. Topics
include presidential quotations, the U.S. Crop Corps, industrial production, and fuel rationing.
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Cataloging Entries
The following catalog entries provide controlled subject access to the collection.
All these entries are searchable in the Brandeis University libraries' on-line catalog LOUIS to find materials of
related interest.
Posters
War posters, American
War posters
World War, 1914-1918--Posters--United States
World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda--United States
World War, 1939-1945--Posters--United States
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Container List
| Series I: |
| World War I Propaganda Posters |
| folder 1 |
"All Together! Enlist in the Navy," H. Reuterdahl, American Litho. Co., 1918; 30x44/td>
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| folder 2 |
"American Library Association, 'Hey Fellows!' Your Money Brings the Book When We Want It," John Sheridan, American Litho. Co. 1918; 30x20 [3 copies] |
| folder 3 |
"Americans All! Victory Liberty Loan," Howard Chandler Christy, Forbes, 1919; 36x27 |
| folder 4 |
"Are you 100% American? Prove it! Buy U.S. Government Bonds," Stern, Sackett & Wilhelm Corp., 1918; 30x20 |
| folder 5 |
"Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds," F. Strothmann, unknown publisher, 1917; 30x20 [2 copies] |
| folder 6 |
"Bell System Telephone" [quotation from Bell's president], unidentified artist, unknown publisher, 191?; 23x17 |
| folder 7 |
"Blot it Out with Liberty Bonds: The Hun-His Mark," J. Allen St. John, Brett Litho. Co. 1917; 42x29 [2 copies] |
| folder 8 |
"Buy Early" [Victory Liberty Loan, white lettering on red background], unidentified artist, unknown publisher, 1919; 19x28 [3 copies] |
| folder 9 |
"Buy More Liberty Bonds: Must Children Die and Mothers Plead in Vain?" Henry Patrick Raleigh, Sackett & Wilhelm Corp., 1917; 40x30 [2 copies] |
| folder 10 |
"Buy To-day at Any Bank: Buy Liberty Bonds," S.L. Bush, unknown publisher, 1917; 29x22 |
| folder 11 |
"Buy U.S. Government Bonds: Remember! The Flag of Liberty" [Third Liberty Loan] unidentified artist, Heywood Strasser & Voight, 1917; 30x20 |
| folder 12 |
"Buy United States Government Bonds; 'My soldier: Now I lay me down to sleep'" [Third Liberty Loan], H.H. Green, Matthews-Northrup Works, 1918; 40x28 [2 copies] |
| folder 13 |
"Buy War Savings Stamps: Save Your Child from Autocracy and Poverty," Herbert Paus, U.S. Printing & Litho., 191?; 30x20 |
| folder 14 |
"Buy War Savings Stamps: Boys & Girls! You can Help Your Uncle Sam Win the War," James Montgomery Flagg, American Litho. Co., 191?; 30x20 |
| folder 15 |
"Care for Her Through the YWCA: For Every Fighter a Woman Worker," Adolph Treidler, American Litho. Co., 1918; 40x30 [2 copies] |
| folder 16 |
"Clear the Way!! Buy Bonds/Fourth Liberty Loan," Howard Chandler Christy, Forbes, 1918; 30x20 [2 copies] |
| folder 17 |
"Columbia Calls: Enlist Now for U.S. Army," Frances Adams Halsted, unknown publisher, 1918; 40x30 |
| folder 18 |
"E-E-E-Yah-Yip Go Over with U.S. Marines," Charles Buckles Falls, unknown publisher, 1917; 28x21 |
| folder 19 |
"Farm to Win 'Over There': Join the U.S. Boys' Working Reserve," Adolph Treidler, Government Printing Office, 1918; 40x30 [2 copies] |
| folder 20 |
"Fight or Buy Bonds: Third Liberty Loan," Howard Chandler Christy, Forbes, 1918; 40x30 |
| folder 21 |
"Finish the Job: Subscribe to the Victory Liberty Loan," unidentified artist, unknown publisher, 1918; 32x22 [2 copies] |
| folder 22 |
"Food Will Win the War" ["Maistas Islaimes Kare!"] [Lithuanian], C. E. Chambers, U.S. Food Administration, 1917; 30x20 |
| folder 23 |
"Food Will Win the War" [Yiddish], C. E. Chambers, U.S. Food Administration, 1917; 30x20 |
| folder 24 |
"For Your Boy: United War Work Campaign," Arthur William Brown, Committee on Public Information, 1918; 30x20 [2 copies] |
| folder 25 |
"Four Years in the Fight: The Women of France: We Owe Them Houses of Cheer" [United War Work Campaign and YWCA], Lucien Jonas, Litho. Co., 1918; 42x27 [3 copies] |
| folder 25.1 |
"Go Over the Top with U.S. Marines," John A Coughlin, U.S. Marines, 191?; 28x21 |
| folder 26 |
"The Government Asks You to Do Your Xmas Shopping Early: Do It Now," Haskell Coffin, American Litho. Co., 1918; 30x20 |
| folder 27 |
"Halt the Hun: Buy U.S. Government Bonds/Third Liberty Loan," Henry Patrick Raleigh, Edwards & Deutch Litho., 1918; 29x20 |
| folder 28 |
"Have You Answered the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call?" Harrison Fisher, American National Red Cross, 1918; 30x28 [3 copies] |
| folder 29 |
"Have You Gone Your Limit in Liberty Bonds? Fighting 4th Liberty Loan," unidentified artist, unknown publisher, 1918; 30x20 |
| folder 30 |
"Help Stop This: Buy W.S.S. & Keep Him Out of America" [National War Savings Committee], Adolph Treidler, W.F. Powers Co. Litho., 1918; 28x20 |
| folder 31 |
"Help Them: Keep Your War Savings Pledge" [U.S. Treasury Dept.], Casper Emerson Jr., American Litho. Co., 1918; 30x20 [10 copies] |
| folder 32 |
"Hun or Home? Buy More Liberty Bonds," Henry Patrick Raleigh, Edwards & Deutch Litho., 1917; 30x20 [2 copies] |
| folder 33 |
"Hunger: For Three Years America has Fought Starvation in Belgium..." Henry Patrick Raleigh, U.S. Food Administration, 191?; 29x21 [3 copies] |
| folder 34 |
"I Want You for the Navy: Promotion for Anyone Enlisting," Howard Chandler Christy, Forbes, 1918; 41x27 [3 copies] |
| folder 35 |
"I Want You for the U.S. Army: Nearest Recruiting Station," James Montgomery Flagg, Leslie-Judge, 1917; 40x30 |
| folder 36 |
"V: Invest," unidentified artist, Strobridge Litho. Co., 1919; 31x21 |
| folder 37 |
"Invest in the Victory Liberty Loan: They Kept the Sea Lanes Open," L.A. Shafer, W.F. Powers Co. Litho., 1918; 40x30 [4 copies] |
| folder 38 |
"Jewish Welfare Board: 'Civilians: When We Go through This We Need All the Help and Comfort You Can Give,'" Sidney Riesenberg, Alco-Gravure Inc., 1918; 33x22 [2 copies] |
| folder 39 |
"Joan of Arc Saved France: Women of America, Save Your Country/Buy War Savings Stamps," Haskell Coffin, U.S. printing & Litho., 191?; 30x20 [4 copies] |
| folder 40 |
"Join the Navy: The Service for Fighting Men," Richard Babcock, unknown publisher, 1917; 38x29 |
| folder 41 |
"Join the Red Cross: Ten Million New Members by Christmas...," L.N. Britton, U.S. Food Administration, 191?; 30x20 |
| folder 42 |
"Keep 'em Smiling! Help War Camp Community Service," M. Leone Bracker, War Camp Community Service, 1918; 42x28 [5 copies] |
| folder 43 |
"A Man May Be Down But He's Never Out! Salvation Army: Home Service Fund Campaign," Frederick Duncan, Sackett & Wilhelm Corp., 1918; 41x50 |
| folder 44 |
"Men Wanted for the Army" [men running], I.B. Hazelton, unidentified publisher, 1914; 41x30 |
| folder 45 |
"Men Wanted for the Army" [men manning big gun], Michael P. Whelan, unknown publisher, 1908; 41x30 |
| folder 46 |
"Men Wanted for the Army" [men manning big gun & radio], Michael P. Whelan, unknown publisher, 1908; 41x30 |
| folder 47 |
"Night Watch" [Navy lookout], Adolph Treidler, unknown publisher, 191?; 19x24 |
| folder 48 |
"Oh, Boy! That's the Girl! The Salvation Army Lassie: Keep Her on the Job" [United War Work Campaign], George M. Richards, Sackett & Wilhelm Corp., 1918; 40x30 [2 copies] |
| folder 49 |
"Over the Top for You: Buy U.S. Government Bonds/Third Liberty Loan," Sidney Riesenberg, Ketterlinus, 1918; 29x20 [2 copies] |
| folder 50 |
"Ring it Again: Buy U.S. Gov't Bonds/Third Liberty Loan," unidentified artist, Sackett & Wilhelm Corp., 1918; 30x20 [2 copies] |
| folder 51 |
"Save Food and Defeat Frightfulness" [United States Food Administration], Herbert Paus, Strobridge Litho. Co., 1918; 36x56 [2 copies] |
| folder 52 |
"Save Food/Don't Waste It: 'The President Says...' [quotation from Woodrow Wilson], Adolph Treidler, U.S. Food Administration, 191?; 30x20 [5 copies] |
| folder 53 |
"Save Food for World Relief: 'Lincoln Said...'" [quotation from Abraham Lincoln], unidentified artist, Edwards & Deutch Litho., 191?; 30x20 [3 copies] |
| folder 54 |
"See Him Through: Help Us to Help the Boys" [National Catholic War Council, Knights of Columbus], Carlson Rice, American Litho. Co., 1918; 30x20 [4 copies] |
| folder 55 |
"The Service for Travel and Training: The Navy Put 'em Across," H. Reuierdahl, U.S. Navy Recruiting, 1918; 46x29 [2 copies] |
| folder 56 |
"The Spirit of War Camp Community Service" [image of woman at piano with Navy men], unidentified artist, Heywood Strasser & Voight, 1918; 30x20 [2 copies] |
| folder 57 |
"The Spirit of War Camp Community Service" [image of Navy men at dinner tables], unidentified artist, Heywood Strasser & Voight, 1918; 30x20 |
| folder 58 |
"Teufel Hunden, German Nickname for U.S. Marines," U.S. Marines, U.S. Marines, 191?; 28x19 |
| folder 59 |
"That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Earth: Buy Liberty Bonds" [Fourth Liberty Loan], Joseph Pennell, Alco-Gravure Inc., 1918; 33x22 [2 copies] |
| folder 60 |
"This Device on Hat or Helmet Means U.S. Marines" [gold Marine symbol on green background], C.B. Falls, unknown publisher, 1918; 40x30 |
| folder 61 |
"This is What God Gives Us; What are You Giving So That Others May Live?" A. Hendee, unknown publisher, 191?; 29x21 |
| folder 62 |
"To-Day Buy that Liberty Bond," Sidney H. Riesenberg, unknown publisher, 191?; 21x14 [2 copies] |
| folder 63 |
"U.S. Food Administration: They Are Giving All; Will You Send Them Wheat?" H. Dunn, W.F. Powers Co. Litho., 1918; 36x56 [2 copies] |
| folder 64 |
"United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation: Teamwork Wins," Hibberd V. B. Kline, Thomsen-Ellis Co., 1918; 42x27 |
| folder 65 |
"United States Shipping Board: Send the Eagle's Answer," James H. Daugherty, Emergency Fleet Corp., 191?; 60x41 |
| folder 66 |
"U.S.A. Bonds: Weapons for Liberty" [Third Liberty Loan Campaign/Boy Scouts of America], Christian Leyendecker, American Litho. Co., 1918; 30x20 |
| folder 67 |
"United War Work Campaign: One of the Thousand YMCA Girls in France," Edwin Howland Bashfield, Grinnell Litho. Co., 1918; 42x27 [2 copies] |
| folder 68 |
"United We Serve: United War Work Campaign, $170.500.000," unidentified artist, unknown publisher, 191?; 30x20 [3 copies] |
| folder 69 |
"Victory Liberty Loan: For Home and Country," Alfred Everitt Orr, American Litho. Co., 1919; 40x30 [2 copies] |
| folder 70 |
"Victory Liberty Loan: And They Thought We Couldn't Fight," Clyde Forsythe, Ketterlinus, 1919; 41x30 [2 copies] |
| folder 71 |
"Victory Liberty Loan: Sure! We'll Finish the Job," Gerrit A. Beneker, Edwards & Deutch Litho., 1918; 38x26 [2 copies] |
| folder 72 |
"When the Boys Come Home: 'While I Was Over There/What Were You Doing Here?' Students of America, How Will You Answer Him?" W.T. Benda, unknown publisher, 1918; 28x21 [2 copies] |
| folder 73 |
"Will You Supply Eyes for the Navy?" Grant, Sackett & Wilhelm Corp., 1918; 30x20, [2 copies] |
| folder 74 |
"YMCA: Lend Your Strength to the Red Triangle," Gil Spear, unknown publisher, 1918; 28x20 [2 copies] |
| folder 75 |
"YMCA United War Work Campaign" [Pershing quotation], J.J.W. Puris, Alco-Gravure Inc., 1918; 33x22 [5 copies] |
| folder 76 |
"YMCA: His Home Over There," Albert Herter, Committee on Public Information, 1918; 41x27 [4 copies] |
| folder 77 |
"Your War Savings Pledge/Our Boys Make Good Their Pledge," unidentified artist, Government Printing Office, 1918; 32x21 [2 copies] |
| Series II: |
| World War II Propaganda Posters |
| folder 1 |
"Books are Weapons in the War of Ideas," S. Broder, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942; 28x20 |
| folder 2 |
"Buy War Bonds: Make Your Own Declaration of War," U.S. Government, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941; 28x22 |
| folder 3 |
"Buy War Bonds: Till We Meet Again," Joseph Hirsch, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942; 60x40 |
| folder 4 |
"Brotherhood Week: February 19th to 28th, 1943" [quotation from Franklin D. Roosevelt], unidentified artist, Office of War Information, 1943; 29x20 |
| folder 5 |
"Food is a Weapon: Don't Waste It! Follow the National Wartime Nutrition Program," unidentified artist, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943; 23x16 |
| folder 6 |
"Fuel Fights! Save Your Share," unidentified artist, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943; 28x20 |
| folder 7 |
"Good News from Home: More Production," Steven Dohanos, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942; 40x29 |
| folder 8 |
"Join Women's Land Army of the U.S. Crop Corps," Morley, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943; 28x20 |
| folder 9 |
"Neither Must Fail!" [image of airplane and telephone lines], M. Whitney Thoenen, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943; 25x19 |
| folder 10 |
"No loyal citizen of the United States..." [quotation from Franklin D. Roosevelt], Adolph Treidler, U.S. Government Printing Office, early 1940s; 29x20 |
| folder 11 |
"Pitch In and Help! Join the Women's Land Army of the U.S. Crop Corps," Hubert Morley, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944; 28x20 |
| folder 12 |
"The state of this nation is good..." [quotation from Franklin D. Roosevelt], unidentified artist, Office of War Information, 1943; 14x20 |
| folder 13 |
"U.S. Crop Corps: Work on a Farm this Summer," Douglas, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943; 22x16 |
| folder 14 |
"We are Now in this War; We Are All in it All the Way" [quotation from Franklin D. Roosevelt], Adolph Treidler, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941; 24x18 |
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