World War II Poster Collection, 1941-1945
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- World War II Poster Collection
- Dates
- 1941-1945 (inclusive)19411945
- Quantity
- 2 cubic feet, including 295 items, (13 map folders)
- Collection Number
- MSS WW2Posters
- Summary
- The World War II Poster Collection is comprised of propaganda posters generated by United States government agencies, civilian service organizations, and foreign agencies between 1941 and 1945. The collection contains numerous posters addressing U.S. war production, war bond and stamp sales, military recruiting, civil defense, civilian wartime responsibilities, and pro-U.S. propaganda.
- Repository
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Oregon State University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives Research Center
Special Collections and Archives Research Center
121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis OR
97331-4501
Telephone: 5417372075
Fax: 5417378674
scarc@oregonstate.edu - Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
World War II, the largest-scale conflict in human history, was fought between the Axis Powers (Germany, Japan, and Italy) and the Allied Forces (the British Commonwealth, France, the Soviet Union, the United States, and others) between 1939 and 1945. World War II began in September 1939 with Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland and escalated as European powers joined the conflict. On December 7, 1941, Japan launched an attack on the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In response, the United States declared war on the Axis powers and began campaigns in Europe and the Pacific. Shortly thereafter, the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, China, and their allies signed the Atlantic Charter, uniting together against the Axis. Between 1942 and 1945, the fighting expanded to encompass much of Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Italy surrendered in 1943, Germany in May 1945, and Japan in August 1945. More than 60 million people died in World War II, including upwards of 40 million civilians as a result of the Nazi campaign against ethnic Jews and other targeted groups, military attacks on civilian populations in Europe, the United States' use of nuclear weapons against Japan, and war-related famine and disease.
America's involvement in World War II required immediate growth of the United States' armed forces, the conversion of peacetime industrial manufacturing to military needs, and the expansion of domestic agriculture to supply the United States' allies with food. Through a series of radio, film, and print media campaigns, the U.S. government asked young men to enlist in unprecedented numbers, encouraged women to join the workforce, and called upon citizens to enact wartime austerity measures, participate in war-related charitable work, and ultimately contribute nearly $200 billion to the war effort via goverment-issued bonds.
Content Description
The World War II Poster Collection is comprised of propaganda posters generated by U.S. government agencies including the Office of War Information, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, Office of Civil Defense, Department of Agriculture, the Office of Facts and Figures, War Department Safety Council, Federal Security Agency, Office for Emergency Management, Office for Economic Stabilization, and the Department of the Treasury; civilian organizations including the American Red Cross, American Library Association, and the American Legion; and foreign agencies including the British Information Service, Canadian Wartime Information Board, and the New Zealand Legation. This collection features poster artwork by R.M. Chapin, John Philip Falter, James Montgomery Flagg, Norman Rockwell, Valentino Sarra, Georges Schreiber, Kenneth W. Thompson, and others. Posters in this collection address war production efforts (including worker safety and participation of women), anti-espionage measures, wartime austerity, the U.S. Treasury's War Loan campaigns, charitable efforts in support of troops and civilians, military recruiting, civil defense, and general pro-U.S. propaganda. The collection is composed of 216 unique items and 79 duplicates, totalling 295 items.
Use of the Collection
Preferred Citation
World War II Poster Collection (MSS WW2Posters), Oregon State University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Administrative Information
Arrangement
The World War II Poster Collection is arranged into seven series: I: Office of War Information, 1942-1943; II: United States War Bonds & Stamps, 1942-1945; III: War Production, 1941-1944; IV: Civilian Experience, 1941-1945; V: U.S. Military, 1941-1944; VI: Foreign Propaganda, 1942-1944; VII: War Maps, 1942-1945. Materials are arranged within series alphabetically according to issuing organization and by production serial number or approximate date of printing.
Acquisition Information
Many of the items in the World War II Poster Collection were acquired during World War II as part of Oregon State College's government document retention program and were housed in the Oregon State University Library maps collection with other war posters. In 1995, war posters housed by the Library were transferred to the University Archives. Shortly thereafter (in 1996), a small number of war posters that had been transferred from the Library to the Horner Museum in 1979 were also acquired by the University Archives. These two accessions comprised the University Archives' War Poster Collection. The World War II posters were separated in 2014 to form the World War II Poster Collection, which now resides in Oregon State University's Special Collections & Archives Research Center.
Related Materials
Related MaterialsOther collections with materials related to World War II include the Wesley Ross Memoir of World War II (MSS RossW), the Oregon State College History of World War II Project Records (MSS OSCWW2), the Oregon State Yank Collection (MSS Yank), the Oregon State University Military Photographs Collection (P 002), the Ava Helen and Linus Pauling Papers (MSS Pauling), and the History of Atomic Energy Collection (RB Energy). Other collections featuring war propaganda include the World War I Poster Collection (MSS WW1Posters) and the World War II Newsmaps (MAPS Newsmap).
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Series I: Office of War Information Posters, 1942-1943
69 postersThis series is comprised of posters created by the United States Office of War Information between 1942 and 1943. The OWI was created in June 1942 with the express purpose of relaying wartime information and propaganda to the American public via radio, newspapers, films, and posters. OWI posters in this series address austerity measures, enemy espionage, women in the labor force, and wartime health and nutrition. The series also includes pro-war propaganda and informational posters. Materials are arranged according to their OWI serial number.
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Description: Books cannot be / killed by fire. / [...] / books are weapons in the war of ideasBacked with linen. ; 51 x 71 cm.
A giant book with a quotation from Franklin D. Roosevelt inscribed on its cover. At its foot are Nazis lighting bonfires in an attempt to burn it and other books.
Accessioned May 21, 1942.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 1.1 -
Description: Strong in the strength of the Lord / we who fight in the people's cause / will never stop until that cause is won71 x 102 cm.
The arm of an industrial worker holding a monkey wrench, a soldier holding a rifle, and a worker holding a curved wrench.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 1.2 -
Description: Give it your best!51 x 72 cm.
A full-color American flag with the poster text in black below.
Accessioned June 20, 1944.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 1.3 -
Description: Give it your best!51 x 72 cm.
A full-color American flag with the poster text in black below.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 1.4 -
Description: "Having seen the quality of the work / and workers on our production / lines..."72 x 102 cm.
A photograph of President Franklin Roosevelt with soldiers.
Accessioned December 10, 1942.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 1.5 -
Description: ...we here highly resolve that these dead / shall not have died in vain... / remember Dec. 7th!71 x 102 cm.
A tattered American flag waving in front of a column of smoke.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 1.6 -
Description: Someone / talked!71 x 101 cm.
A drowning sailor pointing a finger at the reader.
Accessioned February 1, 1943
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 1.7 -
Description: The United Nations fight for freedom56 x 71 cm.
The flags of thirty nations next to the Statue of Liberty.
Accessioned February 1, 1943.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 1.8 -
Description: The United Nations fight for freedom; 56 x 71 cm.
The flags of thirty nations next to the Statue of Liberty.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 1.9 -
Description: They've got more important / places to go than you!... / save rubber / check your tires now73 x 102 cm.
Four soldiers driving in an Army Jeep.
Accessioned May 20, 1943
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 1.10 -
Description: Become a nurse / your country needs you18 x 28 cm.
A young woman having a nurse's cap placed on her head.
Accessioned May 20, 1943.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 13.1 -
Description: Become a nurse / your country needs you; 56 x 71 cm.
A young woman having a nurse's cap placed on her head.
Accessioned June 20, 1944.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 1.11 -
Description: I need your skill / in a war job!56 x 71 cm.
Uncle Sam pointing at the reader.
Accessioned March 17, 1944
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 1.12 -
Description: I need your skill / in a war job!72 x 102 cm.
Uncle Sam pointing at the reader.
Accessioned June 20, 1944
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 1.13 -
Description: 1778 1943 / Americans / will always fight for liberty56 x 71 cm.
World War II soldiers marching past a line of Revolutionary War era soldiers.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 1.14 -
Description: 1778 1943 / Americans / will always fight for liberty56 x 71
World War II soldiers marching past a line of Revolutionary War era soldiers.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 1.15 -
Description: 1778 1943 / Americans / will always fight for liberty; 72 x 101 cm.
World War II soldiers marching past a line of Revolutionary War era soldiers.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 1.16 -
Description: Doctors are scarce / one out of three has gone to war / be prepared / for minor injury / for minor illness / learn first aid / & home nursing56 x 71 cm.
Red and black text on a red and white background with the Office of Civil Defense and American Red Cross emblems.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 1.17 -
Description: Doctors are scarce / one out of three has gone to war / be prepared / for minor injury / for minor illness / learn first aid / & home nursing56 x 71 cm.
Red and black text on a red and white background with the Office of Civil Defense and American Red Cross emblems.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 1.18 -
Description: I'll carry mine too! / trucks and tires must last till victory; 56 x 71 cm.
A woman carrying packages and groceries as soldiers march in the background.
Accessioned June 20, 1944.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 1.19 -
Description: I'll carry mine too! / trucks and tires must last till victory; 56 x 71 cm.
A woman carrying packages and groceries as soldiers march in the background.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 1.20 -
Description: Guard /your family's / health! / learn about the new wartime foods in a / nutrition class56 x 71 cm.
White text in a red circle and black and red text on a white background.
Accessioned March 24, 1944.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 1.21 -
Description: Give more books / victory book campaign / give good booksEncapsulated. ; 36 x 56 cm.
A hand holding open a book featuring a soldier and the American flag.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 1.22 -
Description: Give more books / victory book campaign / give good booksBacked with linen. ; 36 x 56 cm.
A hand holding open a book featuring a soldier and the American flag.
Accessioned May 21, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 1.23 -
Description: Give more books / victory book campaign / give good books36 x 56 cm.
A hand holding open a book featuring a soldier and the American flag.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.1 -
Description: Give more books / victory book campaign / give good booksEncapsulated. ; 36 x 56 cm.
A hand holding open a book featuring a soldier and the American flag.
Accessioned May 21, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.2 -
Description: Give more books / victory book campaign / give good booksEncapsulated. ; 36 x 56 cm.
A hand holding open a book featuring a soldier and the American flag.
Accessioned May 21, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.3 -
Description: Plant a victory garden / our food / is fighting / a garden will make your rations go further56 x 71 cm.
Two adults and a child working in a garden.
Accessioned April 29, 1944.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.4 -
Description: Where our men are fighting / our food is fighting / buy wisely - cook carefully - store carefully - use leftovers; 56 x 71 cm.
A crate parachuting through the air near paratroopers.
Accessioned April 8, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.5 -
Description: Where our men are fighting / our food is fighting / buy wisely - cook carefully - store carefully - use leftovers56 x 71 cm.
A crate parachuting through the air near paratroopers.
Accessioned June 20, 1944.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.6 -
Description: A careless word... / a needless loss72 x 102 cm.
A sailor's body in the surf.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.7 -
Description: Do with less- / so they'll have / enough! / rationing gives you your fair share56 x 71 cm.
A soldier holding up a tin cup and smiling.
Accessioned June 20, 1944.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.8 -
Description: Use it up - wear it out - / make it do! / our labor and our goods are fighting56 x 72 cm.
A woman patching a man's pants as he repairs a reel mower.
Accessioned April 29, 1944.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.9 -
Description: ...the state of this nation is good / the heart of this nation is sound / the spirit of this nation is strong / the faith of this nation is eternal. / Franklin D. Roosevelt51 x 36 cm.
A quotation from Roosevelt's message to Congress dated January 7, 1943.
Accessioned May 20, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.10 -
Description: The five Sullivan brothers / "missing in action" off the Solomons / they did their part56 x 71 cm.
A photograph of the five Sullivan brothers together.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.11 -
Description: The five Sullivan brothers / "missing in action" off the Solomons / they did their part; 56 x 71 cm.
A photograph of the five Sullivan brothers together.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.12 -
Description: The five Sullivan brothers / "missing in action" off the Solomons / they did their part; 56 x 71 cm.
A photograph of the five Sullivan brothers together.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.13 -
Description: Save freedom of worship / each according to the dictates / of his own conscience / buy war bonds51 x 71 cm.
A group of people praying.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.14 -
Description: Save freedom of worship / each according to the dictates / of his own conscience / buy war bonds; 51 x 71 cm.
A group of people praying.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.15 -
Description: Save freedom of worship / each according to the dictates / of his own conscience / buy war bonds72 x 102 cm.
A group of people praying.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.16 -
Description: Save freedom of speech / buy war bonds51 x 71 cm.
A man speaking in a crowd.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.17 -
Description: Save freedom of speech / buy war bonds51 x 71 cm.
A man speaking in a crowd.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.18 -
Description: Save freedom of speech / buy war bonds72 x 102 cm.
A man speaking in a crowd.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.19 -
Description: Ours...to fight for / freedom from want51 x 71 cm.
A family at a holiday meal.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.20 -
Description: Ours...to fight for / freedom from want51 x 71 cm.
A family at a holiday meal.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.21 -
Description: Ours...to fight for / freedom from fear51 x 71 cm.
A mother and father putting two young children to bed. Image from the Saturday Evening Post.
Accessioned May 28, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.22 -
Description: Ours...to fight for / freedom from fear51 x 71 cm.
A mother and father putting two young children to bed. Image from the Saturday Evening Post.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 2.23 -
Description: Ours...to fight for / freedom from fear72 x 102 cm.
A mother and father putting two young children to bed. Image from the Saturday Evening Post.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.1 -
Description: Ours...to fight for / freedom of speech / freedom of worship / freedom from want / freedom from fear72 x 102 cm.
Four individual Norman Rockwell paintings: a man speaking in a crowd; a group of people praying; a family at a holiday meal; a mother and father putting two young children to bed.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.2 -
Description: The Atlantic Charter51 x 71 cm.
The text of the Atlantic Charter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill on August 14, 1941.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.3 -
Description: The more women at work / the sooner we win!36 x 56 cm.
Woman assembling a B-17 bomber nose canopy accompanied by text directing women to the U.S. Employment Service.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.4 -
Description: "We'll have lots to eat this / winter, won't we Mother?" / grow your own / can your own41 x 57 cm.
A mother and daughter canning vegetables.
Accessioned April 29, 1944.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.5 -
Description: "We'll have lots to eat this / winter, won't we Mother?" / grow your own / can your own41 x 57 cm.
A mother and daughter canning vegetables.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.6 -
Description: Food is a weapon / don't waste it! / buy wisely - cook carefully - eat it all / follow the national wartime nutrition program41 x 57 cm.
An empty glass and a plate containing only clean poultry bones.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.7 -
Description: Work on a farm... / this summer / join the U.S. Crop Corps51 x 71 cm.
A young man and woman stand together, both dressed in coveralls. He holds a pitchfork and she carries a basket of vegetables.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.8 -
Description: We have just begun / to fight! / Pearl Harbor / Bataan / Coral Sea / Midway / Guadalcanal / New Guinea / Bismarck Sea / Casablanca / Algiers / Tunisia51 x 71 cm.
A soldier gesturing forward and carrying a rifle with bayonet.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.9 -
Description: We have just begun / to fight! / Pearl Harbor / Bataan / Coral Sea / Midway / Guadalcanal / New Guinea / Bismarck Sea / Casablanca / Algiers / Tunisia72 x 102 cm.
A soldier gesturing forward and carrying a rifle with bayonet.
Accessioned June 20, 1944.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.10 -
Description: Save waste fats for explosives / take them to your meat dealer51 x 71 cm.
Pan of grease being poured into an explosion from which rockets are being propelled.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.11 -
Description: Save waste fats for explosives / take them to your meat dealer; 51 x 71 cm.
Pan of grease being poured into an explosion from which rockets are being propelled.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.12 -
Description: United / we are strong / united we will win51 x 71 cm.
Cannons wrapped in the flags of the allies fire simultaneously into the sky.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.13 -
Description: United / we are strong / united we will win101 x 143 cm.
Cannons wrapped in the flags of the allies fire simultaneously into the sky.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.14 -
Description: Is your / trip necessary? / needless travel / interferes with the war effort51 x 71 cm.
Photograph of a crowded train car.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.15 -
Description: "No loyal citizen of the United States should be denied / the democratic right to exercise the responsibilities of his citizenship [...]51 x 71 cm.
Quotation from a statement from President Franklin D. Roosevelt given on February 1, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.16 -
Description: This is the enemy51 x 71 cm.
A hand, with a jacket cuff emblazoned with a swastika, driving a dagger through a Bible.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.17 -
Description: United / the united nations fight for freedom51 x 71 cm.
The flags of the Allies flying over tanks, battleships, and aircraft.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.18 -
Description: United / the united nations fight for freedom; 51 x 71 cm.
The flags of the Allies flying over tanks, battleships, and aircraft.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.19 -
Description: To all / who use libraries / this is our war36 x 51 cm.
Poster contains a message from the Office of War Information
Accessioned November 21, 1942
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 3.20 -
Description: If you tell where / he's going... / he may never / get there!51 x 71 cm.
A sailor carrying a large bundle bound in rope.
Accessioned June 19, 1944.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 3.21 -
Description: How to keep warm / with less fuel this winter / [...] / act now...while men and / materials are available51 x 71 cm.
A black, white, and red image of men winterizing a home accompanied by instructions for winterizing.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 3.22
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Series II: United States War Bonds & Stamps, 1942-1945
53 postersSeries II is composed of posters promoting the sale of U.S. war bonds and stamps. The majority of posters were created by the United States Department of the Treasury and correspond to the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th War Loan campaigns. Materials are arranged according to their U.S. Department of the Treasury serial number.
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Description: We can... / we will... / we must! / ...Franklin D. Roosevelt / buy U.S. war savings bonds & stamps now; 52 x 28 cm.
A waving American flag.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 4.1 -
Description: We can... / we will... / we must! / ...Franklin D. Roosevelt / buy U.S. war savings bonds & stamps now52 x 28 cm.
A waving American flag.
Accessioned May August 3, 1943.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 4.2 -
Description: "Even a little / can help a lot - now" / buy / U.S. war stamps & bonds36 x 51 cm.
A mother and daughter placing war stamps in stamp books.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 4.3 -
Description: Back the attack! / buy war bonds / 3rd war loan; 51 x 71 cm.
A soldier carrying a submachine gun with paratroopers in the background.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 4.4 -
Description: Back the attack! / buy war bonds / 3rd war loan72 x 101 cm.
A soldier carrying a submachine gun with paratroopers in the background.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 4.5 -
Description: They're fighting / harder than ever / are you buying / more war bonds than ever?25 x 35 cm.
Soldiers charging through water.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 13.2 -
Description: ...And we talk about sacrifice / buy war bonds25 x 35 cm.
A woman weeping in front of the remains of a burned house.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 13.3 -
Description: Give / war / bonds / the present with a future51 x 71 cm.
A Christmas tree decorated in war bonds and flowers and surrounded by wrapped packages.
Accessioned December 16, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 4.6 -
Description: Let 'em have it / buy / extra bonds; 51 x 71 cm.
A stylized depiction of a soldier lobbing a grenade over barbwire accompanied by a 4th War Loan emblem.
Accessioned February 8, 1944.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 4.7 -
Description: Back 'em up! / buy extra bonds51 x 71 cm.
Photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower performing a salute.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 4.8 -
Description: To have / and to hold! / war bonds72 x 102
Soldier waving a flag.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 4.9 -
Description: Buy bonds / for him! / let's all keep backing the attack; 51 x 71 cm.
A plow with a service flag hanging from one handle.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 4.10 -
Description: To have and to hold- / buy war bonds72 x 102 cm.
Portrait of a young girl.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 4.11 -
Description: Fire away! / buy extra bonds51 x 71 cm.
Two Navy crewmen aboard a ship in rough seas. The poster is labeled "In Memory U.S.S. 'Dorado'" and includes the 5th War Loan emblem.
Accessioned June 20, 1944.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 4.12 -
Description: Fire away! / buy extra bonds51 x 71 cm.
Two Navy crewmen aboard a ship in rough seas. The poster is labeled "In Memory U.S.S. 'Dorado'" and includes the 5th War Loan emblem.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 4.13 -
Description: Back 'em up / buy extra bonds51 x 71 cm.
Image of Dwight D. Eisenhower holding binoculars and a map. Urban rubble, tanks, and aircraft can be seen in the background.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 4.14 -
Description: Buy that invasion bond!71 x 51 cm.
Soldiers storming a beach.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 4.15 -
Description: Buy that invasion bond!71 x 51 cm.
Soldiers storming a beach.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 4.16 -
Description: The sky's the limit! / keep buying war bonds.51 x 69 cm.
Two men and a woman worker assembling the engine of an airplane. The poster also includes a graphic of a bomb with the phrase "6th War Loan" dropping on the Japanese Rising Sun Flag.
Accessioned December 19, 1944.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 4.17 -
Description: Next! / 6th war loan51 x 71 cm.
The face of a soldier positioned over a map of Japan. The poster also includes a stylized graphic of a bomb landing on the Japanese Rising Sun Flag.
Accessioned December 19, 1944.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 4.18 -
Description: Now all together47 x 66 cm.
A color painting of Joe Rosenthal's "Raising a Flag on Iwo Jima," and a 7th War Loan label.
Accessioned June 9, 1945.
Dates: 1945Container: Folder item 4.19 -
Description: Don't let that shadow touch them / buy war bonds36 x 51 cm.
A shadow in the shape of a swastika cast over three playing children.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 4.20 -
Description: Let's / all / fight / buy war bonds35 x 28 cm.
A soldier with his rifle in the forefront and industrial workers in the background.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 13.4 -
Description: Let's / all / fight / buy war bonds71 x 56 cm.
A soldier with his rifle in the forefront and industrial workers in the background.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 4.21 -
Description: Let's / all / fight / buy war bonds71 x 56 cm.
A soldier with his rifle in the forefront and industrial workers in the background.
Accessioned August 3, 1943.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 4.22 -
Description: Let's / all / fight / buy war bonds; 56 x 36 cm.
A soldier with his rifle in the forefront and industrial workers in the background.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 4.23 -
Description: Our good earth / ...keep it our / buy war bonds / "make every market day bond day"36 x 56 cm.
A farmer in a wheat field with two children.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 4.24 -
Description: We can't all go...but we can all help! / put at least 10% of your pay in war bonds. / sign the card today.42 x 56 cm.
Black and white photograph of a soldier comforting a crying child.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 4.25 -
Description: Help him [...] / help yourself [...] / for victory / at least 0% of your pay every payday42 x 56 cm.
Photographs of a soldier and a worker.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 4.26 -
Description: For victory...put at least 10% / of every pay into war bonds!42 x 56 cm.
An illustration in which Hitler says "It is good to hear American are now pudding 10% of der pay into Bunds!" One of Hitler's subordinates says to another "Herman, you tell him it iss Bonds- not Bunds!"
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 4.27 -
Description: Let's fly this flag / everybody / at least / 10% / in war bonds56 x 71 cm.
A blue flag with thirteen stars and a silhouette of the Concord Minuteman.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 5.1 -
Description: We are ready - what about you? / join the / schools at war/ programBacked with linen. ; 56 x 73 cm.
Three teenage carrying a war bond certificate and a basket of ribbons, a teenage boy carrying scrap metal and rubber, and an adolescent boy wearing an aviator's cap and holding a model airplane. The poster also feature a 5th War Loan insignia.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 5.2 -
Description: "This is my fight too!" / put at least 10% / every payday in / war bonds56 x 71 cm.
Photograph of a woman industrial worker holding war bonds.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 5.3 -
Description: [Untrimmed sheet featuring three posters]61 x 96 cm.
Three posters designed by Native American students featuring Native American symbols and images from reservation life.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 5.4 -
Description: [Untrimmed sheet featuring three posters]61 x 96 cm.
Three posters designed by Native American students featuring Native American symbols and images from reservation life.
Accessioned August 3, 1943.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 5.5 -
Description: Till we meet again / buy war bonds36 x 56 cm.
A soldier waving from a ship's porthole.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 5.6 -
Description: A sheet of four uncut posters; 64 x 96 cm.
Four individual posters featuring significant moments in the Revolutionary War.
Accessioned August 3, 1943.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 5.7 -
Description: A sheet of four uncut posters64 x 96 cm.
Four individual posters featuring significant moments in the Revolutionary War.
Accessioned May 28, 1943
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 5.8 -
Description: This world cannot exist / half slave and half free / buy war bonds76 x 102 cm.
A charcoal drawing of Abraham Lincoln.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 5.9 -
Description: Use a pay day during the war / to buy a pay day / after the war56 x 71 cm.
Cartoon of an industrial worker accepting pay from a paymaster with one hand and exchanging it for war bonds with the other.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 5.10 -
Description: Keep him flying! / buy war bonds56 x 71 cm.
A pilot ascending the cockpit of his plane.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 5.11 -
Description: Keep him flying! / buy war bonds72 x 101 cm.
A pilot ascending the cockpit of his plane.
Accessioned August 3, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 5.12 -
Description: Remember me? I was at Bataan / buy war bonds54 x 71 cm.
A soldier standing with arms crossed and hat in hand.
Accessioned August 3, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 5.13 -
Description: Remember me? I was at Bataan / buy war bonds72 x 101 cm.
A soldier standing with arms crossed and hat in hand.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 5.14 -
Description: For their / future/ buy war bonds56 x 71 cm.
A woman carrying a small child, with a lamb standing in the forefront.
Accessioned August 3, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 5.15 -
Description: For their / future/ buy war bonds72 x 94 cm.
A woman carrying a small child, with a lamb standing in the forefront.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 5.16 -
Description: For freedom's / sake / buy war bonds; 56 x 71 cm.
The Concord Minuteman with buildings in the background.
Accessioned August 3, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 5.17 -
Description: For freedom's / sake / buy war bonds56 x 71 cm.
The Concord Minuteman with buildings in the background.
Accessioned August 3, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 5.18 -
Description: "Deliver us from evil" / buy war bonds73 x 101 cm.
A young girl's face pictured in front of a swastika.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 5.19 -
Description: Your / war bonds / are a / stake / in the / futureBacked with linen. ; 51 x 71 cm.
A tablet with the poster text mounted to a brick wall and draped in an American flag.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 5.20 -
Description: For baby's future / buy war bonds43 x 56 cm.
Photograph of an infant holding a war bond.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 5.21 -
Description: She's ready, too / buy / war bonds56 x 71 cm.
A woman in a yellow dress walking with the silhouette of the Concord Minuteman in the background.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 5.22 -
Description: I gave a man! / will you give at least 10% / of your pay in war bonds?43 x 56 cm.
Photograph of a woman holding a young girl and an infant.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 5.23 -
Description: We pledged it / we'll beat it!42 x 53 cm.
A large white B on a background overlaid with "B" in Morse code.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 5.24 -
Description: Oregon! / bring / 'em home in '44 / 4th war loanEncapsulated ; 86 x 56 cm.
A smiling soldier with a Nazi helmet propped on his bayonet.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 5.25 -
Description: Oregon! / bring / 'em home in '44 / 4th war loanEncapsulated ; 86 x 56 cm.
A smiling soldier with a Nazi helmet propped on his bayonet.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 5.26
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Series III: War Production, 1941-1944
41 postersSeries III is comprised of posters promoting wartime industrial production in the United States. Posters in this series were created by the United States Bureau of Home Economics, Division of Labor Standards, Office for Emergency Management, Office of Facts and Figures, War Department Safety Council, War Manpower Commission, and the War Production Board. Posters in this series offer general support for the civilian workforce, encourage safe working procedures, promote collecting of scrap materials and waste fats, and advocate for women in the workforce. Materials are arranged by issuing office.
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Description: Make / your rubber / last / watch out / for these / enemies!36 x 48 cm.
Instructions for preventing rubber from coming in contact with heat, sunlight, oil and grease accompanied by black and white illustrations.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 6.1 -
Description: Make / your rubber / last36 x 48 cm.
Instructions for caring for garments made of rubber thread, raincoats, and overshoes accompanied by black and white photographs.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 6.2 -
Description: Make / your / rubber last36 x 48 cm.
Instructions for caring for baby bottle nipples and rubber sheets accompanied by black and white photographs.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 6.3 -
Description: Make / your rubber / last36 x 48 cm.
Instructions for care of electric cords, laundry wringers, hot water bottles, ice packs, and syringes accompanied by black and white photographs.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 6.4 -
Description: Make / your rubber / last / mend it... / "cold patch method"36 x 48 cm.
Instructions for cold patching the rubber sole of a shoe accompanied by black and white photographs.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 6.5 -
Description: Sight / security; 51 x 72 cm.
An industrial worker wearing safety glasses with an arrow pointing to his eye protection.
Accessioned August 28, 1944.
Dates: 3.5.31Container: Folder item 6.6 -
Description: Give 'em / both barrels50 x 38 cm.
A machine gunner and a riveter side-by-side.
Accessioned July 3, 1942
Dates: 1941Container: Folder item 6.7 -
Description: Give 'em / both barrels102 x 76 cm.
A machine gunner and a riveter side-by-side.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1941Container: Folder item 6.8 -
Description: Don't / let him / down!76 x 102 cm.
An airplane gunner.
Accessioned July 3, 1942
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 6.9 -
Description: Men working / together!102 x 76 cm.
A soldier, an industrial worker, and a sailor standing together against a yellow background.
Accessioned July 3, 1942.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 6.10 -
Description: Give it your best!101 x 76 cm.
The American flag with text below.
Accessioned July 3, 1942.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 6.11 -
Description: Get in the / scrap / America's war industries need / metals / paper / old rags / rubber / get it back in war productionBacked with linen. ; 51 x 71 cm.
Red and black text on a tan background.
Accessioned July 8, 1942.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 6.12 -
Description: "This world cannot exist / half slave and half free" / work for freedom!36 x 51 cm.
A priest, two parents, and two children cowering against a wall with the shadow of a German soldier brandishing a whip cast over them.
Accessioned July 20, 1942.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 6.13 -
Description: "Give 'em the stuff / to fight with..."Backed with linen. ; 18 x 25 cm.
A soldier attempting to carry another soldier.
Accessioned June 24, 1942.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 13.5 -
Description: "Give 'em the stuff / to fight with..."76 x 102 cm.
A soldier attempting to carry another soldier.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 6.14 -
Description: "Give 'em the stuff / to fight with..."36 x 51 cm.
A soldier attempting to carry another soldier.
Accessioned July 20, 1942.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 6.15 -
Description: "Give 'em the stuff / to fight with..." / work for freedom!36 x 51 cm.
A worker's hand holding out a rifle to two soldiers crawling across a desert battlefield.
Accessioned July 20, 1942.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 6.16 -
Description: I need you on the job full time... / don't get hurt72 x 102 cm.
A soldier holding a submachine gun.
Accessioned June 19, 1944
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 6.17 -
Description: I need you on the job full time... / don't get hurt72 x 102 cm.
A soldier holding a submachine gun.
Accessioned March 17, 1944.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 6.18 -
Description: Put your muscle / on a war basis! / sign up for a farm job / ...at your local U.S. Employment Office72 x 102 cm.
A shirtless man moving hay.
Accessioned September 2, 1942.
Dates: 1942>Container: Folder item 6.19 -
Description: Women / in the war / we can't win / without them72 x 101 cm.
A woman worker constructing a missile.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 7.1 -
Description: Women / in the war / we can't win / without them72 x 101 cm.
A woman worker constructing a missile.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 7.2 -
Description: United we win72 x 102 cm.
Two men assembling the cockpit of a plane.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 7.3 -
Description: Take care of your automobile20 x 26
A two-sided flyer with instructions for conservation of rubber tires and basic automobile maintenance.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 13.6 -
Description: "Every man / woman and child / is a partner" / President Roosevelt / in 1942 / 60,000 / planes / 45,000 / tanks / 20,000 / a.a. guns / 8,000,000 / tons of ships101 x 71 cm.
A line of people dressed in work and business attire walking together.
Accessioned July 24, 1942.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 7.4 -
Description: You knock 'em out-- / we'll knock 'em down / more production72 x 102 cm.
A pilot gesturing to his plane which features a pin-up angel and twelve tally marks.
Accessioned July 24, 1942.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 7.5 -
Description: "Bundles for Berlin" / more production!72 x 102 cm.
Two men mounting bombs in the weapons bay of an aircraft.
Accessioned September 2, 1942.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 7.6 -
Description: The road back22 x 30 cm.
A caricature of Adolf Hitler attempting to run up a conveyor belt labeled "U.S. Production Drive."
Accessioned August 24, 1943.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 13.7 -
Description: Save your cans / help pass the ammunition63 x 85 cm.
A woman's hand holding a tin can that appears to be part of a machine gunner's ammunition belt. Image is accompanied by instructions for preparing tin cans for recycling.
Accessioned February 8, 1944.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 7.7 -
Description: Don't be a bottleneck / beat the promise46 x 56 cm.
An anthropomorphic wine bottle featuring overalls, work gloves, and a wrench.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 7.8 -
Description: Keep punching... / in the battle of production / beat your promise!43 x 56 cm.
A man, labeled "You & I" boxes with gloves inscribed with "All-out production" and "No waste". His opponent is a caricature of a Japanese man carrying a dagger that reads "Remember Pearl Harbor".
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 7.9 -
Description: Stamp 'em out! / beat your promise55 x 78 cm.
A boot labeled "You and I" stepping on two snakes representing Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo an a frog representing Benito Mussolini.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 7.10 -
Description: Put the squeeze on the Japanese / beat your promise43 x 56 cm.
A man labeled "You and I" and wearing a shirt with the text "Increased Production" across it closes a vice on a caricature of a Japanese soldier. Nearby is a bloody sword that reads "Remember Pearl Harbor".
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 7.11 -
Description: Beat your promise67 x 56 cm.
Caricatures of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hideki Tojo being crushed under a foot labeled "Your Production". Factories can be seen in the background.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 7.12 -
Description: Wanted / for victory / waste paper / old rags / scrap metals / old rubber / get in the scrap / sell to a collector or give to a charity52 x 68 cm.
Photograph of a family collecting scrap materials.
Accessioned July 3, 1942.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 7.13 -
Description: How / steel is / made; 51 x 88 cm.
An infographic demonstrating the smelting of steel and the conversion of household items to wartime purposes.
Accessioned November 11, 1942.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 7.14 -
Description: How / steel is / made; 51 x 88 cm.
An infographic demonstrating the smelting of steel and the conversion of household items to wartime purposes.
Accessioned March 19, 1943.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 7.15 -
Description: Victory in the making! / "sight sub / sank same" / the equipment you and I make / serves our armed forces... / on land-- on sea-- and in the air!36 x 58 cm.
An American plane attacking a surfaced submarine.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 7.16 -
Description: For gunpowder / save / waste / fats / rush them to your meat dealerEncapsulated. ; 75 x 102 cm.
Men working on a large artillery piece.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 7.17 -
Description: For gunpowder / save / waste / fats / rush them to your meat dealer75 x 102 cm.
Men working on a large artillery piece.
Accessioned November 8, 1943
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 7.18 -
Description: Keep 'em all flying! / the industry that serves all war industry...Koppers; 60 x 94 cm.
A U.S. Army soldier, a Marine, and sailor flanked by industrial workers and surrounded by the flags of the Allies.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 7.19
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Series IV: Civilian Experience, 1941-1945
51 postersSeries IV is comprised of posters promoting civilian participation in the American war effort. The series includes posters encouraging participation in various organizations including the United States Cadet Nurse Corps, the American Red Cross, and the Office of Civilian Defense. Posters in this series also address forest fire prevention, espionage, price control and counter-inflation efforts, nutrition and food austerity, nonessential travel, proper shipping practices, and household maintenance. Materials are organized according to issuing office and subject.
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Description: Enlist in a proud profession! / join the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps51 x 71 cm.
A woman wearing a U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps uniform accompanied by a text reading a "A Lifetime Education-FREE! If you can qualify."
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 8.1 -
Description: Enlist in a proud profession! / join the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps51 x 71 cm.
A woman wearing a U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps uniform accompanied by a text reading a "A Lifetime Education-FREE! If you can qualify."
Accessioned March 9, 1944.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 8.2 -
Description: Uncle Sam / needs nursesBacked with linen. ; 34 x 48 cm.
Two young women dressed in Red Cross coats and nurse's caps.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 8.3 -
Description: Your Red Cross / is at his side / 1944 war fund37 x 51 cm.
A man and woman holding up war fund and service flag emblems.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 8.4 -
Description: Your Red Cross / must carry on! / give35 x 51 cm.
Photograph of a Red Nurse with a young man in a wheelchair.
Accessioned May 1946.
Dates: circa 1945Container: Folder item 8.5 -
Description: Whatever the veteran's problem, / be it filing a benefit application or / working out a budget, Red Cross Home / Service workers are ready to lend a hand.76 x 51 cm.
Black and white photograph of a Red Cross worker with a woman and a serviceman holding an infant. The Red Cross insignia is in color.
Dates: circa 1945Container: Folder item 8.6 -
Description: Days of convalescence seem / to pass more quickly when there's / a Red Cross worker with whom to / play a friendly game.76 x 51 cm.
Black and white photograph of a Red Cross worker playing checkers with an injured serviceman. The Red Cross insignia is in color.
Dates: circa 1945Container: Folder item 8.7 -
Description: Become a nurse / your country needs you35 x 44 cm.
A young woman having a nurse's cap placed on her head.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 8.8 -
Description: Become a nurse / your country needs you35 x44 cm.
A young woman having a nurse's cap placed on her head.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 8.9 -
Description: Just by / keeping well / you can help win this war34 x 51 cm.
Five rules for maintaining health with accompanying illustrations.
Dates: circa 1944Container: Folder item 8.10 -
Description: Allies / for a big job / OCD / cooperate with your / local defense council53 x 50 cm.
Red, black, and blue text on a blue and white background. Photographs of a crowd fill the letters "OCD".
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 8.11 -
Description: Chemical warfare agents52 x 38 cm.
A chart describing the physical form, odor, physiological effects, severity, protection, treatment, behavior, and neutralization of various chemical warfare agents.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 8.12 -
Description: Official Civilian Defense insignia72 x 102 cm.
A chart of Civilian Defense Corps insignias accompanied by explanatory text.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 8.13 -
Description: All fires delay victory / join / the Forest Fire / Fighters Service/ Office of Civilian Defense / see your local Defense Council today36 x 50 cm.
The smouldering remains of a forest.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 8.14 -
Description: War against / fires / of / war / with the fire guard36 x 56 cm.
Fire fighters putting out a blaze inside a building. Bomber planes can be seen through the window.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 8.15 -
Description: What did you do today / ...for freedom?54 x 73 cm.
Text advertising for the Citizens Service Corps featuring an illustration of a soldier's body face down on the ground.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 8.16 -
Description: Public Proclamation No. 1936 x 56 cm.
The text of Public Proclamation No. 19 illustrated with a map of the west coast of the United States.
Dates: October 10, 1943Container: Folder item 8.17 -
Description: Military aircraft silhouettes57 x 89 cm.
Silhouettes and identifying features of military aircraft with explanatory text.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 8.18 -
Description: Careless matches-- / weapons of sabotage! / [...] / prevent forest fires23 x 30 cm.
A match in front of a burning forest.
Accessioned August 18, 1943.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 13.8 -
Description: Will you be the / next gravedigger? / [...] / prevent forest fires23 x 30 cm
A gravedigger standing by a tombstone that reads "Destroyed by the enemy's secret weapon." Burned tree stumps can be seen in the background.
Accessioned August 18, 1943.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 13.9 -
Description: Flying blind / in perfect weather! / ...another instance of the high cost / of wartime forest fires! / [...] / prevent forest fires23 x 30 cm
A plane flying through a cloud of smoke from a forest fire.
Accessioned August 18, 1943.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 13.10 -
Description: Forest defense is national defense35 x 46 cm.
Two men digging with a forest fire blazing in the background.
Dates: 1941Container: Folder item 8.19 -
Description: Our carelessness / their secret weapon / prevent forest fires56 x 71 cm.
Caricatures of Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo in front of a burning forest.
Accessioned August 18, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 8.20 -
Description: He's / watching / you72 x 101 cm.
A stylized German soldier looking outward.
Accessioned July 24, 1942.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 8.21 -
Description: Somebody blabbed / ...don't talk about ship movements! / ...don't talk about war production! / button your lip!36 x 51 cm.
A hand emerging from the water with a sailor's cap floating nearby.
Accessioned July 20, 1942.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 8.22 -
Description: Americans suffer / when careless talk kills!35 x 51 cm.
A man holding a woman as she clutches a Western Union telegram and weeps. A service flag hangs in the background.
Accessioned June 19, 1944.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 8.23 -
Description: Careless talk / got there first72 x 102 cm.
A soldier with blood streaming from his face.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 8.24 -
Description: Keep your / [trap] / shut / don't give the rats / any information!51 x 67 cm.
An image of a sprung mousetrap with a shred of newspaper reading "Crew Claiming U-Boat Knew of Ship Sailing" in place of the word "trap". The poster also includes caricatures of Hideki Tojo, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 9.1 -
Description: Don't fall for / enemy propaganda / [...]42 x 55 cm.
Caricatures of Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo whispering to a man.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 9.2 -
Description: Keep the / home front pledge / pay no more than ceiling / prices / pay your points in full51 x 71 cm.
Image of a woman holding up her hand as if swearing a pledge accompanied by a graphic overlay that reads "Food fights for freedom".
Accessioned June 17, 1944.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 9.3 -
Description: Rationing means / a fair share for all of us56 x 71 cm.
One image, labeled "without rationing," shows one customer taking a box of canned goods while another gets nothing. The second image, labeled "with rationing," shows each customer getting a single can.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 9.4 -
Description: You can lick / runaway prices / you hold the 7 keys to / hold down prices41 x 57 cm.
An image of Uncle Sam accompanied by seven tips to help prevent wartime price inflation.
Accessioned March 6, 1944.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 9.5 -
Description: You can lick / runaway prices / you hold the 7 keys to / hold down prices41 x 57 cm.
An image of Uncle Sam accompanied by seven tips to help prevent wartime price inflation.
Accessioned March 6, 1944.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 9.6 -
Description: Uncle Sam / keeps your rent down / you must / keep your home up52 x 71 cm.
A commitment to maintaining one's household titled "Tenant's Wartime Pledge" and an illustration of two women dressed in aprons and carrying brooms.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 9.7 -
Description: For health...eat some food / from each group...every day! / in addition to the basic 7... / eat any other foods you want; 56 x 71 cm.
USDA food wheel featuring seven basic food groups.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 9.8 -
Description: For health...eat some food / from each group...every day! / in addition to the basic 7... / eat any other foods you want56 x 71 cm.
USDA food wheel featuring seven basic food groups.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 9.9 -
Description: Be a victory farm volunteer / in the U.S. Crop Corps / see your principal36 x 56 cm.
Photographs of a young man and woman and several people working in a field.
Accessioned June 19, 1944.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 9.10 -
Description: War gardens / for / victory / grow vitamins at / your kitchen door30 x 47 cm.
White and red text on a blue and light blue background featuring a young woman holding a hoe and a large basket of fresh vegetables.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 9.11 -
Description: Victory seeds / free/ Richfield83 x 124 cm.
Carrots, radishes, beets, and lettuce on a blue background with the poster text in yellow.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 9.12 -
Description: War traffic must / come first / don't waste transportation36 x 46 cm.
Image of a train overlaid with white text.
Accessioned April 8, 1943.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 9.13 -
Description: Ship right / for victory / prevent / loss and / damage34 x 45 cm.
Boxes being moved on a hand truck.
Accessioned April 8, 1943.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 9.14 -
Description: Your government warns / prepare for / winter / now! / [...] / fuel is scarce...conserve it!51 x 71 cm.
Text describing three steps for preparing for winter, accompanied by illustrations.
Accessioned August 30, 1944.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 9.15 -
Description: Leave / books / here / victory / book campaign36 x 56 cm.
Images of a soldier and sailor on the pages of a book.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 9.16 -
Description: Leave / books / here / victory / book campaign35 x 55 cm.
Images of a soldier and sailor on the pages of a book.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 9.17 -
Description: Victory book / campaign / [...] / Oregon wants to do her part / for our boys38 x 51 cm.
A man carrying a stack of books and following a sign that reads "victory book campaign."
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 9.18 -
Description: The four freedoms43 x 58 cm.
Text from a message from Franklin D. Roosevelt to the 77th Congress dated January 6, 1941.
Dates: 1941Container: Folder item 9.19 -
Description: Freedom from Want66 x 46 cm.
Text by Carlos Bulosan accompanied by Norman Rockwell's "Freedom from Want".
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 9.20 -
Description: Freedom from Fear66 x 46 cm.
Text by Stephen Vincent Benet accompanied by Norman Rockwell's "Freedom from Fear".
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 9.21 -
Description: Freedom of Speech66 x 46 cm.
Text by Booth Tarkington accompanied by Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Speech".
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 9.22 -
Description: Freedom of Worship66 x 46 cm.
Text by Will Durant accompanied by Norman Rockwell's "Freedom of Worship".
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 9.23 -
Description: The Saturday Evening Post presents the Four FreedomsThis poster is two-sided. ; 66 x 46 cm.
Images of Norman Rockwell and his work accompanied by an article by Jack Alexander titled "Cover Man".
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 9.24
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Series V: U.S. Military, 1941-1944
31 postersSeries V is composed of posters promoting enlistment in the U.S. armed forces. Included in this series are posters from the United States Army, the Army Air Forces, the Army Nurse Corps, and the United States Marine Corps. The series also includes posters from the United States Office of Facts and Figures identifying allied soliders. Materials are arranged according to issuing office and serial number.
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Description: Keep 'em flying!Banner is in three pieces. ; 306 x 43 cm.
A banner featuring the text in blue and the Great Seal of the United States.
Accessioned October 14, 1941.
Dates: 1941Container: Folder item 10.1 -
Description: Keep 'em flying!51 x 71 cm.
Portrait of a man comprised of smaller images of workers and servicemen. The bottom left corner contains a poem entitled "Keep 'Em Flying" by Jack Childs.
Accessioned October 14, 1941.
Dates: 1941Container: Folder item 10.2 -
Description: Can you qualify for the Army Air Corps? / "keep 'em flying!"51 x 71 cm.
A chart featuring positions and qualification requirements for aviation cadets and enlisted men.
Accessioned October 14, 1941.
Dates: 1941Container: Folder item 10.3 -
Description: Can you qualify for the Army Air Corps? / "keep 'em flying!"51 x 71 cm.
A chart featuring positions and qualification requirements for aviation cadets and enlisted men.
Dates: 1941Container: Folder item 10.4 -
Description: "Keep 'em flying" / is our battle cry! / first class fighting men needed; 64 x 96 cm.
An American flag waving over a squadron of U.S. bomber planes.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 10.5 -
Description: "Keep 'em flying" / is our battle cry! / first class fighting men needed; 64 x 96 cm.
An American flag waving over a squadron of U.S. bomber planes.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 10.6 -
Description: "Keep 'em flying" / is our battle cry! / first class fighting men needed; 64 x 96 cm.
An American flag waving over a squadron of U.S. bomber planes.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 10.7 -
Description: O'er the ramparts we watch / United States / Army Air Forces; 48 x 63 cm.
A young man stands in the clouds holding a bomb as planes fly below.
Accessioned March 5, 1945.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 10.8 -
Description: Radiogram / to men of 18 and 19... / new enlistment privileges51 x 71 cm.
Poster includes a photograph of a helmeted soldier and a list of Army positions featuring new enlistment privileges.
Accessioned September 8, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 10.9 -
Description: For your country's sake today- / for your own sake tomorrow / go to the nearest recruiting station / of the armed service of your choiceBacked with linen. ; 43 x 63 cm.
A line of four young women, each dressed in the uniform of the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 10.10 -
Description: You are needed now / join the / Army Nurse Corps52 x 79 cm.
Portrait of a young woman in an Army Nurse Corps uniform.
Accessioned February 8, 1944.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 10.11 -
Description: United States Army insignia51 x 71 cm.
Depictions of U.S. Army insignia and placement on uniforms with explanatory text.
Accessioned December 24, 1946.
Dates: circa 1941Container: Folder item 10.12 -
Description: Insignia of the Army of the United States51 x 71 cm.
Depictions of U.S. Army insignia with explanatory text.
Accessioned September 8, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 10.13 -
Description: U.S. Army / ribbons representing / decorations and awardsBacked with linen. Additional content on back obscured by linen. ; 60 x 44 cm.
Image of a medal of honor and other Army service decorations.
Accessioned November 19, 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 10.14 -
Description: U.S. Marines / on land / at sea / in the air / defend America76 x 102 cm.
An eagle, a map of the United States, silhouettes of soldiers, and a battleship on a yellow background.
Dates: 1941Container: Folder item 10.15 -
Description: Want action? / join / U.S. Marine Corps! / apply to nearest recruiting station, 510 Guardian Building - Salem, Oregon; 76 x 102 cm.
A Marine on a beach holding his hand out to the reader.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 10.16 -
Description: Let's go / U.S. MarinesBacked with linen. ; 71 x 101 cm.
A marching Marine on a red background.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 10.17 -
Description: Wear the "fightin'est" wings in the service / fly with the Marines / apply, or write, to nearest recruiting stationBacked with linen. ; 71 x 101 cm.
A giant eagle tearing apart a Japanese Zero.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 10.18 -
Description: Be a Marine / free a Marine / to fightBacked with linen. ; 36 x 51 cm.
A woman in a Marine Corps uniform stands next to an airplane while holding a clipboard.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 10.19 -
Description: This man is your friend / Dutch sailor / he fights for freedomBacked with linen. ; 18 x 25 cm.
White text on a blue background with a photograph of a Dutch sailor
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 13.11 -
Description: This man is your friend / Englishman / he fights for freedomBacked with linen. ; 18 x 25 cm.
White text on a blue background with a photograph of an English soldier.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 13.12 -
Description: This man is your friend / Englishman / he fights for freedomBacked with linen. ; 37 x 51 cm.
White text on a blue background with a photograph of an English soldier.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 10.20 -
Description: This man is you friend / Ethiopian / he fights for freedomBacked with linen. ; 18 x 25 cm.
White text on a blue background with a photograph of an Ethiopian soldier.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 13.13 -
Description: This man is your friend / Russian / he fights for freedomBacked with linen. ; 18 x 25 cm.
White text on a blue background with a photograph of a Russian soldier.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 13.14 -
Description: This man is you friend / Canadian / he fights for freedomBacked with linen. ; 18 x 25 cm.
White text on a blue background with a photograph of a Canadian soldier.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 13.15 -
Description: This man is your friend / Australian / He fights for FreedomBacked with linen. ; 18 x 25 cm.
White text on a blue background with a photograph of an Australian soldier.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 13.16 -
Description: This man is your friend / Chinese / he fights for freedomBacked with linen. ; 18 x 25 cm.
White text on a blue background with a photograph of a Chinese soldier.
Dates: 1942Container: Folder item 13.17
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Series VI: Foreign Propaganda, 1942-1944
23 postersSeries VI includes posters representing Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, and the Allied Forces. Posters in this series address enlistment, espionage, war funding, and wartime austerity. Some posters produced in England and New Zealand were created for foreign distribution and emphasize the war efforts of the issuing country. One poster of German origin is also included in this series. Items in this series are arranged by country and serial number.
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Description: Come on, pal / ...enlist!62 x 92 cm.
A young man's face smiling and dressed in a military cap.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 11.1 -
Description: Shoptalk may be / sabotalk / the walls have ears46 x 62 cm.
An ear with a stylized factory building entering it.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 11.2 -
Description: Tell nobody-- / not even her / careless talk costs lives25 x 38 cm.
A sailor and a young woman.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 13.18 -
Description: More ships- / come on! / war savings / are warships...25 x 38 cm.
A bulldog wearing a sailors cap that reads "H.M.S. Victory".
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 13.19 -
Description: He's in the silent / service-are you? / never mention arrivals, sailings, / cargoes or destinations to anybody25 x 37 cm.
A British sailor holding binoculars.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 13.20 -
Description: Tighten / your / grip!50 x 75 cm.
A swastika being crushed by blacksmith's tongs.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 11.3 -
Description: Smash Japanese / aggression!50 x 75 cm.
Depiction of British soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand fighting with Japanese soldiers accompanied by text reading "The Gloucesters, a famous regiment from Great Britain, raided Letpadan and drove the Japanese from the town, inflicting heavy casualties."
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 11.4 -
Description: The downfall of the / dictators is assured50 x 75 cm.
Battleships and aircraft passing a landmass.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 11.5 -
Description: Choose for / victory / [...] / try a V dish to-day37 x 50 cm.
Text describing a "victory dish" and an image of a menu marked with a large "V".
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 11.6 -
Description: Join the crusade / buy / defence bonds25 x 37 cm.
A hand holding aloft a British flag and burning cross.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 13.21 -
Description: Together51 x 76 cm.
Soldiers representing the British Commonwealth marching under a British flag.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 11.7 -
Description: Keep the wheels turning! / repair / work / is vital to the / war effort38 x 50 cm.
A hand holding a wrench.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 11.8 -
Description: Britain's war supplies / go to these nations43 x 56 cm.
A diagram representing Britain's contributions to the USSR, Greece, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, France, China, and the United States.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 11.9 -
Description: What Britain puts / in the / common pool43 x 56 cm.
A diagram representing Britain's contributions of tanks, boots, ship repair, food, airfields, clothing, shipping, medical services, warships, and aircraft to the war effort.
Ida M. Matsen
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 11.10 -
Description: Britain sees it through / "we've had five years of war"43 x 56 cm.
Photograph of a young child and a dog in a war-torn street.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 11.11 -
Description: Great / Britain / her natural & industrial / resources76 x 101 cm.
A map of Great Britain depicting natural resource deposits and industrial hubs.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 11.12 -
Description: Britain - Spearhead of Attack66 x 44 cm.
A map depicting attacks on Western Europe staged from Great Britain accompanied by information text.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 11.13 -
Description: The expulsion of Axis forces / from North Africa99 x 48 cm.
Map depicting troop movements along the north coast of Africa between October 1942 and April 1943.
Dates: 1943Container: Folder item 11.14 -
Description: Grosse / Deutsch / Kunstausstellung / 1944/ im haus der / Deutschen kunst / zu MunchenA section has been cut from the bottom edge. ; 113 x 88 cm.
A coin featuring the profile of a soldier and the emblem of the Nazi Party set on a red background with the poster text below.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 11.15 -
Description: New Zealand fights / in Pacific skies82 x 61 cm.
Photograph of a pilot standing on the wing of a fighter plane with palm trees visible in the background.
Accessioned October 10, 1944.
Dates: circa 1943Container: Folder item 11.16 -
Description: New Zealand / ally / down under60 x 81 cm.
Two helmeted soldiers carrying weapons. Palm trees, sand, and water can be seen in the background.
Accessioned August 28, 1944.
Dates: circa 1944Container: Folder item 11.17 -
Description: Fight / for your / flag / you may enlist here / under these colours53 x 70 cm.
Flags representing Yugoslavia, Poland, Norway, the Netherlands, Free France, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, and Great Britain emanating out from the sun.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 11.18 -
Description: Fight / for your / flag / you may enlist here / under these colours53 x 70 cm.
Flags representing Yugoslavia, Poland, Norway, the Netherlands, Free France, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, and Great Britain emanating out from the sun.
Ida M. Matsen.
Dates: circa 1942Container: Folder item 11.19
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Series VII: War Maps, 1942-1945
28 postersSeries VII is comprised of maps created for publication in Life, Time, by Remington Rand, and by Scott Foresman and Company. Many of the maps included in this series, especially those created by mapmaker R.M. Chapin, Jr., are characterized by monochromatic coloring with bold red accents and graphic overlays. The maps illustrate military influence, troop movements, and combat for a popular audience. Materials are arranged by publisher and production date.
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Description: [Untitled map]Backed with linen. ; 121 x 89 cm.
Map of Australia featuring major overland transportation routes and seaports.
Dates: March 23, 1942Container: Folder item 12.1 -
Description: Tunisian battlefield107 x 61 cm.
A map of Tripoli to Bizerate annotated with troop locations and movements.
Dates: March 1, 1943Container: Folder item 12.2 -
Description: Approaches / to Germany92 x 89 cm.
Map of possible routes into Germany from Russia, France, and Italy.
Dates: August 28, 1944Container: Folder item 12.3 -
Description: [Untitled map]; 89 x 92 cm.
Map of U.S. airbases in China with descriptions of operability.
Dates: November 27, 1944Container: Folder item 12.4 -
Description: India94 x 89 cm.
Map depicting natural and industrial resources in India.
Dates: April 6, 1942Container: Folder item 12.5 -
Description: China's / plague96 x 91 cm.
Map of the spread of disease through China.
Dates: July 13, 1942Container: Folder item 12.6 -
Description: African battlegrounds122 x 83 cm.
Map of North Africa designating occupation of cities by Axis and Allied forces, major transportation routes, and distribution of habitable terrain, jungles, deserts, and oases.
Dates: October 12, 1942Container: Folder item 12.7 -
Description: Geo-strategy of / Guadalcanal93 x 90 cm.
Map depicting Japanese and Allied troops locations around Guadalcanal.
Dates: November 2, 1942Container: Folder item 12.8 -
Description: Freedom of the air?85 x 102 cm.
Map of flight distances from New York City to other cities in the northern hemisphere.
Dates: February 14, 1943Container: Folder item 12.9 -
Description: The Japs are digging in109 x 60 cm.
A map of Japanese troop movements off the coast of Australia.
Dates: April 26, 1943Container: Folder item 12.10 -
Description: Battle for the boot70 x 118 cm.
Map depicting movement of Allied troops into southern Italy.
Dates: August 9, 1943Container: Folder item 12.11 -
Description: Winter projection; 75 x 113 cm.
Map predicting Russian troop movement into Poland during the winter of 1943.
Dates: November 22, 1943Container: Folder item 12.12 -
Description: By the left flank110 x 73 cm.
Map of Allied and German troop movements south of Rome.
Dates: January 31, 1944Container: Folder item 12.13 -
Description: X marks the spot87 x 91 cm.
Map of flight patterns from Tarawa and New Guinea to Truk Island and the Marshall Islands.
Dates: January 31, 1944Container: Folder item 12.14 -
Description: The Czar's will / on 1944 Europe89 x 104 cm.
Map depicting spread of USSR into Finland and Poland between 1939 and 1944.
Dates: April 3, 1944Container: Folder item 12.15 -
Description: Invasionland60 x 113 cm.
Map of strategic railroads from Berlin to Brest.
Dates: May 1, 1944Container: Folder item 12.16 -
Description: The squeezeBacked with linen. ; 106 x 89 cm.
Map depicting troop movement and combat in the South China Sea.
Dates: July 8, 1944Container: Folder item 12.17 -
Description: Wreckers / at work86 x 109 cm.
Map of collateral damage in the Baltic states and Poland.
Dates: July 17, 1944Container: Folder item 12.18 -
Description: Choking Chungking89 x 114 cm.
Map of Japanese troop movement through the Chinese province of Sichuan.
Dates: December 11, 1944Container: Folder item 12.19 -
Description: The floods come89 x 114 cm.
Map depicting Allied movements in Germany.
Dates: April 9, 1945Container: Folder item 12.20 -
Description: [Untitled poster]109 x 89 cm.
Map depicting spread of Axis powers across western Europe between 1939 and 1944.
Dates: May 14, 1945Container: Folder item 12.21 -
Description: Map I -- the Russian front53 x 46 cm.
A map of the Soviet Union and neighboring countries from the Black Sea to the North Sea accompanied by descriptive text.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 12.22 -
Description: Map II -- the Balkans53 x 46 cm.
A map of the Balkan Peninsula accompanied by descriptive text.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 12.23 -
Description: Map III -- Italy & South France53 x 46 cm.
A map of the Mediterranean, Tyrrhenian, and Adriatic Seas and their surrounding areas accompanied by descriptive text.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 12.24 -
Description: Map V -- Southeastern Asia53 x 46 cm.
A map encompassing the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, Gulf of Siam, the South China Sea, and surrounding land masses accompanied by descriptive text.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 12.25 -
Description: Map VI -- the Southwest Pacific53 x 46 cm.
A map of New Guinea and surrounding land masses in the Coral Sea and the Pacific Ocean accompanied by descriptive text.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 12.26 -
Description: Map VII -- the North Pacific53 x 46 cm.
Map of the coast of China, Japan, and Russia along the East China Sea, Sea of Japan, and Sea of Okhotsk, accompanied by descriptive text.
Dates: 1944Container: Folder item 12.27 -
Description: The world at warBacked with linen. ; 74 x 60 cm.
A map of the planet with annotations regarding military occupations, troop movement, and important events in the war.
Dates: September 1942Container: Folder item 12.28
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Civil defense.
- Espionage.
- Maps
- Rationing--United States.
- Recruiting and enlistment.
- Savings bonds.
- World War, 1939-1945--Maps.
- World War, 1939-1945--Posters.
- World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
Form or Genre Terms
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Chapin, R. M., Jr. (artist)
- Falter, John Philip, 1910- (artist)
- Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960. (artist)
- Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978. (artist)
- Sarra, Valentino, 1903- (artist)
- Schreiber, Georges, 1904-1977. (artist)
- Thompson, Kenneth W., 1907- (artist)
Corporate Names
- American Legion. (creator)
- American Library Association. (creator)
- American Red Cross. (creator)
- Association of American Railroads. (creator)
- Atlantic Richfield Co. (creator)
- British Information Services. (creator)
- Canada. Wartime Information Board. (creator)
- Great Britain. Ministry of War Transport. (creator)
- Great Britain. National Savings Committee. (creator)
- Great Britain. Scottish Savings Committee. (creator)
- Great Britain. Ulster Savings Committee. (creator)
- Magazine Publishers of America. (creator)
- National Aeronautic Association (U.S.) (creator)
- National Congress of Parents and Teachers. (creator)
- National Education Association of the United States. (creator)
- National Garden Bureau. (creator)
- New Zealand. Legation (U.S.) (creator)
- Santa Fe Indian School. (creator)
- United Service Organizations (U.S.) (creator)
- United States Employment Service. (creator)
- United States. Army Air Forces. (creator)
- United States. Army Nurse Corps. (creator)
- United States. Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch. (creator)
- United States. Army. Air Corps. (creator)
- United States. Army. Recruiting Publicity Bureau. (creator)
- United States. Army. Recruiting Service. (creator)
- United States. Army. Western Defense Command. (creator)
- United States. Bureau of Home Economics. (creator)
- United States. Cadet Nurse Corps. (creator)
- United States. Crop Corps. (creator)
- United States. Department of Agriculture. (creator)
- United States. Department of the Treasury. (creator)
- United States. Division of Labor Standards. (creator)
- United States. Forest Service. (creator)
- United States. Marine Corps. (creator)
- United States. Office for Emergency Management. Division of Information. (creator)
- United States. Office of Civil Defense. (creator)
- United States. Office of Defense Transportation. (creator)
- United States. Office of Economic Stabilization. (creator)
- United States. Office of Education. (creator)
- United States. Office of Facts and Figures. (creator)
- United States. Office of Price Administration. (creator)
- United States. Office of War Information. (creator)
- United States. Public Health Service. (creator)
- United States. Solid Fuels Administration for War. (creator)
- United States. War Department. (creator)
- United States. War Department. Safety Council. (creator)
- United States. War Manpower Commission. (creator)
- United States. War Production Board. (creator)
- Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. (creator)
