World War Poster Collection
The Rare Book & Texana Collections includes among its holdings a collection of over 600 original World War I and World War II posters. The World War I posters include a number of French examples, while the World War II group consists primarily of American home front posters. War bonds, rationing, enlistment, security, and morale are all topics treated by these artworks. The collection includes posters by such famous artists as Normal Rockwell, Theodore Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss), and Boris Artzybasheff.
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You are one of 50,000,000 Americans who must fill out an income tax return by March 15th : ... file yours early.
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Treasury.
Description: Pictures of 1944 1040 form and 1944 withholding receipt (W-2 form) in between red and blue text.
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You deliver the ships--we'll deliver the goods! : stay on the job, don't slow up the ship!
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Creator: Whitcomb, Jon.
Description: A Navy commander in a jacket, scarf, and cap stands at a high point on a battleship holding binoculars. Turbulent waters surround the ship and other large ships are seen in the distance.
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You give him wings! : the Army needs lumber for training planes.
Date: 1943
Creator: Ward, E. T.
Description: A pilot in a khaki flight suit climbs into an airplane. Two planes are flying overhead in the distance.
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Your blood can save him.
Date: 1945
Creator: Whitman.
Description: Kneeling soldier holds rifle in left hand and clutches head with right hand. A helmet with a bullet hole lies in front of him. Large Red Cross symbol in lower right corner of poster.
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Your government warns, prepare for winter now! ....
Date: 1944
Creator: United States. Solid Fuels Administration for War.
Description: Poster in blue and red tones, urging people to prepare for winter responsibly and to conserve fuel. Includes small pictures of a fuel truck, a furnace, and a house.
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Your metal in action.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. War Dept. Bureau of Public Relations.
Description: A series of blue-tinted photographs with captions depicts the use of metal for war weapons and ships.
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Your metal is on the attack : keep it coming!
Date: 1943
Creator: Sewell, Amos, 1901-
Description: Color illustration of soldiers wading from a ship or boat through water and storming a beach. Behind them is a tank about to exit a ship. More ships, a small boat, and explosions can be seen on the water in the background.
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Your metal is their might!
Date: 1943
Creator: Schlaikjer, Jes Wilhelm, 1897-1982.
Description: Three helmeted soldiers operate a large machine gun. Shells from the gun shower downward below it. Smoke from an explosion is seen in the background.
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Your metal saves our convoys : keep it coming!
Date: 1943
Creator: Helck, Peter, 1893-1988.
Description: In the foreground, a man stands on a platform on a ship, shouting through a megaphone at several other men on deck who are loading and firing a large cannon-like weapon toward the sea. Other ships can be seen in the background.
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Your metals fight : --on land -- on sea --in the air!
Date: [1943]
Creator: United States. Army.
Description: Six green-tinted photographs with captions describing the use of metals for military weapons, airplanes, and ships.
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