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.

	". . .and God bless daddy and all the American workers who are doing so much to protect freedom and make this a better world for us to live in." PRODUCE FOR VICTORY! Date: Creator: Description: A young woman in a color photograph, which is located at the top of the poster, looks upward and outward toward the viewer. Her skin is completely smooth. She wears blush, lipstick, and her red hair is styled into two braids on the right and left sides of her head. She is wearing a blue-striped shirt with a frilly trim around the shoulder area. The quote is printed in black below the image, while "Produce for Victory" is printed in blue near the bottom of the poster. > more info
	"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 ships. Date: 1942 Creator: President of United States. Emergency Management Office. War Production Board. Description: This is black and white and color poster. The colored parts of the poster are a large, translucent, red arrow that runs from the left hand side of the poster and points toward the right at a large blue rectangle that is not translucent. In the red arrow in large white letters is the quote from President Roosevelt. The black and white part of the poster is the image of a crowd of people that is amiably walking from a distant top left hand corner to a close bottom right corner. > more info
	"Every rivet we drive-every bolt we turn-every ounce we sweat, brings victory a little closer. Breaking production records is the American way ofdoing things!" PRODUCE FOR VICTORY! Date: Creator: Shafer, Paul Description: A man who has black stubble, dark eyes, and a closely-shaved head on the sides looks down at the viewer. He has crow's feet around his eyes. He is not smiling and has deep wrinkles across his forehead and around his eyebrows, extending vertically into his forehead. He wears a brown hat with a button attached to it. The button is red with a white stripe across the middle. He wears a brown shirt with a safety pin attached to the first button next to the collar, and he wear dark blue overalls. He stands in front of and below "I" beams used in building construction to make the load-bearing walls. The reamining area of the background is black. The words "Courtesy of Paul Shafer" are printed in black on the right side below the image. "Every rivet we drive-every bolt we turn-every ounce we sweat, brings victory a little closer. Breaking production records is the American way ofdoing things!" appears below the image. "Produce for Victory!" is printed in blue at the bottom of the poster. > more info
	"Full speed ahead! Every moment counts. Time out helps the enemy. That's why we're drivin' hard every minute . . . C'mon, fella, let's step on it." PRODUCE FOR VICTORY! Date: Creator: Description: A man who has red hair, grey-blue eyes, and yellow teeth looks out at the viewer. His hair forms a small curl on his forehead and his eyebrows are raised. He is doing something with a piece of machinery. His face is reflected in a small, round, shiny object in the right corner of the image. He is wearing a red-brown hat. His mouth is open and his tongue is visible. He wears a dark shirt. "Every rivet we drive-every bolt we turn-every ounce we sweat, brings victory a little closer. Breaking production records is the American way ofdoing things!" appears below the image. "Produce for Victory!" is printed in blue at the bottom of the poster. > more info
	"Good Bye, Dad, I'm Off To Fight For Old Glory, You Buy U.S. GOV'T BONDS" THIRD LIBERTY LOAN Date: Creator: Harris, Lawrence S. Description: Color drawing of a young man, in uniform holding a rifle, shaking hand with an elderly man with white hair and beard wearing matching gray pants and vest and a white shirt with a bow tie. In the background there is a view of farm land and white farm buildings with red roofs. There is a blue border around the picture. Text in quote is at the top of the poster in blue except for U.S. GOV'T BONDS" which is in red. Remainder of text is printed in red at the bottom of poster with blue background. > more info
	"Gosh! Look at 'em fly! My Pop helps make those planes. With flyers like that and workers like my Pop . . . us Americans are sure gonna win this scrap!" PRODUCE FOR VICTORY! Date: Creator: Description: A boy wearing a straw hat looks upward and outward above the viewer's head. He has pale blonde hair and freckles on his nose and cheeks. He smiles, which reveals five teeth and a gap where another tooth, presumably will grow. He wears a brown and white striped shirt and dark blue overalls. The blue sky is visible around him. All text appears below the photograph. The quote is printed in black while "Produce for Victory!" is printed in blue. > more info
	"Grodowski is my name." Date: [1941-1942?] Creator: Description: Poster printed in black on white paper. Title appears at the top of the page. On the right side below the title there is a 3/4 photo of a middle aged man wearing a striped shirt and a Panama style hat. He looks at the viewer and is stepping up into a tractor. To the left of the photo and below, there is a extended text. At the bottom of the poster there is a box that lists the people who paid for the poster advertisement. > more info
	"Guts... and sweat... that's the stuff victory is made of! We're fighting this war to WIN... and every mother's son of us is doing his job... Who said, America is soft?" PRODUCE FOR VICTORY! Date: Creator: Description: Several men wearing caps and dirty uniforms look outward, toward the viewer. They vary in age and appearance, although all appear light skinned. The central figure is an older man with white hair, white stubble, and wrinkled skin around his eyes and all of his forehead. He does not smile. He is located in front of a brick building and a window. All text appears below the photograph. The quote is printed in black while "Produce for Victory!" is printed in blue. > more info
	"Hey Fellows!" Date: Creator: Sheridan Description: Drawing of one soldier in green handing out books, and another in white sitting on the ground reading. The background is very orange. There are the sillouettes of 3 soldiers behind them. > more info
	"I'm an Ellis Island American. I left the old country to be free-and nobody is going to take that freedom away. That's why I'm fighting on the production line-to help destroy the enemies of freedom. Let's keep 'em rolling!' PRODUCE FOR VICTORY Date: Creator: Hagel, Otto Description: A photograph depicts the bust of a man. He has dark hair that is missing in patches or thinning, he has patches of white hair around his temples. He looks towards the right side of the poster. He wears metallic, rimmed glasses, a dark colored shirt, and an apron that has blue and white vertical stripes. He has thick, dark eyebrows, grey eyes. He is clean-shaven. The pores on his forehead and nose are visible, as is the sagging and wrinkling around his neck. "Otto Hagel" is printed in black below the right side of the photograph. The quote is printed in black below the photograph, while "Produce for Victory" is printed in blue at the bottom. > more info