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85 million Americans hold war bonds.

A color image of a man's hand clenching war bonds, as the Statue of Liberty's hand holds its torch above, against a starry night sky. The man's hold on the bonds mimics the statue's hold on the torch.

Date: 1945

Creator: United States. Dept. of the Treasury.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

1946 resolution: that every American buy and hold U.S. savings bonds.

Color image of a scroll document nestled among a background of bond bills. The scroll document appears yellowed and torn with age.

Date: 1945

Creator: United States. War Finance Division.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

7th War Loan: now--all together.

Small color poster promoting the 7th War Loan. The painting by C. C. Beall is based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken by Associated Press photographer, Joe Rosenthal, of the second American flag raising by U.S. Marines on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945.

Date: 1945

Creator: Beall, C. C. (Cecil Calvert), 1892-1967

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Be with him at every mail call : V-mail is private, reliable, patriotic.

Poster shows a a smiling young woman in a pink blouse, sitting at a table or desk, writing a letter. Her image is superimposed on a monochromatic background picture of soldiers in the field receiving mail.

Date: 1945

Creator: Hiller, Lejaren A., 1880-1969

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Buy now for the bigger 7th War Loan through payroll savings.

Small color poster with a red background. The image is of a diverse group of people standing in a V formation and waving green bills. The group includes white men and women and a black man. They are dressed in a variety of work clothing styles, including overalls, industrial uniforms, and business suits.

Date: 1945

Creator: United States. War Finance Division.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Care is costly: buy and hold war bonds.

Small color poster of a wounded soldier sitting on the ground. He has bandages on his hand and leg and his camouflage helmet lies on the ground next to him.

Date: 1945

Creator: Treidler, Adolph, 1886-1981

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Christmas overseas gifts : wrap securely, address correctly, choose gifts wisely : mail between Sept. 15 - Oct. 15.

Picture of Santa Claus in a soldier's helmet, pointing with his left hand at a wrapped and addressed package in his right. The U.S. seal appears at the lower left corner and a U.S. Navy shield logo appears at the lower right corner.

Date: 1945

Creator: Graves.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Could this be you? : don't travel unless your trip helps win the war.

Four cartoons in black line drawing on white; cartoons appear as paper sheets tacked to a blue background. They depict various excuses for travel which are characterized as frivolous: "It's impossible to find anything in the local shops." "We haven't seen Bob's children since way last fall." "But this contract is vital.""But Grandma misses us so."

Date: 1945

Creator: United States. Office of Defense Transportation.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

O'er the ramparts we watch : United States Army Air Forces.

A young man with dark hair stands in the clouds, holding a large rocket-shaped bomb. He wears a brown leather bomber jacket and a silver I.D. bracelet. Small images of military airplanes fly in the clouds below him.

Date: 1945

Creator: Schlaikjer, Jes Wilhelm, 1897-1982

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fill it! : help harvest war crops.

Color poster. In the foreground, a large empty harvesting basket is held out by two hands. In the background, men and women in straw hats harvest crops by hand in a field. A barn and farmhouse can be seen in the distance. At the lower right corner of the poster is the Crops Corps logo: a large blue "C' surrounding a red wheat sheaf.

Date: 1945

Creator: Dohanos, Stevan, 1907-1994

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

For peace and security: buy bonds.

The Three Wise Men (Three Kings of the Orient) in colorful garments ride camels toward the Christmas Star.

Date: 1945

Creator: Ball, Linn

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Get the Jap and get it over! : work where you're needed.

Bullet-ridden and tattered Japanese and German flags (of World-War II era) fly on a bamboo pole. Background is in shades of green.

Date: 1945

Creator: Saalburg, Allen Russell, 1899-1987.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Going our way? : be a Victory Farm Volunteer of the U.S. Crop Corps.

Color poster shows an adolescent boy and girl. Both are smiling and neatly dressed. The boy carries farm tools. He has red hair and freckles and wears a windowpane-plaid blue shirt. The girl's blond hair is coiffed and she wears a red dress or blouse. A "Craftsman" brand name mark can be seen on the pitchfork carried by the boy.

Date: 1945

Creator: Bruehl, Anton, 1900-1982.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grow your own : be sure!

Color poster shows a group of fruits and vegetables on a table. Two red-white-and-blue ribbons in a "V" shape rise from the table.

Date: 1945

Creator: Strong, Grover.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"In the strength of great hope we must shoulder our common load" : buy Victory Bonds.

An image of Franklin D. Roosevelt hovers in the sky above a family standing near a grave site. On the horizon line is a cemetery monument (a cross with a wreath) and a view of the the rising sun.

Date: 1945

Creator: Beall, C. C. (Cecil Calvert), 1892-1967

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Keep your Red Cross at his side : give!

Image of a soldier in a helmet. Green foliage is seen in the background. A large Red Cross symbol appears in the lower right area of the poster.

Date: 1945~

Creator: Whitman.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

A lifetime education free for high school graduates who qualify: U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps.

A woman in a gray military uniform is shown in the right foreground. In the left background are two young women in dresses, carrying books and looking at the uniformed woman.

Date: 1945

Creator: Ross, Alexander, 1909-

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Me travel? --not this summer : vacation at home.

A smiling man relaxes in an easy chair while reading a newspaper and smoking a pipe. A Springer Spaniel dog lies on the floor beside him. On a book case at his side is a framed picture of a young soldier, a radio, and a fan which blows his hair back.

Date: 1945

Creator: Dorne, Albert, 1904-1965.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

A message about food from the President of the United States.

A message from President Harry Truman, urging Americans to grow, preserve, and conserve food. This is an all lettered poster, white printing on blue background, with a U.S. seal appearing at the top center.

Date: 1945

Creator: United States. Dept. of Agriculture.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap for the Armed Forces

Front: Maps: Major bases proposed for postwar U.S. Navy; Japan: American troops invest the enemy homeland. Photograph: First U.S. Occupation Forces March Down Tokyo Street. Back: Comparison chart of non-commissioned grades and ratings of the armed forces (Army, Navy and Coast Guard, Marine Corps).

Date: September 17, 1945

Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : 4 years after Pearl Harbor

Front: Text describes photographs: U.S. destroyer Shaw -- Third Fleet Unit -- Nazis march in Vienna -- 35th Infantry Division troops in Polch, Poland -- Joachim von Ribbentrop -- Signatures on the United Nations Security Charter -- Nipponese who helped capture the headquarters of Chinese 29th Army at Tungchow -- Pfc. Cecil Cunningham, of St. Louis, MO in Tokyo -- Navy Secretary Frank Knox draws the second number in the Third Selective Service drawing -- Five Michigan men leave a separation cent… more

Date: December 10, 1945

Creator: [United States.] Army Information Branch.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : 1945: Year of Victory

Front: Text describes photographs. Photographs: German PWs arriving in States on V-E-Day; January: Yanks on Luzon; February: "Big three" at Yalta; March: across the Rhine at Remagen; April: Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies; May: V-E-Day; June: United Nations; July: Potsdam Conference; August: atomic age begins; September: V-J-Day ends World War II; October: Goering and 23 other high Nazis indicted for war crimes; November: new chief of staff; December: Moscow meeting. Back: If you plan to retur… more

Date: December 31, 1945

Creator: [United States.] Army Information Branch.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 277th week of the war, 159th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: German offensive gains momentum, "Greatest Japanese Defeat," Soviet forces in action, Fighting bitter on Italian front. Maps: [German offensive] -- Mindoro -- Philippine Islands -- Leyte, Samar battle area -- Czechoslovakia, Hungary border -- Northern Italy near Bologna. Back: 1945 calendar with advice: "Every day be careful what you say or write!"

Date: January 1, 1945

Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 278th week of the war, 160th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Jap-Held Island Hammered from Air, Philippines take Allied Aerial Blows, Allies Blunt German Western Front Drive, Battle Rages Inside Budapest. Maps: Burma, India, China -- Iwo-Jima -- Distance from Japan to Saipan -- Philippine targets -- Belgium region -- Central Europe -- Eastern front. Back: Map of Germany and its approaches.

Date: January 8, 1945

Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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