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Award for careless talk : don't discuss troop movements, ship sailings, war equipment.

A hairy hand wearing a ring with a Nazi insignia holds an Iron Cross military decoration, also with a swastika on it. The poster background is red with a white border that has barbs pointing into the red area.

Date: 1944

Creator: Dohanos, Stevan, 1907-1994

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Back 'em up with more metal.

Color poster of two army soldiers in camouflage, holding rifles, crawling on their bellies on the grass at night.

Date: 1942

Creator: Von Schmidt, Harold, 1893-1982

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Back 'em up with more metal.

Color poster of at least seven soldiers in uniforms and helmets surrounding an anti-aircraft gun which is firing. Other guns can be seen firing in the background.

Date: 1942

Creator: Stoops, Herbert Morton

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Back the attack! : buy war bonds.

Color poster of a battle scene. A soldier lies on the ground and holds his military rifle in a ready position. Several parachutes can be seen the sky above and descending around the soldier.

Date: 1943

Creator: Schreiber, Georges, 1904-1977

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Back your future with U.S. savings bonds.

Small color poster. A neatly-dressed family (father, mother, young boy and slightly older girl) smiles and looks upward. The boy holds a red toy plane and the girl holds a book. In the foreground, an arm wearing an "Uncle Sam" style sleeve pulls back the corner of a large U.S. flag which appears to be hanging curtain-like over the family. In the background is a desert landscape.

Date: 1946

Creator: Englert

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The battle-wise infantryman -- is careful of what he says or writes : how about you?

Color poster of head and shoulders of a helmeted Army soldier holding a rifle and looking toward the viewer. The background is a green color.

Date: 1944

Creator: Schlaikjer, Jes Wilhelm, 1897-1982

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Be a cadet nurse : the girl with a future.

Color poster of two women in cadet nurse uniforms (probably two views of the same woman). The woman on the left wears a military-style uniform with blue jacket and cap. The woman on the right wears a white nurse's uniform with a nurse's cap. Both women are wearing cadet nurse shoulder patches and caduceus (medical symbol) pins.

Date: 1944

Creator: Whitcomb, Jon

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Be a Victory Farm Volunteer in the U.S. Crop Corps : see your principal.

The main part of the poster is a large black-and white photograph of the faces of a smiling teenage girl and boy. The lower part of the poster is a green-tinted photograph of young volunteers harvesting potatoes. A farmer on a mule- or horse-drawn farm machine can be seen in the background. The sky in the background is colored blue.

Date: 1943

Creator: National Victory Farm Volunteers (U.S.)

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

Because somebody talked!

Color poster shows a sad cocker spaniel with its head resting on sailor's collar on back of a blue chair. On the wall behind the chair hangs a "Gold Star" service flag with a red border, white center and yellow star in the middle. A gold star on a service flag signifies a family member who has died in war.

Date: 1944

Creator: Heyman, Wesley

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Because somebody talked!

Color poster shows a sad cocker spaniel with its head resting on sailor's collar on back of a blue chair. On the wall behind the chair hangs a "Gold Star" service flag with a red border, white center, and yellow star in the middle. A gold star on a service flag signifies a family member who has died in war.

Date: 1944

Creator: Heyman, Wesley

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Become a nurse : your country needs you.

Color poster of a young woman receiving her nursing cap. A male (only the hands and sleeves are shown) is placing it on her head. He wears blue sleeves with a stars-and-stripes motif on the cuffs. The young woman wears a blue cotton uniform with a white collar, cuffs, and pocket handkerchief. The model for this poster is Weslee Wootten D'Audney.

Date: 1942

Creator: American Nurses Association. Nursing Information Bureau.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

A blow to the Axis, more lumber for the Army.

A shirtless man uses an axe to chop down a tree. He wears a hat and blue jeans, with a red bandana in his back pocket.

Date: 1943

Creator: Von Schmidt, Harold, 1893-1982

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bonds or bondage : everybody--every pay day 10%.

Image of a man in cap and overalls, with outstretched arms and legs. In one hand he holds a U.S. flag; his other hand and leg are chained to a swastika-inscribed ball. One side of his face smiles; the other side is weary. The poster background is also split in two halves: On the left is a landscape of farm lands, industrial smoke stacks, and skyscrapers; on the right is a dark barren landscape.

Date: 1941/1942?

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Brotherhood Week, February 19th to 28th, 1943.

All-lettered poster is beige with brown letters. The text is a message from President Franklin D. Roosevelt about the importance of Brotherhood Week during wartime in 1943.

Date: 1943

Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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

Buy war bonds: Third War Loan.

Color poster of a young boy with tears streaming from his eyes. He has a freckled face and wears a white short-sleeved shirt. Around his neck hangs a Medal of Honor (gold star on a blue ribbon). In his hand he holds a khaki soldier's cap.

Date: 1943

Creator: Keppler, Victor

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Buy war savings bonds : beat the promise!

In the sky, a giant hand wearing a work glove puts dollar bills into a giant savings bond bill which is shaped like a funnel. The base of the funnel points toward a group of military tanks on the ground. Four airplanes fly in formation over the tanks.

Date: 1941?/1942?

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Can you qualify as an aviation cadet? : here are the requirements : keep 'em flying!

Chart of requirements for becoming an air cadet. At the bottom center below the chart is a black and white photograph of a group of men wearing flight suits, parachutist's helmets, goggles, and parachute packs. The background is a blue graphic design of airplanes.

Date: 1942

Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Can you qualify for the Army Air Corps?

Chart of requirements for joining the Army Air Corps. Upper and lower borders are red-white-and-blue stripes with text. A "watermark"-type logo can be seen in the background of the chart, with text: "LET'S GO! U.S.A. KEEP 'EM FLYING." This 1942 edition of the poster is distinguished by one split column numbered "2" under "Aviation Cadets" and one split column numbered "3" under "Enlisted Men."

Date: 1942

Creator: United States. Army. Recruiting Service.

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

A careless word-- : --a needless sinking.

A ship at sea burns in the background while sailors row away in a life boat. Some are wearing life vests and some appear to be wounded.

Date: 1942

Creator: Fischer, Anton Otto, 1882-1962

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

China fights on.

A Chinese man in military uniform and cap looks toward the sky. Several tiny planes circle him. The planes and his cap bear the 12-pointed sun symbol of the Chinese forces. Near the right edge of the poster are four Chinese characters in red. The characters roughly translate as "Unite Against the Enemy and Rebuild Our Nation."

Date: [1941..1946]

Creator: Gaydos.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

China first to fight! : United China Relief participating in National War Fund.

Color poster of Chinese soldier in a green uniform, walking behind a woman holding the hand of child. Both the woman and child are dressed in plain blue traditional Chinese clothing. The woman's arm is in a sling and a bloody bandage can be seen on her wrist. The poster background is bright yellow.

Date: [1941..1946]

Creator: Sawyers, Martha, 1902-1988.

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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