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For work, for play, 3 "squares" a day : eat the Basic 7 way.

Description: A series of silhouette images against blue, red, and yellow backgrounds: man using industrial machine, woman washing, boy hoeing; man with fishing pole, woman with tennis racket, boy with baseball bat; man seated eating at table, woman standing and handing steaming dish to boy seated at table.
Date: 1944
Creator: Jung, Ted.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The four freedoms : message to the 77th Congress -- January 6, 1941.

Description: The Four Freedoms, printed in red and black, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's signature at the bottom. Beneath this is a border of red with white stars.
Date: 1941
Creator: United States. Federal Security Agency.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

French Resistance helps throttle the Boche.

Description: Black & white photograph of of a soldier in a helmet being choked by two hands. The soldier's face is tinted green; the hands are not. The poster background is in shades of blue, white, and red. A red flame design shoots up along the right side of the photo, and a white flame design is superimposed on the hands.
Date: 1944
Creator: Louvat, R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Freshmen! Sophomores! : now you can stay in college and become a naval officer.

Description: Black and white drawing of a naval officer in uniform wearing an officer's cap, looking toward the sky and holding binoculars. In the background, planes are flying, some in formation, and men are firing large artillery guns.
Date: 1942
Creator: Barclay, McClelland.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gas.

Description: This poster features six individual cartoon panels illustrating the identification of various poisonous gases, including lewisite, mustard, tear, phosgene and clorpicrin. The text is printed in red and black. The cartoons are gray and black line drawings with selective fill of pink and red.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Army Service Forces. Special Service Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

I gave a man! : will you give at least 10% of your pay in war bonds?

Description: A young woman (presumably a widowed mother) holds a smiling infant. A young blond girl embraces the woman while smiling at the baby. The woman has dark hair, is wearing dark clothing, and has a somber facial expression.
Date: 1942
Creator: Sarra, Valentino, 1903-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

German army uniforms and insignia.

Description: Color poster showing the insignia, patches, hats and uniforms of the German army. The poster features two figures: one is a German soldier wearing the blue field uniform and the other is a German soldier wearing the brown Afrika Korps uniform. Also depicted are the national emblems worn on headgear.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Army. Services of Supply. Special Service Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

German navy uniforms and insignia.

Description: Color poster showing the insignia, patches, hats and uniforms of the German navy. The poster features four figures wearing different navy uniforms: a white summer uniform, a blue service dress uniform, a blue signal corps uniform, and a green officer's field service dress uniform. Also shown are the national emblems which appear on headgear and buttons. Also included are charts showing German pronunciation and a comparison of ratings (ranks) in U.S. and German navies.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Army. Services of Supply. Special Service Division.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Get a load of this-- : the Army needs lumber for crates and boxes.

Description: Color poster of three soldiers loading crates with a lifting device consisting of ropes attached to a metal hook. Two soldiers are shirtless; all are wearing helmets. In the background, bombs explode in the water near a boat loaded with wooden crates.
Date: 1943
Creator: Karl, J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Get in the scrap.

Description: Four images in black with gray backgrounds and captions in red. The black images are: an aerial bomb, a tank, a battleship, and an anti-aircraft gun. The gray background design incorporates outline images of various junk metal objects. Each caption describes the finished object and the amount of scrap metal required to produce it.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. War Production Board. Bureau of Industrial Conservation.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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

Description: 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

Girl Scouts : volunteers for victory.

Description: A black and white photo of a Girl Scout using the three-finger Scout Sign (salute), standing next to a U.S. flag. She wears a Girl Scout uniform and hat. The Girl Scout Promise appears below the picture: "On my honor I will try: To do my duty to God and my country, To help other people at all times, To obey the Girl Scout Laws." The Girl Scout trefoil design (insignia) appears as a watermark-style design under this text.
Date: 1942
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Give it your best!

Description: Color image of the U.S. flag, with 48 stars.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. Office for Emergency Management. Division of Information.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Give it your best!

Description: Large color image of the U.S. flag with 48 stars.
Date: 1942
Creator: United States. Office of War Information.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Give us lumber for more PT's.

Description: Color image of war ships at sea. In the foreground is a boat with "PT 34" painted on it, shining a light and speeding forward. In the background, a ship is sinking as explosive flames rise from it. Other ships and flames can be seen in the distance on the left.
Date: 1943
Creator: AEL.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Give war bonds: the present with a future.

Description: Color poster shows a stylized image of a Christmas tree decorated with war bonds and stamp-filled cones as ornaments. There are gift packages around its base.
Date: 1943
Creator: Snider, Don
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Give war bonds: the present with a future.

Description: Color poster shows a stylized image of a Christmas tree decorated with war bonds and stamp-filled cones as ornaments. There are gift packages around its base.
Date: 1943
Creator: Snider, Don
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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

Description: 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

Good news from home: more production.

Description: Color poster shows a smiling soldier in a brown uniform and helmet. He holds up his hand with four fingers splayed as if to count off the list of words displayed to the right in bold red text: "tanks", "planes", "guns", "ships".
Date: 1942
Creator: Dohanos, Stevan, 1907-1994
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"Grodowski is my name."

Description: A neatly-dressed man looks at the viewer as he steps up into a tractor. To the left of the photo there is an extended text where he describes himself as an American son of immigrants "born on the other side" and tells of his family's dream to live in peace and prosperity. At the bottom of the poster is a box that lists the financiers of the advertisement.
Date: 1941~/1942~
Creator: United States. Defense Savings Staff.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Grow your own : be sure!

Description: 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
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