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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.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Do your part to win the war: buy more war savings stamps.

Wall chart in a checkerboard pattern. Some squares depict the use of different military supplies, and other squares describe the supplies and how many stamps it takes to purchase them. The border depicts military insignia, war scenes, and military personnel. The Great Seal of the U.S. is centered in the bottom border and an image of the eagle and shield from the Great Seal is centered at the top. Superimposed over the checkerboard is an image of a hand placing a war savings stamp in a stamp boo… more

Date: 1942

Creator: United States. Dept. of the Treasury.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"We'll have lots to eat this winter, won't we Mother?" : grow your own, can your own.

A girl and her mother are canning vegetables in glass containers. Both have blond hair in ponytails and both are wearing white aprons with red trim. In the background is a shelf full of canned vegetables.

Date: 1943

Creator: Parker, Alfred, 1906-1985.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

They've got the guts : back 'em up with more metal.

Color image of two soldiers in combat uniforms. One is shooting a military rifle and the other has just landed next to him by parachute. Additional parachutes can be seen in the distance.

Date: 1943

Creator: Cornwell, Dean, 1892-1960

Item Type: Poster

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.)

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

And we talk about sacrifice: buy war bonds.

Picture of a woman weeping. Her face looks haggard, and she wears a red kerchief on her head. In the background, smoke rises from ruins.

Date: 1943

Creator: Couillard, R.

Item Type: Poster

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

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Work on a farm-- this summer : join the U.S. Crop Corps.

Both in bib overalls, a man holds a pitchfork while a woman holds a basket overflowing with harvested vegetables against the background of a blue sky.

Date: 1943

Creator: Douglass Crockwell, Spencer, 1904-1968

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

And we talk about sacrifice: buy war bonds.

Color image of a woman weeping. Her face looks haggard, and she wears a red kerchief on her head. In the background, smoke rises from ruins.

Date: 1943

Creator: Couillard, R.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"Deliver us from evil" : buy war bonds.

Black & white photo of the head and shoulders of a sad-looking young girl surrounded by smoke or clouds. The photo is centered on a white swastika. Text on poster is in white and blue.

Date: 1943

Creator: Nadeau, Harriet

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Work on a farm-- this summer : join the U.S. Crop Corps.

Both in bib overalls, a man holds a pitchfork while a woman holds a basket overflowing with harvested vegetables against the background of a blue sky.

Date: 1943

Creator: Douglass Crockwell, Spencer, 1904-1968

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Where our men are fighting, our food is fighting : buy wisely--cook carefully--store carefully--use leftovers.

In the foreground, a crate of food is dropping via parachute. In the background are parachuting men.

Date: 1943

Creator: United States. Office of War Information.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Your victory garden counts more than ever!

In the background is a view of a garden with a man and woman cultivating and weeding; foreground is an arrangement of various vegetables, including peas in the shell, cabbage, and carrots.

Date: 1945

Creator: Morley, Hubert.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"Of course I can! : I'm patriotic as can be-- and ration points won't worry me!"

A dark-haired woman with a wide-eyed expression holds three large glass jars of vegetables in her arms. Three more jars can be seen at the lower area of the picture. The woman wears a ruffled apron.

Date: 1944

Creator: Williams, Dick.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Plant a victory garden : our food is fighting : a garden will make your rations go further.

Illustration of three people in a vegetable garden. The man and woman are working with garden tools. In the foreground is a young boy looking into a basket of vegetables. He wears a military hat.

Date: 1943

Creator: United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Item Type: Poster

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.

Item Type: Poster

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.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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

Date: 1946

Creator: United States. Dept. of Agriculture.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Am I proud! : I'm fighting famine-- by canning food at home.

This is a color poster with a 1/4" inch border. A dark-haired woman with a wide-eyed expression holds three large glass jars of vegetables in her arms. Three more jars can be seen at the lower area of the picture. The woman wears a ruffled apron.

Date: 1946

Creator: Williams, Dick.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Do with less, so they'll have enough! : rationing gives you your fair share.

Color poster of a soldier smiling and holding a large metal cup. The soldier wears a helmet and an olive-colored shirt.

Date: 1943

Creator: United States. Office of War Information. Division of Public Inquiries.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"Grodowski is my name."

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.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Keep America rolling! : save your 5 best tires, sell others to Uncle Sam.

Black & white photograph on a yellow base. A smiling man holds a tire. He has dark hair and he wears a shirt and vest. In the background is a sedan parked next to a picket fence.

Date: 1942

Creator: United States. Office for Emergency Management. Division of Information.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Is your trip necessary? : needless travel interferes with the war effort.

Black & white photograph of a bus or train car which is overcrowded with passengers. Many of the passengers are servicemen in uniform. The rest are civilian men, women, and children.

Date: 1943

Creator: United States. Department of Defense Transportation.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Get in the scrap.

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.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department