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1914-1918

Poster

Title: World War I posters

GLC09807

1914-1918

Liberty Loan Committee

Poster

Title: "These Men Are Doing Their Part--Let Us Do Ours"

One poster entitled, "These Men Are Doing Their Part--Let Us Do Ours" printed by Liberty Loan Committee. Text in the poster refers to noble Prussian families, Junkers and Krupps. Language suggests that "Prussianism" must end, and Allied soldiers will achieve this if citizens back home invest in bonds. Imagery depicts soldiers running from trenches with explosions going off in the background.

GLC09806.04

1914-1918

Liberty Loan Committee

Poster

Title: "These Men Are Doing Their Part--Let Us Do Ours"

One poster entitled, "The Road to France He is Keeping It Open-- The Road to Berlin--The Guns that Do It--He is Making Them" printed by Liberty Loan Committee. Text aligns with portraits of three types of men aiding Allied forces during World War I; a U.S. navyman, a soldier from the Army and an engineer. Portraits signed by the artist Jame Montgomery Flagg.

GLC09806.05

1918

Liberty Loan Committee

Poster

Title: "Keep the Faith! Invest in the Victory Liberty Loan!"

One poster entitled, "Keep the Faith! Invest in the Victory Liberty Loan!" Text displays a dedication to Herman Korth, who was German-born sergeant who was honored for his actions in a battle near Juvigny, France during World War I. Portrait of Korth is signed by Joseph Cummings Chase which states that it was painted at the front of the lines.

GLC09807.02

1939-1945

Lowe & Brydone Printers LTD.

Poster

Title: Fighters of the Allies!

One poster entitled, "Fighters of the Allies!" printed by Lowe & Brydone Printers LTD., dated 1939-1945. Poster features a hand holding a wrench between two gears. The gears have the Nazi swastika in the center. The wrench is breaking the gears. The poster reads, "Fighters of the Allies! Your Countrymen are hitting back at home." There is a stamp reading, "Wm. A. Donovan" and the text, "United Nations" on the back of the poster.

GLC09654.23

1939-1945

Unknown

Poster

Title: Munition Workers of Allied Countries...

One poster entitled, "Munition Workers of Allied Countries..." dated 1939-1945. Poster features four scenes separated by a banner that reads, "Munition Workers Of Allied Countries... Are Hitting Back At Hitler... Through British Factories!" The top left scene is a plane dropping a bomb on a convoy. The top right scene depicts two tanks firing on enemy tanks. The bottom left scene is of factory workers building planes. The bottom right scene is workers on four assembly lines building tanks. There is a stamp reading, "Wm. A.

GLC09654.24

1939-1941

Unknown

Poster

Title: Allies In The Shipyards

One poster entitled, "Allies In The Shipyards" dated 1939-1941. Poster features a ship being built in a shipyard. There are six images of men working, they are labeled; Norway, Fighting France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Belgium. The poster also features the flags of Great Britain, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Greece, France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Luxembourg along the left edge. The poster reads, "Allies In The Shipyards The Workers Portrayed Above, Are All Workers In The Same British Shipyard!" There is a stamp reading, "Wm. A.

GLC09654.25

1939-1945

W. R. Royle & Son Ltd.

Poster

Title: By Land Sea and Air The Allies Are Hitting Back

One poster entitled, "By Land Sea and Air The Allies Are Hitting Back," dated 1939-1945. Poster features a V-shape formation of soldiers with flags behind them. There are also six scenes on the poster. The featured flags belong to England, the United States, The Soviet Union, China, Poland, Norway, Czechoslovakia, France, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Belgium, and Greece.

GLC09654.29

1939-1945

Unknown

Poster

Title: Leaders of the Allied Nations Whose Headquarters Are In Britian

One poster entitled, "Leaders of the Allied Nations Whose Headquarters Are In Britain," dated 1939-1945. Poster features nine portraits of Allied leaders in a V-shape formation.

GLC09654.28

1940-1949

Various

Header Record

Title: [Group of fifty-nine posters, circa 1940s] [Decimalized .01-.59]

Collection of fifty-nine posters, dated circa 1940s concerning World War II. Posters were printed in the United States, England and Canada. The subjects are related to buying war bonds, war stamps, rationing, salvage, recycling and possible espionage. Ten of the posters were printed by Autocar, advertising their trucks, and their part in the war effort.

GLC09654

1941-1945

Unknown

Poster

Title: Women of the Allies

One poster entitled, "Women of the Allies" dated 1941-1945. Poster features six women in four different scenes. The top scene is a woman swinging a bottle. The second scene is a nurse looking at a medical instrument. The third scene is a woman working on a piece of machinery. The fourth scene is three women working on a plane. The poster also features the flags of Great Britain, the United States, The Soviet Union, China, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece Yugoslavia, Netherlands, Norway and Poland along the left edge of the poster.

GLC09654.26

17 October 1941

Schwartz, Warren Harold, 1914-1992;

Letter signed

Title: to Naomi

One letter addressed to Naomi Hurwitz from Warren Schwartz dated October 17, 1941. Pertains to the likelihood of American soldiers being deployed to Europe to fight against Germany and life on the base.

GLC09662.100

1914-1918

Poster

Title: "For those who gave their all"

One poster entitled, "For those who gave their all." Text pertains to a poem by Grantland Rice. Poem has been printed in its entirety and refers to the deaths of 47,000 American soldiers in France during World War I.

GLC09807.01

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