World War II American poster collection

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War conservation poster of cooking fats pouring from a pan
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn553949
- English
- 1943
- overall: Height: 22.500 inches (57.15 cm) | Width: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Poster issued to encourage Americans to save fats from cooking for the war effort. The poster show cooking fats being poured out of a pan, and then shows several bombs being manufactured from that oil.
War bonds poster with a soldier's helmet by a white cross grave marker
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn553950
- English
- 1944
- overall: Height: 23.125 inches (58.738 cm) | Width: 17.375 inches (44.133 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Buy War Bonds poster issued by the Institute for American Democracy, Inc. to encourage the purchase of war bonds and war stamps. The poster depicts a US Army combat helmet by a white cross in a graveyard full of crosses, asking .".does it matter whether he was Protestant, Catholic or Jew ? He fought American. He died American. He was American." The United States Treasury Department issued war bonds to encourage the purchase of war bonds and war stamps. There were 8 war loan drives conducted from 1942 to 1945. The public could purchase a $25 war bond for $18.75 which would be used to help pa...
War Bonds advertisement poster
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn553951
- English
- overall: Height: 23.125 inches (58.738 cm) | Width: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Buy War Bonds poster issued by the Institute for American Democracy, Inc. to encourage the purchase of war bonds and war stamps. The US Treasury Department conducted 8 war loan drives from 1942 to 1945. The public could purchase a $25 war bond for $18.75 which would be used to help pay for the military’s expenses. The war bond could be redeemed 10 years after the purchase for the full $25. Bond quotas were set up on the national, state, county, and town levels to encourage the sale of war bonds. Volunteers went door-to-door to sell war bonds. By the end of the war, 85 million Americans had ...
War Bonds advertisement poster
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn553953
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 23.125 inches (58.738 cm) | Width: 17.375 inches (44.133 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Buy War Bonds poster issued by the Institute for American Democracy, Inc. to encourage the purchase of war bonds and war stamps. The US Treasury Department conducted 8 war loan drives from 1942 to 1945. The public could purchase a $25 war bond for $18.75 which would be used to help pay for the military’s expenses. The war bond could be redeemed 10 years after the purchase for the full $25. Bond quotas were set up on the national, state, county, and town levels to encourage the sale of war bonds. Volunteers went door-to-door to sell war bonds. By the end of the war, 85 million Americans had ...
War Bonds poster with a Russian woman and a bombed city
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn553954
- English
- 1943
- overall: Height: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) | Width: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Wartime poster encouraging Americans to buy war bonds. It depicts a Russian woman in a head scarf with the smoldering ruins of a city in the background. These posters were issued by the United States Treasury Department to encourage the purchase of war bonds and war stamps. There were 8 war loan drives conducted from 1942 to 1945. The public could purchase a $25 war bond for $18.75 which would be used to help pay for the military’s expenses. The war bond could be redeemed 10 years after the purchase for the full $25. Bond quotas were set up on the national, state, county, and town levels to...
Poster of the Statue of Liberty protected by wartime industries
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn553955
- English
- overall: Height: 20.000 inches (50.8 cm) | Width: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
War conservation poster of cooking fats pouring from a pan
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn553956
- English
- 1943
- overall: Height: 22.500 inches (57.15 cm) | Width: 16.000 inches (40.64 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Poster issued to encourage Americans to save fats from cooking for the war effort. The poster show cooking fats being poured out of a pan, and then shows several bombs being manufactured from that oil.
US Buy War Bonds poster depicting the Statue of Liberty
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn553957
- English
- 1945
- overall: Height: 28.000 inches (71.12 cm) | Width: 22.000 inches (55.88 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
American war bond poster printed in 1945, featuring a clenched fist holding war bonds superimposed in front of the Statue of Liberty’s arm and torch. The symbolism of the image implies that purchasing war bonds was a way the public could support and protect American liberty, represented by the Statue of Liberty’s torch, which is also the lone light in the night sky. The United States Government offered the public the opportunity to purchase war bonds, and return them for reimbursement at a later date. Purchasing bonds was considered patriotic and an investment in victory. U.S. posters tende...
US war production poster depicting a female factory worker working on an aircraft flare
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn553958
- English
- 1942
- overall: Height: 40.000 inches (101.6 cm) | Width: 28.250 inches (71.755 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
American war production poster featuring a black and white photographic image of a female factory employee, printed in 1942. The image was meant to promote female participation in the workforce, particularly in manufacturing and blue-collar trades. Before World War II, women’s work was restricted to traditionally “feminine” professions such as typing or sewing, and they were expected to leave the workforce once they married or became pregnant. From 1940 to 1945, over sixteen million men joined the military, and the War Manpower Commission (WMC) was formed in 1942 to stabilize the American w...