World War II Posters MS.2015.004

Michelle Vasquez Ruiz

Special Collections and Archives

2017

Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives

Title: World War II Posters

Identifier/Call Number: MS.2015.004

Physical Description: unknown Linear Feet

Date (inclusive): 1939-1945

Abstract: The provenance of this collection is unknown.

Language of Material: English .

Conditions Governing Use

Materials published by the U.S Government Printing Office are in the public domain and as such, not subject to copyright restriction. However, the Library request users to cite the University's Special Collections and Archives if they wish to reproduce images from this collection.

Preferred Citation

Folder title, Series, Box number, Collection title, followed by Special Collections and Archives, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, California State University, Los Angeles.

Arrangement

The collections is arranged in two series: I. Small posters, II. Large Posters and are organized alphabetically.

Biographical / Historical

With the entrance of US Forces into World War II in 1941 the United States Government produced propaganda posters designed to increase support for the war on the home front. Posters encouraged the public to conserve materials for the war efforts, increase productions of war materials, buy war bonds and maintain secrecy. This collection houses a variety of posters from artist like, Norman Rockwell, Albert Dorne and Fritz Siebel.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains World War II posters. The posters are listed alphabetically by title or lead statement.

Series I: Small Posters Inclusive Dates: 1942-1943 Arrangement: Chronological

Series II: Large Posters Inclusive Dates: 1941-1945 Arrangement: Chronological

Small Posters,1942-1943

box 1

Attack,Attack, Attack Buy War Bonds, Warren, Ferdinand

box 1

Avenge December 7th, Perlin, Bennard

box 1

Button Your Lip Don't Talk About Ship Movements, Dorne, Albert

box 1

Give it Your Best

box 1

Give Them the Stuff to Fight with, Sarra

box 1

Help Stop Fuel Waste, Saving Fuel Saves Transportation for America

box 1

Remember December 7th

box 1

Share the Meat Keep Within Your Share, Wickard, Claude

box 1

Somebody Blabbed. Button Your Lip!,Dorne, Albert[2]

box 1

United We Win, Liberman, Alexander

Large Posters

box 2

AiraCobra Poison to the Axis

box 2

Americans Will Always Fight for Liberty, 1778-1943, Perlin Bernard

box 2

Attack, Attack, Attack Buy War Bonds, Warren, Ferdinand

box 2

Avenge December 7th, Perlin, Bennard

box 2

Award for Careless Talk Don't Discuss Troop Movements Ship Sailings-War Equipment, Dohanos, Stevan

box 2

Bits of Careless Talk, Dahanos, Stevan

box 2

Bundles for Berlin More Production, Brindle, Melbourne

box 2

Bowl Them Over More Production

box 2

Buy Nowfor the Bigger 7thWar Loan through Payroll Savings

box 2

Careless Talk Got There First, Prahalka, Ray

box 2

Dare you

box 2

Death on Subs, Whitcomb, Jon

box 2

Don't Travel Wont You give My Boy a Chance to Get Home, Rozn, Jerome

box 2

Every Day You Take Off Give the Axis a Break

box 2

Five Years News Map and Message from H.H Arnold

box 2

Franklin Roosevelt-War Time Message

box 2

Free Labor Will Win, Bruehl, Anton

box 2

Give Him Enough and On Time, Rockwell, Norman

box 2

It is a Tough Road to Tokyo. VictoryStill Comes High.

box 2

Just Meet Those Schedule Will You? Meyers, Harry Morse

box 2

Keep them Home Fires Burning More Production

box 2

Keep Them Flying, Steinke

box 2

Kinda Give It Your Personal Attention, Will You? More Production

box 2

Let Them Have It Buy Extra Bonds

box 2

Message from Franklin Roosevelt

box 2

More Production He's Fighting Fool

box 2

Next Stop Tokyo-Let's Go, Can I Tell Them You are Still With Us, Usner, John Faltner

box 2

Ours...to Fight for Freedom From Want, Rockwell, Norman

box 2

Save Freedom of Worship, Buy War Bonds, Rockwell, Norman

box 2

See the Job Through to Victory Every Mother's Son is Counting on You

box 2

She's A Swell Plane-Give Us More! More Production

box 2

Someone Talked, Siebel, Frederick

box 2

Strange Sort of Prayer, Falter, John

box 2

Strong in the Strength of the Lord We Who Fight in the People's Cause Will Never Stop Until that Cause is Won, Martin, David Stone

box 2

Swing It Brother! Don't Slow Up the Ship, Hesse Paul

box 2

That's the Spot to Hit Give Us the Stuffand We Will Hit it, Falter, John

box 2

38Toughest Job is Still Ahead Put Them Across, Usner, Falter

box 2

Toughest Job is Still Ahead Meet Your Schedules for Victory

box 2

Twenty-Five Tons of Hell in a Hurry, Jiesen

box 2

Victory Begins at Home Pass the Ammunition, Usner Howard Scott

box 2

Victory Begins at Home All Victory Creed for 43

box 2

Victory Comes High

box 2

War Job, Flagg James

box 2

We French Workers Warn You, Shahn, Ben

box 2

We've Still Got a Big Job to Do Take it From There, Brother

box 2

Who is Holding Up My Supplies

box 2

Women in the War-We Can Not Win Without Them