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Title: World War I Poster and Ephemera Collection
Dates (inclusive): approximately 1914-1919
Collection Number: priWWI
Extent:
approximately 700 items
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Prints and Ephemera
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains approximately 700 World War I propaganda posters and related ephemera dating from approximately 1914
to 1919.
The posters were created primarily for government and military agencies, as well as private charities such as the American
Committee for Relief in the Near East.
While the majority of the collection is American, it also includes British and French posters, and a few Austro-Hungarian/German,
Canadian, Belgian, Dutch, Italian,
Polish, and Russian items.
Language: English.
Note:
Finding aid last updated on July 24, 2020.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader
Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities.
The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the
researcher.
[Item title, Call number]. World War I Poster and Ephemera Collection. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Approximately 106 posters (identified by the call number prefix "priWWI_A") were received as the gift of Charles L. Heartwell
in 1938. 21 posters consisting of posters 15, 52, 55,
58, 62, 82, 85A, 85C, 86, 101, 104, 105, 116, and 133 issued by the British Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, and 3 additional
English and 4 French posters were received from Bertha Frasher
in 1964; priWWI_S_178 was received as the gift of Elizabeth Norris in 2014. The posters "Fight", "2 inspiring cablegrams,"
and "On the job for victory" were received from Collis H.
Holladay, Jr., in 1986.
The provenance of the remaining posters in the collection is primarily unknown, though early Library records broadly indicate
that that 48 World War I posters were received as the
gift of Beatrix Farrand in 1936; 7 Red Cross posters were received as the gift of Mrs. Charles E. Wright in 1938; 9 posters
were received as a gift of F. E. Besse in 1939; 2 posters
were received as the gift of Anna B. Dickey in 1944; 23 posters were received from the Edwin F. Gay estate in 1946; a collection
of posters was received from Bessie B. Ellis; 19 posters
were received as the gift of Mrs. Arthur Ellis in 1948; 3 posters were received as the gift of James B. McNair in 1949; 2
"vols." of posters were received from Colonel R. Cotton in 1953;
35 Liberty posters were received from H. C. Boehme in May 1963; 43 American war posters and 25 French war posters were received
from Edwards H. Metcalf in 1965; and 46 posters were received
from Mrs. Harriet H. Doerr and Mrs. John McLaren in 1981.
In the 20th century, the World War I poster collection was cataloged on cards for the Prints and Ephemera card catalog by
The Huntington Library.
No poster could be located for the call number priWWI_A_37 in the card catalog or the physical holdings as of 2014.
B-76,
1830 1930 : Royaume de Belgique centenaire de l'indepéndance nationale, and L-57,
Jap you're next! We'll finish the job!, which were originally cataloged as part of this collection,
were identified as post-World War I posters and removed from the collection in 2014.
This collection contains approximately 700 World War I propaganda posters and related ephemera dating from approximately 1914
to 1919.
The posters were created primarily for government and military agencies, as well as private charities such as the American
Committee for Relief in the Near East.
While the majority of the collection is American, it also includes British and French posters, and a few Austro-Hungarian/German,
Canadian, Belgian, Dutch, Italian,
Polish, and Russian items.
The images and text of the posters reflect various messages chiefly related to military recruitment and enlistment, food and
fuel conservation, aid for soldiers and humanitarian causes,
war work, and savings and bond programs, including many that promote the Victory Liberty Loan and War Savings Stamp campaigns
in the United States.
The United States Committee on Public Information, U.S. Department of the Treasury, United States Food Administration, and
the
United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation produced many of the posters.
More than 200 different artists are represented in the collection including James Montgomery Flagg, Charles Dana Gibson, and
Edward Penfield in the United States; Francisque Poulbot in France; and Alfred
Roller in Austria-Hungary.
The collection includes more than 100 posters donated by Charles L. Heartwell (1869-1941), a banker and civic leader in Long
Beach, California, who served in the United States Food Administration during World War I.
These posters were acquired by Heartwell in his official capacity as a Food Administrator for Los Angeles County and occasionally
reference regional recruiting stations in Long Beach.
There are similar regionally focused posters for Connecticut and New York City in the collection.
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Related materials in the Huntington Library
- Wall, Bernhardt. World War Etchings. (Call number: 14824)
- National War Savings Committee Scrapbook, 1918
Most of the posters are broadly organized according to size as reflected in their individual call number prefixes:
- Extra-small (priWWI_XS)
- Small (priWWI_S)
- Medium (priWWI_M)
- Large (priWWI_L)
- Extra-large (priWWI_XL)
The approximately 103 posters donated by Charles L. Heartwell are mounted on blue board and housed together (priWWI_A), and
82 additional posters are housed in one flat-top box (priWWI_B).
Within the contents list, items are arranged by call number and described in the following format:
- Title of poster. Date
- Language(s) (when known). Place of Publication
- Artist(s)
- Printer(s)/Publisher(s)
- Notes
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Ephemera.
Lithographs.
Posters.
War posters -- Canadian -- 1910-1920.
War posters -- French -- 1910-1920.
War posters -- Great Britain -- 1910-1920.
War posters -- United States -- 1910-1920.
United States. Marine Corps--Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Posters.
United States. Navy--Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Posters.
United States. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc. -- Posters.
Advertising -- Recruiting and enlistment -- Posters.
United States -- History, Military -- 20th century -- Posters.
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 20th century -- Posters.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Posters.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic & industrial aspects -- United States -- Posters.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Finance -- United States -- Posters.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Propaganda -- Posters.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Posters.
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Great Britain -- Posters.
World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States -- Posters.
Printer, Publisher, Artist Index
The following is a list of printers, publishers, and artists represented in this collection.
Artists:
Aderente, Vincent, approximately 1880-1941, artist.
Adler, Jules, 1865-1952, artist.
Armstrong, Rolf, 1889-1960, artist.
Ashe, Edmund M., 1867-1941, artist.
Babcock, Richard Fayerweather, artist.
Baker, Ernest Hamlin, 1889-1975, artist.
Baldridge, Cyrus Leroy, 1889-1977, artist.
Bancroft, Milton Herbert, 1867-1947, artist.
Banks, Jessie, artist.
Bannister, Raymond, artist.
Beadle, J. P., artist.
Beckman, Rienecke, artist.
Benda, Wladyslaw T. (Wladyslaw Theodore), 1873-, artist.
Beneker, Gerrit A. (Gerrit Albertus), 1882-1934, artist.
Benner, Many, artist.
Bettsbains, E. F., artist.
Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936, artist.
Bonhajo, L., artist.
Boomhower, Paul R., artist.
Booth, Franklin, 1874-1948, artist.
Borgoni, Mario, 1869-1936, artist.
Boswell, R. C., artist.
Bouisset, Firmin, artist.
Bracker, M. Leone, 1885-1937, artist.
Brangwyn, Frank, 1867-1956, artist.
Bressler, Harry S., artist.
Brey, Laura, artist.
Britton, L. N., artist.
Brown, Arthur William, 1881-1966, artist.
Bull, Charles Livingston, 1874-1932, artist.
Burford, William B., 1846-1927, artist.
Bush, S. L., artist.
Cahan, Samuel George, 1886-1974, artist.
Carleton, Clifford, artist.
Cesare, Oscar Edward, 1885-1948, artist.
Chambers, Charles Edward, approximately 1883-1941, artist.
Chavannaz, B., artist.
Chavannaz, D., artist.
Cheffer, Henry, 1880-1957, artist.
Cheptsov, Efim Mikhailovich, artist.
Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952, artist.
Clairin, Georges, 1843-1919, artist.
Clark, F. O., artist.
Clark, Henry E., artist.
Clinker, L. C., artist.
Coffin, Haskell, 1878-1941, artist.
Cooper, Fred G. (Frederic Gross), 1883-1962, artist.
Coughlin, John A. (John Albert), 1885-1943, artist.
Courboin, E. (Eugène), 1851-191, artist.
Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919, artist.
Craig, Wilson, artist.
Daugherty, James, 1889-1974, artist.
de Coninck, Robert, artist.
De Land, Eugenie, 1872-, artist.
Dewey, artist.
Dresser, L. T., artist.
Droit, Jean, artist.
DuMond, Frank Vincent, 1865-1951, artist.
Dunn, E. A., artist.
Dunn, Harvey, 1884-1952, artist.
Dwyer, M. J., artist.
Edrop, Arthur N., artist.
Emerson, Casper, artist.
Erler, Fritz, 1868-1940, artist.
Esselen, H. Blyleven, artist.
Ethridge, Scott, artist.
Fairman, E., artist.
Faivre, Abel, 1867-1945, artist.
Falls, C. B. (Charles Buckles), 1874-1960, artist.
Falter, Marcel, artist.
Fancher, Louis D., 1884-1944, artist.
Fisher, Harrison, 1875-1934, artist.
Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960, artist.
Forain, Jean Louis, 1852-1931, artist.
Foringer, A. E. (Alonzo Earl), 1878-1948, artist.
Forsythe, Vic, 1885-1962, artist.
Fouqueray, Charles, 1869-1956, artist.
Fuhr, Ernest, 1874-1933, artist.
Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942, artist.
Gibson, Charles Dana, 1867-1944, artist.
Giles, Howard, 1876-1955, artist.
Gottsdanker, Cozzy, artist.
Grant, Gordon, 1875-1962, artist.
Grebs, Emil, 1877-1964, artist.
Green, H. H., artist.
Greenleaf, Ray, -1950, artist.
Groesbeck, Dan Sayre, 1878-1950, artist.
Guenther, artist.
Gutz, M. Richard, 1868-, artist.
Haimovitz, C., artist.
Halsted, Frances Adams, artist.
Harris, Lawren, 1885-1970, artist.
Hendee, A., artist.
Henry, J., artist.
Herter, Albert, 1871-1950, artist.
Hoertz, Frederick J., 1899-1977, artist.
Krieghoff, William G., 1876-1930, artist.
Housh, Carter, 1887-1928, artist.
Hutaf, August William, 1879-1942, artist.
Ickes, artist.
Illian, George, 1894-1932, artist.
Ingres, Maurice, artist.
Jonas, Lucien, 1880-1947, artist.
Jordan, Clinton, artist.
Ker, William Balfour, 1877-1918, artist.
Kidder, artist.
King, W. B., artist.
Kline, Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren), 1885-, artist.
Kliz, artist.
Langaskens, Maurice, 1884-1946, artist.
Léandre, Charles, 1862-193, artist.
Lemaire, Germaine, artist.
Leroux, Jules Marie Auguste, 1871-1954, artist.
Leyendecker, Frank X., 1877-1924, artist.
Leyendecker, J. C. (Joseph Christian), 1874-1951, artist.
Lie, Jonas, 1880-1940, artist.
Lipscombe, Guy, 1881-1952, artist.
Love, C. W., artist.
Luria-Fowler, artist.
Macauley, C. R. (Charles Raymond), 1871-1934, artist.
MacKinnon, artist.
Maksimov, Aleksei Fedorovich, artist.
Malherbe, William, -1951, artist.
Mazza, Aldo, 1880-1964, artist.
McBride, R., artist.
McCay, Winsor, artist.
Meyer, Herbert W. (Herbert William), 1882-1960, artist.
Mielziner, Leo, artist.
Moore, Bruce, artist.
Mora, F. Luis (Francis Luis), 1874-1940, artist.
Morgan, Chas., artist.
Morgan, R. G., artist.
Morgan, Wallace, artist.
Myers, Lloyd, artist.
Naudin, Bernard, 1876-1946, artist.
Neumont, Maurice, 1868-1930, artist.
Norton, John Warner, 1876-1934, artist.
Orr, Alfred Everitt, 1886-, artist.
Porteous, R. H., artist.
Partridge, Bernard, 1861-, artist.
Paus, Herbert Andrew, 1880-1946, artist.
Penfield, Edward, 1866-1925, artist.
Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926, artist.
Perrigard, Hal Ross, 1891-1960, artist.
Petersham, Maud, 1890-1971, artist.
Picard, Marcel, artist.
Poulbot, Francisque, 1879-1946, artist.
Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956, artist.
Raleigh, Henry, 1880-1945, artist.
Rapeno, A., artist.
Ravenhill, L., artist.
Redon, Georges, artist.
Reilly, Frank, artist.
Reuterdahl, Henry, 1871-1925, artist.
Rice, Burton, artist.
Richards, George M. (George Mather), 1880-1958, artist.
Riesenberg, Sidney H., artist.
Robaudi, A. (Alcide), artist.
Roberts, Hazel, artist.
Roeg, Herman, artist.
Roller, Alfred, 1864-1935, artist.
Rogers, W. A. (William Allen), 1854-1931, artist.
Romberg, Maurice, artist.
Ross, J. D., artist.
Ruttan, Charles E. artist.
Sampson, Joseph Ernest, 1887-1946, artist.
Sarka, Charles N. (Charles Nicholas), 1879-1960, artist.
Schneck, artist.
Scott, Georges, artist.
Sesser, W. G., artist.
Sewell, Helen, 1896-1957, artist.
Shafer, L. A. (Leon Alaric), 1866-1940, artist.
Sheridan, John E., artist.
Shirer, Hampton F. (Hampton Francis), artist.
Simon, Jacques, 1875-1965, artist.
Sindelar, Thomas A., 1867-1923, artist.
Smith, Frank Vining, 1879-1967, artist.
Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935, artist.
Spaulding, artist.
Spear, Gil, artist.
St. John, James Allen, 1872-1957, artist.
Stahr, Paul, 1883-1953, artist.
Sterner, Albert, 1863-1946, artist.
Steinlen, Théophile Alexandre, 1859-1923, artist.
Stern, Joseph, 1890-1971, artist.
Stevens, William Dodge, 1870-1942, artist.
Still, Roy Hull, artist.
Strothmann, F. (Frederick), 1872-, artist.
Taylor, F. Walter (Frank Walter), 1874-1921, artist.
Tornrose, A. T. (Axel T.), artist.
Townsend, F. H. (Frederick Henry), 1868-1920, artist.
Treidler, Adolph, 1886-, artist.
Abel-Truchet, Louis, 1857-1918, artist.
Underwood, Clarence F., artist.
Verpilleux, Emile, 1888-1964, artist.
Verrees, J. Paul, 1889-, artist.
Volk, Douglas, 1856-1935, artist.
Waddell, M., artist.
Wardle, Arthur, artist.
Watkins, K., artist.
Welsh, H. Devitt, 1888-1942, artist.
Whitehead, Walter, 1874-1956, artist.
Wilbur, L. L., artist.
Willette, Adolphe, 1857-1926, artist.
Williams, J. Scott (John Scott), 1877-1975, artist.
Woodville, Richard Caton, 1856-1927, artist.
Woolf, S. J. (Samuel Johnson), 1880-1948, artist.
Wright, George Hand, 1872-1951, artist.
Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay), 1875-1933, artist.
Young, William Crawford, 1886-, artist.
Young, Ellsworth, artist.
Printers and Publishers:
Abbey Press
Acme Litho. Co.
Alco-Gravure
Alles Show Print
Allied Printing
Alpha Litho Co.
Amalgamated Lithographers of America
American Lithographic Co.
Andrew Reid & Co.
Associated Motion Picture Advertisers, Inc.
Beck Engraving Company
Bemrose & Sons
Berger-Levrault (Firm)
Bookwalter-Ball Printing Co.
Capital Pub. Inc.
Carey Printing Company
Central Litho. Co.
Century Company
Charles, Joseph
Chorley & Pickersgill Ltd.
Commercial Prtg. & Litho. Co.
Conwell Graphic Companies
Coquemer, Imp.
David Allen & Sons
Devambez (firm)
E.S. & A. Robinson Limited
Eckstein und Stahle (Stuttgart)
Edward Stern & Co.
Erie Litho. & Ptg. Co.
Ets. Ruckert & Co. L. Godde, Sr.
Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company
"Foster & Kleiser"
Gatchel & Manning Company
Thomas, Geo. P.
Georgia War Savings Committee
Gibson Brothers (Printers)
Gill Engraving Co.
Globe Lithographing Co.
Graphic Company
Great Britain. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Greenwich Litho. Co.
H.C. Miner Litho. Co.
Hamilton Press
Harris Lithographing Co.
Hegeman Print
Henry Jenkinson Ltd.
Herschman & Cardy
Heywood, Strasser & Voigt Litho. Co.
Howe Addressing Co.
Howell Lith. Co. Limited
Horsham, P. G.
Illinois Litho. Co.
Imprimerie Chaix
Imprimerie Charles Verneau (Paris)
Imp. Cornille & Serre
Imprimerie Crété
Imprimerie F. Champenois
Imp. H. Chachoin
Imprimerie J.-E. Goossens
Imp. La Chromographie Française
Imprimerie Crété
Imprimerie de Vaugirard
Imprimerie Monrocq (Paris)
Imprimerie nationale (France)
J.H. Tooker Litho. Co.
John H. Eggers Co.
Johnson, Riddle & Co.
Ketterlinus Lithographic Manufacturing Company
Lapina Imp.
Latham Litho. & Ptg. Co.
Leslie-Judge Company
Louis Roesch Co.
Lutz & Sheinkman Litho.
Rusling Wood, Litho.
Magill-Weinsheimer Co.
Manternach Company
Manz Engraving Co.
Martinet
Matthews-Northrup Works
Merchants
Metro Litho. Co.
Miles & Co., Ltd.
Military Training Camps Association (U.S.)
Montreal Litho. Co.
Morgan Litho. Co.
National Capital Press, Inc.
National Printing & Engraving Company (U.S.)
National War Savings Committee
New Columbus Lithograph Co.
New Era Press
New-Art Lithographic Company
New York American
Niagara Lithograph Co.
Ohio Litho. Co.
Otis Lithograph Co.
Parker-Brawner Co.
Phillips, A. M. L.
Press U.S. Navy Mobilization Bureau
Public Ledger Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Quadri-Color Co.
Devney, R. E.
R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company
Regensteiner Colortype Co.
Robert Gair (Firm)
Roberts & Leete, Ltd.
Romwell Press
Rotoprint Gravure Co.
Ryan & Hart Co.
Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. & Prt. Co.
Schmidt Litho. Co.
Seargeant Bros. Ltd.
Seiter & Kappes Litho Co.
Smith & Porter (Boston, Mass.)
Spottiswoode & Co.
Star Co.
Stone Ltd.
Straker Brothers Limited
Strobridge Lithographing Company
T.F. Moore Co.
Knapp Co., Inc.
Thomsen-Ellis Company
Thomson Printing Co.
United States. Committee on Public Information.
United States. Department of the Treasury
United States Food Administration
United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States Printing and Lithograph Co.
United Cigar Stores Company
United States. Government Printing Office
Van Dyck Gravure Co.
Volk, L.
W.F. Powers Co.
Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co.
Zlotnikov, F.