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"Drop What You're Doing"

Date: 01 10 1971
Description: Poster advertising the visit of Defense Secretary Melvin Laird to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Features a caricatured Laird sitting in an airplane ...
Poster

Buy Extra Bonds for Liberation

Date: 1944
Description: Treasury Design No. 42, "Advancing Soldiers." The poster features a combat scene, with ships landing on shore, aircraft soaring along the horizon, and arme...
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Buy War Bonds for Fighting Power Today... and for Tomorrow's Brighter World

Date: 1943
Description: Treasury Design No. 29, "Wedding." The poster features two contrasting scenes. On the left is a dark naval battle commencing on stormy waters. On the right...
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War Bonds in Action

Date: 1943
Description: Treasury Design No. 28, "Planes in Action." This poster features a large squadron of military aircraft flying through the air.
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Buy War Bonds for Fighting Power Today

Date: 1943
Description: Treasury Design No. 25, "Blue Prints." The poster features two contrasting scenes. On the left is an explosive battle scene in shades of dark blue. On the ...
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Buy War Bonds for Fighting Power Today... and Buying Power Tomorrow!

Date: 1943
Description: Treasury Design No. 24, "Happy Family." The poster features two contrasting scenes. On the left is a naval battle commencing on stormy waters in shades of ...
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Save Every Pay Day at Least 10% in War Bonds

Date: 1942
Description: Treasury Design No. 19, "Paramarine." The poster features a group of paramarines in the air. In the bottom left corner are the words "Semper Fidelis, 167th...
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Invest at Least 10% in War Bonds

Date: 1942
Description: Treasury Design No. 13, "Airplane." The poster features army aircraft engaged in battle. In the bottom left corner, it reads: "At least 10% Everybody Every...
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Keep Him Free

Date: 1917
Description: War Savings Stamps poster featuring an eagle crushing enemy planes. At the top of the poster is written: "Keep Him Free" and at the bottom: "Buy War Saving...
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All Working for Victory

Date: 1944
Description: Wartime poster advocating people to "Join the Victory Farm Volunteers," featuring an illustration of military planes flying over a man working with a Farma...
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Which Bridge Do You Want?

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon illustration showing two different bridges. The first, labeled: "The Bridge of Ships," shows several large ships forming a bridg...
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The Test of Our Loyalty is the Measure of Our Sacrifice

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon illustration titled: "Where Do You Stand," with a large red question mark over the image. To the left of the question mark, a so...
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Join the Air Service and Serve in France. Do It Now

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of an airplane with French markings flying in the sky. Two soldiers are in the foreground, one with binoculars, are looking off...
Poster

Over There!

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of a mechanic standing and waving to a silhouette of an airplane taking off; in the background several more silhouetted airplan...
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Join The Army Air Service. Be An American Eagle!

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of an American eagle battling a Prussian eagle. Behind them, airplanes are flying towards an explosion. Poster text reads: "Joi...
Poster

You Must Go Soon Why Not Now?

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of soldiers lined up, planes flying overhead, a cavalry-mounted officer on horseback, and a cannon nearby. Poster text rea...
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Where the Money Goes [Front]

Date: 1917
Description: Front side of a double-sided poster, showing through photographs the resources purchased using Liberty Bonds. Poster text reads: "Where the Money Goes. A 1...
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Shall we be more tender with our dollars than the lives of our sons

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of Uncle Sam reaching for the viewer's hand (or perhaps money), and gesturing behind him to waves of soldiers and airplane...
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The Victory Loan Flyers

Date: 1919
Description: Poster depicting a locomotive speeding along railroad tracks with airplanes flying overhead. The airplanes have the markings associated with American warpl...
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Almanaque de la Guerra 1919

Date: 1919
Description: Poster depicting a soldier holding a rifle with a bayonet. A fallen soldier lies next to him. A plane flies above. Smoke rising in the distance and from so...

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