Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Propaganda
Filter: Subject of world war, 1914-1918
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This poster features an image of a large crowd of people watching a few men speaking on Wall Street. One man, Charles Brickley, is kicking a pigskin over t... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster featuring a photograph of three women, in a field, leaning over and pulling an agricultural implement in a field. Text above photograph reads: "Hero... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster text reads: "Are You Working? Your Country Needs You as a Soldier or as a Producer. Get a Job — Stick to It. Milwaukee County Council of Defense." |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster featuring an image of a child wrapping her arms around woman's neck. Text on left reads: "150,000 Children under the age of 6 die every year from pr... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a house burning in the background and a silhouette of a person with two children at their side in the foreground. Text ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a house burning in the background and a silhouette of a person with two children at their side in the foreground. Text ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Handmade poster featuring a drawing of a person wearing a large flower on top of their head, and a dress made of grass. The person is blowing through the s... |
| Date: | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster featuring buildings, including a clock tower. Text reads: Alf Heidelberg: Charity is Neutral. German-Austrian Hungarian Bazaar. Auditorium. March 2n... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Hand-drawn poster featuring a woman holding a large stem with flowers draped over her head. She is wearing a hat and dress, as well as wrapped fabric that ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster with red and white text that reads: "Auditorium Plankinton Hall Sunday Night Mr. 17 Benefit Performance. Co. L. 340th Infantry. Milwaukee's Own 10 B... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a Prussian leader looking back in fear at a large locomotive, with a US seal on the front, heading towards him. Text re... |
| Date: | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Hand-drawn poster. At the bottom is a soldier with a pack and a rifle on his back, carrying a US flag, embracing a woman. At the top is a general with the ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster with text in German. Reads, in part: "Warum Wir Krieg Führen. (Auf anordnung der Minnesotaer kommission fur offentliche sicherheit veroffentlieht.)"... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster with blue text that reads: "Illustrated War Lecture. Wake Up, America! High School Auditorium. Thursday Friday Saturday May 16•17•18 at 8:00 o'clock... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster with red text that reads: "War Motors. See them at the 6th annual truck and tractor show. February 20 to 23. Union Transfer and Storage Building. Ac... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster featuring a map of "Central Europe" and its annexes in the Near East (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey), territory occupied or controlled ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of an eagle dropping a laurel wreath from its talons onto the head of a seated lion. Poster text reads: "America's tribute... |
| Date: | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a woman representing the goddess Columbia, who represents America, and two children, presenting a laurel wreath to a wo... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster with an illustration of Uncle Sam arm-in-arm with Britannia. Uncle Sam has a sword, and Britannia holds a shield with the Union Jack and a triton. A... |
| Date: | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Poster depicting a steam ship being pulled to sea by a tug boat. Smoke is billowing from both boats. Crowds of people are waving from the ship and the dock... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: