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Success in War

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon illustration of six long lines of men marching into a factory. Poster text reads: "Success in War — depends on co-operation and ...
Poster

War and Business

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with red text overlaying illustrations in blue. The top left illustration is of soldiers with cannons on battlefront. At the bottom right is an illu...
Poster

America's Success in War and Industry

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer. Poster text reads: "AMERICA'S SUCCESS IN WAR AND INDUSTRY Depends on the co-operation...
Poster

The Biggest Gun in the War for Democracy

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon panel depicting Uncle Sam firing a cannon labeled: "American Industry" to send supplies across the Atlantic towards people stand...
Poster

Team Work Will Win the War!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon panel in which Uncle Sam is riding on a wagon pulled by two horses, with text that reads "— Over Here —, and on the right near s...
Poster

Agitation Which Delays Our War Industries is "Made In Germany"

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon illustration of two men meeting in "Plot Alley." One or both men are saying: "You're all right!" One man is wearing a suit label...
Poster

Don't Blame It All On The War!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster includes a cartoon panel showing a scale. On one side, which is labeled: "Price to Consumer," are weights labeled: "Supply, Demand, Quality, and Was...
Poster

Go Over The Top With The Tank That Will Win The War

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of two soldiers, labeled: "Wage Payer and Wage Earner," standing on top of a tank riding over a trench. The tank is labele...
Poster

The Shot That Will Win The War

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon illustration of three men riding on a bomb. The bullet is labeled: "Industrial Co-operation," and the men are Uncle Sam, a Wage ...
Poster

National Security and Prosperity

Date: 1918
Description: Poster including two cartoon panels. In the first, labeled: "10 A.M.," several silhouetted men are walking out of a factory. A cartoon blackbird is comment...
Poster

Don't Blame It All On The War!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon panel depicting a mule, labeled: "Industry," which is being harassed by five horseflies, who are labeled: "Unfair Laws, Strife, ...
Poster

The 4-Leaf Clover of Industry

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a four-leaf clover, which is labeled: "Co-operation" on the stem. The four leaves are labeled: "Wage Payer, Wage Earner...
Poster

A Shot at American Industry is a Shot at American Democracy

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon panel in which a man with a bowler hat is looking on from a submarine, labeled: "U Agitator," as it fires a torpedo labeled: "St...
Poster

Uncle Sam Says: "All the Kings in the World Can't Beat my Hand"

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon of a smiling Uncle Sam pointing to a hand of cards, which all feature men and are labeled: "Farmer, Consumer, Banker, Wage Earne...
Poster

The Hand That Threatens Our Industrial Life

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon illustration of a monumental hand reaching out of the clouds and down towards a town. The town includes an Army Camp, The Home, ...
Poster

20 at Home to 1 in the Trenches

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon panel that shows a crowd of men dressing a monumental soldier, who is sitting in a chair. The smaller men are bringing his hat, ...
Poster

Our Good Mule "Industry"

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon panel in which an overworked mule, labeled: "Industry," is running on a treadmill that is belt-driving a wheel on the side of a ...
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Josh Sanford at Willis's Radio and Electric Service

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Description: Josh Sanford, an unknown individual, and Willis Hofmeister, at Willis's Radio and Electric Service. Sanford served in the Air Force during World War II as ...
Poster

Criticism

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the one on the left, an oversized man is getting ready to swing a sledgehammer, which is labeled "Misunderstanding," get...
Poster

Our Three Lines of National Defense

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon illustration of a mass of soldiers with a flag and cannon, and behind them a large ship labeled: "USN" [United States Navy], and...

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