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1917 poster of two men on a bench under the words 'It's worth while! That's why' urging war savings certificates.

It's worth while! That's why. Buy war savings certificates

Unknown artist, 1917

Brown and cream WWI-style recruitment poster reading 'It is more serious than you think' and urging enlistment to repel invas

It is more serious than you think. The barbarian is almost at your gates. He violates, plunders, murders. Don't let h…

Unknown artist, 1915

Recruitment poster with a stern uniformed Marine in a peaked cap, a rifle diagonal, and text urging enlistment.

Join me - the first to fight on land and sea

Unknown artist, 1918

Red 1917 Red Cross poster with large "Join" lettering and a woman in a white nurse's cap with a red cross.

Join - Red Cross work must go on!

Unknown artist, 1917

Recruitment poster with a large Union Jack and bold text reading 'Join at once. Fight for the dear old flag.'

Join at once. Fight for the dear old flag

Unknown artist, 1915

Recruitment poster in gold and black tartan reading 'Join the 3rd-5th Black Watch now, at Forfar', with a color scale above a

Join the 3rd-5th Black Watch now, at Forfar

Unknown artist, 1915

Vintage poster of a Marine with a rifle in a landing boat near a firing warship, reading Join the U.S. Marine Corps.

Join the U.S. Marine Corps

Unknown artist, 1918

Black and white 1917 recruitment poster reading 'Join the Tanks, See Service Soon', showing a cartoon figure on a tank.

Join the tanks, see service soon

Unknown artist, 1917

Tan 1916 recruitment poster in bold black type titled Join Under The Group System, photographed with grey scale and colour ba

Join under the group system

Unknown artist, 1916

Recruitment poster showing sailors manning a naval gun with a warship and smoke at sea, headed Join the Royal Marines.

Join the Royal Marines. Help to man the guns of the fleet

Unknown artist, 1915

Wartime poster with a Red Cross sleeve and open hand sheltering refugees and a child beside a bombed village under shellfire.

Keep this hand of mercy at its work

Unknown artist, 1918

Vintage 1919 Junior Red Cross poster showing a soldier with his arms around two boys beside a red cross emblem.

Junior Red Cross

Unknown artist, 1919

WWI poster of a US steam locomotive advancing beside a caricatured Prussian soldier in a spiked helmet, with the slogan Keep

Keep 'em going!

Unknown artist, 1917

Red-ink WWI recruitment poster showing a uniformed officer in a peaked cap above the text 'Kitchener says' and a call to duty

Kitchener says "For every individual Briton, as well as for our national existence, the solemn hour is now striking!"

Unknown artist, 1915

Wartime German recruitment poster with a helmeted soldier, a regimental badge, marching troops and German text.

Kameraden meldet euch zum Det. Küntzel

Unknown artist, 1918

Narrow WWI recruitment poster with black silhouetted soldiers advancing with rifles up a slope under the text GO AND HELP.

Lads, you're wanted- go and help

Unknown artist, 1915

Vintage Spanish-language poster of British navy in WWI with admiral portraits, battleships, submarine interiors and deck guns

La marina britanica en la guerra

Unknown artist, 1915

Monochrome WWI poster of a soldier fitting a gas respirator on a battlefield, with fallen helmet and rifle nearby.

Learn to adjust your respirator correct and quick. Don't breathe while doing it, and this won't happen to you

Unknown artist, 1915

Wartime Italian poster with grid panels of munitions, guns, grenades, workers and factories under the headline La guerra dell

La guerra delle munizioni. Come la Gran Bretagna ha mobilizzato le sue industrie

Unknown artist, 1917

Black and cream poster with a lantern and radiating light above bold text reading Lamp Day, Friday May 12th, buy a lamp for w

Lamp day, Friday, May 12th. Buy a lamp on lamp day for women's service in war time

Unknown artist, 1916

Poster showing the Liberty Bell above the text Liberty Loan of 1917, asking if the spirit of '76 lives again, and urging buyi

Liberty Loan of 1917

Unknown artist, 1917

Poster of a columned government building under a blue sky, urging citizens to buy Second Liberty Loan bonds in 1917.

Lend your money to your government

Unknown artist, 1917

Poster with red border reading 'Lend as they fight - Save for the fourth Liberty Loan' in black capital letters.

Lend as they fight - Save for the fourth Liberty Loan

Unknown artist, 1917

Cut-out 1915 recruitment poster of a clenched fist with the slogan 'Lend your strong right arm to your country. Enlist now.'

Lend your strong right arm to your country. Enlist now

Unknown artist, 1915

Cream WWI-era poster with black serif text quoting the Prime Minister, May 4 1915, urging people to take part in the war.

Let there not be a man or a woman among us

Unknown artist, 1915

Yellow WWI poster showing a man straining under a giant 1915 shilling coin, with text urging readers to lend five shillings.

Lend your five shillings to your country and crush the Germans

Unknown artist, 1915

Three smiling Highland soldiers in kilts and feathered bonnets march with rifles on their shoulders in a 1915 recruitment pos

Line up, boys! Enlist to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Vintage 1915 recruiting poster with St Paul's Cathedral dome, urging Londoners to attend patriotic meetings and follow the ba

London's patriotic recruiting meetings (...) Follow the bands

Unknown artist, 1915

WWI recruitment poster headed Lord Kitchener Calls for More Men, with a handwritten appeal signed Kitchener and God Save the

Lord Kitchener calls for more men. God save the king

Unknown artist, 1915

Wartime poster with a hand holding a Liberty Loan badge, a caricature helmeted figure labeled Military Autocracy, and slogans

Make the world safe for democracy

Unknown artist, 1917

Poster of marching soldiers with rifles and a Liberty Bond button showing the Statue of Liberty, with text urging citizens to

Make a sacrifice

Unknown artist, 1917

Vintage US Army Medical Department recruiting poster with a caduceus emblem and photos of soldiers at work and recreation.

Medical Department, United States Army

Unknown artist, 1919