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Poster with large black and red curved shapes on beige paper above bold German capital letters advertising a 1916 Hamburg war

Deutsche Kriegsausstellung Hamburg

Unknown artist, 1916

Poster of a smiling German officer in grey uniform holding champagne, with a flag and brick wall behind him.

Feist-Feldgrau, Sektkellerei Frankfurt a.M. A.G

Unknown artist, 1917

Poster of a Polish officer raising a sabre before a red and white flag, with a plumed soldier behind him and a call to enlist

Poles! Kosciuszko and Pulaski fought for the liberty of Poland and other nations--Follow their example--Enlist in the…

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1917

Poster of Uncle Sam shaking hands with a woman holding a rake, recruiting for the Woman's Land Army, 1918.

Help! The Woman's Land Army of America, New Jersey Division, State House, Trenton

Charles Dana Gibson, 1918

Wartime poster of a winged woman raising a sword, shield reading 'the world safe for democracy', above text promoting Liberty

There is a Liberty Bond in this house

Unknown artist, 1918

1917 poster showing the US Capitol dome under a blue sky with a white cloud, titled 4 Minute Men.

4 minute men, a message from the government at Washington Committee on Public Information /

H. Devitt Welsh, 1917

Poster showing the Lusitania sinking in smoke, with lifeboats and swimmers, under the text urging Irishmen to join a regiment

Irishmen - avenge the Lusitania. Join an Irish regiment to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster of a man in colonial dress shouting through a megaphone beside red-brick Independence Hall, with bold 4 Minute Men let

4 Minute men--A message from Washington

H. Devitt Welsh, 1917

1918 recruitment poster showing a smiling farm woman with a pitchfork and a shadowed soldier with rifle behind her.

Get behind the girl he left behind him Join the land army /

Unknown artist, 1918

Poster showing a soldier beside an ambulance marked with a red cross, with stretcher bearers and smoke in the background, in

This is the only American ambulance now saving lives in Russia The American ambulance in Russia /

Unknown artist, 1914

Wartime poster: a gorilla labeled Militarism carries a club marked Kultur and a woman, with ruins behind, under the text Enli

Destroy this mad brute Enlist - U.S. Army

Harry R. Hopps, 1917

Poster with a glowing red cross above a dark sea and a verse honoring Red Cross sisters lost on hospital ships.

Missing! To the sisters of the Red Cross who have perished in hospital ships sunk by German submarines

Unknown artist, 1918

Wartime British recruitment poster: a young man in a suit beside an older woman with her hand on his shoulder, on orange.

Go! It's your duty lad. Join to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster showing cavalry horsemen charging past an exploding shell, with the caption 'At the Front!' and an enlistment call bel

At the front! Every fit Briton should join our brave men at the front. Enlist now

Unknown artist, 1915

Red and black 1914 British recruitment poster with treaty text, drawn wax seals and signatures, and the words Enlist To-day.

The scrap of paper - Prussia's perfidy - Britain's bond [...] Enlist to-day

Unknown artist, 1914

Recruitment poster with silhouetted soldiers beside a cannon and a biplane, quoting Lord Kitchener: Enlist to-day.

"Be honest with yourself. Be certain that your so-called reason is not a selfish excuse." Lord Kitchener. Enlist to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster for Rachel's Man showing a man in a blue cape and striped jacket within a yellow circle, with theatre details.

The Federal Theatre Div. of W.P.A. presents "Rachel's man" by Bradley Foote

Bradley Foote, 1936

Travel poster with palms, a blue agave plant, a sailboat on turquoise water, and a pink tower, reading Discover Puerto Rico.

Discover Puerto Rico U.S.A. Where the Americas meet

Frank S Nicholson, 1936

Travel poster of a large red sandstone arch with two riders and a pack horse in the valley below, with See America lettering.

See America

Frank S Nicholson, 1936

Vintage 1936 theatre poster for Censored, showing a woman, a soldier in a helmet and an open book in red and cream tones.

Federal Mayan Theatre [presents] Censored, "a modern play" by Conrad Seiler Hilarious 3 act comedy

Conrad Seiler, 1936

Red and black 1936 theatre poster for the comedy Censored at the Columbia Theatre, with illustrated faces of a woman and a ma

Columbia Theatre [presents] hilarious 3 act comedy "Censored" by Conrad Seiler It shocked Hollywood

Conrad Seiler, 1936

Vintage brown and tan poster for Cradle Snatchers at Pickering Park Playhouse, showing a woman and a man in a suit.

"Cradle snatchers" Cradle snatching! at Pickering Park Playhouse

Russell G Medcraft and Norma Mitchell, 1936

Theatre poster for Day is Darkness showing a man with outstretched arms before a flaming sun, with Yiddish and English text.

The Federal Theatre Project presents "Day is darkness" in 3 acts The famous anti-nazi play by George Fess : Directed…

George Fess, 1939

Blue and red Federal Theatre poster with blindfolded Lady Justice holding scales, advertising Judgment Day at the Savoy in Sa

The Federal Theatre presents Elmer Rice's "Judgment day" First time in San Diego

Elmer Rice, 1938

Vintage theatre poster for Murray Hill showing a horse-drawn carriage with a man in a top hat and a woman, 1936.

Federal Theatre, La Cadena and Mt. Vernon, presents Leslie Howard's "Murray Hill" Society farce-comedy

Leslie Howard, 1936

Green stylized bat on a cream poster advertising Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, 1936, San Bernardino High School Auditoriu

Federal Music Project presents the comic opera "Die fledermaus" - "The bat" by Johann Strauss

Johann Strauss, 1936

Stylized 1938 poster of Grand Canyon's layered cliffs and canyon in pink and purple tones, with National Park Service letteri

Grand Canyon National Park, a free government service

C. Don Powell, 1938

Poster for Hansel and Gretel showing two stylized children beside a tree and a gingerbread house, advertising Greek Open Air

"Hansel and Gretel" Adapted from the opera for children .... by Humperdinck : Limited return engagement by popular de…

Engelbert Humperdinck, 1936

Yellow WPA Federal Theatre poster with red lettering for Hell-bent fer heaven, showing a rider, wagons, pine tree and mountai

Federal Theatre, La Cadena and Mt. Vernon, presents "Hell-bent fer heaven!"

Hatcher Hughes, 1936

Poster of a snowy volcano with a smoke plume above pine trees and a lake, advertising Lassen Volcanic National Park ranger pr

Lassen Volcanic National Park, Ranger Naturalist Service

C. Don Powell, 1938