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Two helmeted soldiers charge with rifles through snow beside a stone wall, under a 1917 food administration poster slogan.

Victory is a question of stamina--Send - the wheat, meat, fats, sugar--The fuel for fighters United States Food Admin…

Harvey Dunn, 1917

French 1915 poster with a portrait of Miss Cavell beside a kneeling angel with bowed head, red and blue stripes behind.

Miss Cavell fusillée par les Allemands à Bruxelles le 12 octobre 1915

Unknown artist, 1915

When the boys come home While I was over there what were you doing here? Students of America, how will you answer him…

Wladyslaw T. Benda, 1918

Poster of a helmeted soldier silhouetted with a camera before an orange battle scene, titled U.S. Official War Pictures.

U.S. official war pictures

Louis D. Fancher, 1917

Black and cream poster of a field artillery gun firing beneath a smoke cloud, with trenches and German lettering below.

Artillerie-Stellungen

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster of a nurse in a veil holding an infant beside a large red cross, titled The Greatest Mother in the World.

The greatest mother in the world

A. E. Foringer, 1917

Poster of an elderly man shaking hands with a soldier holding a rifle, with farmland behind them and text urging purchase of

"Good bye, Dad, I'm off to fight for Old Glory, you buy U.S. gov't bonds" Third Liberty Loan /

Lawrence Harris, 1918

Orange and black German propaganda poster showing a distressed man, woman and child before a burning village with riders.

Not, Elend, Hunger, Zerstörung bringt der Bolschewismus

Unknown artist, 1919

Poster with a stylized portrait of Cardinal Mercier in red robes and French text urging food aid for war victims.

Cardinal Mercier - Le Cardinal supplie l'Administration-Alimentaire de venir en aide de suite, en expédiant plus de v…

George Illian, 1917

Poster of a soldier ladling milk from a metal can to children and villagers in snowy winter scene.

Free milk for France

Francis Luis Mora, 1918

German political poster with a fiery battle scene, imperial eagle, skulls, and blackletter text over a Bavarian diamond patte

Der Feind ist im Land! So wehr' dich der Schand, Wie Lautet des Feldgeschrei: Bayerische Volkspartei!

Unknown artist, 1920

Poster of a red boot with a spur stomping on a banner with black eagles, text reads Keep these off the U.S.A. Buy more Libert

Keep these off the U.S.A. - Buy more Liberty Bonds

John Warner Norton, 1918

Poster of a soldier embraced by a child and a woman in blue, with the text 'For Home and Country' and 'Victory Liberty Loan'.

For home and country - Victory Liberty Loan

Alfred Everitt Orr, 1919

Wartime German poster showing two soldiers, one blindfolded and one with a bandaged arm, advertising a 1917 charity exhibitio

Gesellige Vereinigung Münchner Künstler e.v. Weihnachts Ausstellung zu gunsten der Kriegsinvaliden, für sorge ins bes…

Unknown artist, 1917

Silhouetted soldiers with rifles and bayonets and a machine gun against a red sky, with yellow text urging purchase of Libert

To make the world a decent place to live in, do your part - buy U.S. government bonds Third Liberty Loan /

Herbert Andrew Paus, 1917

Poster of a girl in a straw hat pushing a garden cultivator past green plants, with text urging readers to join the school ga

Join the United States school garden army - Enlist now

Edward Penfield, 1918

German 1918 exhibition poster with a large black stylized sword, red shields, and bold red lettering on cream paper.

Ständige Kunst Ausstellung des Feldgrauen Künstler-Bundes ..

Unknown artist, 1918

Sepia wartime poster of a battleship at dock with cranes, biplanes overhead, and the slogan Buy Liberty Bonds below.

Provide the sinews of war, buy Liberty Bonds

Joseph Pennell, 1918

Poster of a mounted soldier with a flag riding a horse, with large text urging boys to do their duty by enlisting now.

Come on, boys! Do your duty by enlisting now!

Vojtěch Preissig, 1917

WWI relief poster: kneeling woman with three children beside a helmeted figure, text urging support for destitute Belgians.

3,000,000 Belgians are destitute in Belgium. They must not starve. Support the local fund

Unknown artist, 1915

Red-tinted poster of the Statue of Liberty silhouetted against a fiery sky, with a biplane above and a harbor below.

That liberty shall not perish from the earth - Buy liberty bonds Fourth Liberty Loan /

Joseph Pennell, 1918

Teal and black wartime poster showing two soldiers charging past an explosion, with Czech slogans for independence and democr

Za nasi samostatnost! Hrr na vraha! Za demokracii! Československá armáda

Vojtěch Preissig, 1918

Recruitment poster showing a knight on a white horse lancing a green dragon, with the text Britain needs you at once.

Britain needs you at once

Unknown artist, 1915

Lithograph poster of the Court of Honor on South Broad Street, Philadelphia, with flags, eagles and a domed building, 1919.

The court of honor, South Broad St., Philadelphia, designed by the Advisory Committee of Artists for the Victory Loan…

Joseph Pennell, 1919

Woodcut poster of black double-headed eagles nailed to grey crosses with pink placards, Czech text, 1918.

Za ceskou samostatnost, Ceske narodni sdruzeni

Vojtěch Preissig, 1918

Poster showing a soldier before a black church silhouette, with text urging support for troops and a khaki Testament for sold

Put the church behind Pershing To win this war the boys at the front need strength of spirit : a khaki testament for…

Unknown artist, 1918

Wartime poster showing four soldiers in different uniforms with rifles against a smoky battlefield, advertising Under Four Fl

Under four flags Third United States official war picture

Philip Martiny, 1918

Poster of a robed figure raising a hammer amid red lightning, with two soldiers running behind him under a dark sky.

Bǒh do krivdy hromom a junák gulámi..

Vojtěch Preissig, 1918

Poster showing a worker with an ice hook over cut ice blocks, with workers and an ice house behind, promoting the ice harvest

Help in the harvest ice is needed to save food for the starving people of the world /

Unknown artist, 1910

Flat-color 1916 poster for a charity bazaar with stylized flags, crossed sabers and a castle silhouette above bold text.

Charity bazar [i.e., bazaar] for the widows and orphans of German, Austrian, Hungarian and their allied soldiers

Winold Reiss, 1916