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Poster of two children shaping a sand mound, one in a striped shirt and one in a red dress, with title Sand Modeling.

Sand modeling W.P.A recreation project - Dist. no. 2 /

Shari Weisberg, 1936

Dark 1917 American wartime poster with a harbor ship silhouette and orange text urging food conservation for soldiers and all

Get behind our soldiers, sailors, and our allies Send them the most food possible in the least shipping space--Do it…

Unknown artist, 1917

Red and blue poster for the Federal Theater's production of Blind Alley by James Warwick at the Waterloo Theater, 1937.

The Federal Theater, Works Progress Administration presents "Blind Alley," 3 act drama by James Warwick at the Waterl…

James Warwick, 1937

WPA-style poster with a microscope, an open blue eye, a red book shape and the words Keeping Up with Science.

Keeping up with science

Shari Weisberg, 1936

Wartime poster with helmeted soldiers in a trench and red slogan 'Fats are fuel for fighters' urging baking, boiling, and bro

Fats are fuel for fighters Bake, boil, and broil more - fry less

Unknown artist, 1917

WPA theatre poster for Blind Alley showing a red city street with tall buildings, a water tower, and a dome under a green sky

The Federal Theater Div. of W.P.A. presents "Blind alley," by James Warwick at the President Theatre

James Warwick, 1936

Poster of a woman reading an open book to a child seated beside her, with Story Hour lettering in red and yellow.

Story hour W.P.A recreation project - Dist. no. 2 /

Shari Weisberg, 1936

Wartime poster showing a sliced loaf of bread and knife with the slogan 'Save a loaf a week - Help win the war'.

Save a loaf a week - help win the war

Unknown artist, 1917

Federal Theatre poster for Brothers showing two stylized men in black formal wear and a blue suit above ticket prices.

The Federal Theatre Div. of WPA presents "Brothers" by Herbert Ashton Jr

Herbert Ashton, 1936

WPA poster of two children on a giant open book above mountains and pines, promoting the Story Hour Club at a library.

A trip around the world at story hour time Story hour club--W.P.A library center /

Shari Weisberg, 1936

Wartime poster of the Statue of Liberty with radiating rays, a navy ship on the harbor, and the text Enlist in the Navy.

For Liberty's sake, enlist in the Navy

Unknown artist, 1917

Yellow and green Federal Theater poster for Old Autumn at the Waterloo Theater, with a stylized bare tree and ticket prices.

The Federal Theater presents "Old autumn" by James Knox Millen At the Waterloo Theater

James Knox Millen, 1936

Red and cream Federal Theatre poster for The Pursuit of Happiness, featuring a large stylized Liberty Bell and Waterloo Theat

The Federal Theatre Div. of W.P.A. presents "The pursuit of happiness" by Armina Marshall Langer & Lawrence Langer A…

Lawrence Langer and Armina Marshall, 1936

Wartime poster reading Food will win the war, urging meatless, wheatless and porkless days under the U.S. Food Administration

Food will win the war - We observe meatless days, wheatless days, porkless days, and carry out all conservation rules…

Unknown artist, 1917

Teal and cream poster of a dancing woman in a white dress advertising the Federal Theatre comedy Up Pops the Devil, 1936.

The Federal Theatre presents "Up pops the devil" 3 act comedy by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich at the Waterloo…

Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, 1936

Poster of children playing and reading with slogan 'Their health depends on you. Destroy syphilis' in orange and black letter

Their health depends on you Destroy syphilis /

C. Y Bienvenu, 1941

1915 British WWI poster: sketched soldier with rifle above civilians at a Post Office counter, text urging people to lend mon

£1 for 15/6. If you cannot fight - lend your money. Go to the post office to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Wartime poster with a waving American flag and the words 'I pledge allegiance and silence about the war' in bold lettering.

I pledge allegiance and silence about the war

Thomas A Byrne, 1941

Poster with a red worker figure beside a house and factory, advertising free defense housing registration at 820 Union St.

Welcome - defense workers! Homes registration office : Defense rental listing bureau /

Joseph Donaldson, 1941

Wartime British poster reading 'If you cannot fight, lend your money. £1 for 15/6. Go to the post office to-day.'

If you cannot fight, lend your money. £1 for 15/6. Go to the post office to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster of a soldier leaping before an explosion with two marching soldiers behind him, promoting war stamps and bonds.

He gives 100%, you can lend 10% Buy war stamps & bonds /

John McCrady, 1941

Blue and cream 1938 theatre poster for "American Wing" showing a bare tree with hanging bones and a skeleton.

A Federal Theatre Project presentation "American wing" a pulsating New England drama by Talbot Jennings

Talbot Jennings, 1938

Wartime poster of a tank advancing over a field with soldiers behind it, promoting national war bonds and savings certificate

The tank tour. Buy national war bonds (£5 to £5000) and war savings certificates 15/6

Unknown artist, 1918

Poster showing a man spraying a brick wall with a backpack decontamination sprayer, urging people to join civilian defense sq

Join now The office of civilian defense needs you for decontamination squads /

John McCrady, 1941

1938 WPA poster with blue trapezoid, small arrows, brown building silhouettes labeled schools, libraries and public buildings

Federal Art exhibition WPA allocations /

Ben Nason, 1938

Black and cream 1914 recruitment poster of an athlete leaping over rifle-bearing soldiers, with Irish Canadian Rangers text.

Jump into your place in the Sportsman's Company of the Irish Canadian Rangers

Unknown artist, 1914

Poster of a feathered archer drawing a bow, with Index of American Design and Federal Art Gallery Boston text in geometric le

Index of American Design

Russell W West, 1936

WPA exhibition poster with stylized yellow and red flowers in a black vase beside a red curtain and yellow frame, 1939.

WPA exhibition [of] Dorothy Loeb [and] Blanche Lazzell Federal Art Gallery, 77 Newbury St. Boston /

Ben Nason, 1939

Poster for Canadian war savings stamps showing a green stamp of a soldier with a torch and flag, with price tables in French.

Canada timbres d'epargne de guerre. Venez en aide au pays

Unknown artist, 1918

Mobilizing Michigan for farm and factory U.S. Employment Service survey conducted house to house by veteran's organiz…

Maurice Merlin, 1941

Red and black WPA theatre poster showing a stylized armed man in a bowler hat over a map of the United States.

Detroit Federal Theatre Unit of Michigan Works Progress Administration presents "It can't happen here" by Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis, 1936

WWI recruitment poster showing four soldiers in front of Belgian, French, British flags, with French text urging enlistment.

Canadiens-Francais! Le Prussien est encore sur le sol de France ... Enrolez-vous dans le 189e Bataillon, F.E.C

Unknown artist, 1915

Poster of a nude figure in an open frame beside a vase and palette, with text promoting Michigan Art Month, 1936.

Michigan art month Know and buy the work of Michigan artists : See your local sales exhibition /

Maurice Merlin, 1936

1936 WPA exhibit poster with a paintbrush, compass, palette and bust, announcing an opening in Newark, New Jersey.

Exhibit - WPA Federal Art Gallery, State of New Jersey Opening Nov. 15, Calumet B'l'd'g., 17-19 William St., Newark, N.J

Angelo Tartaglia, 1936

WWI-era recruitment poster with crossed Union Jack and Red Ensign flags and text urging men to enlist at once.

Did you do anything to beat Germany last year! You can do something this year. Enlist at once!

Unknown artist, 1915

The WPA Federal Dance Theatre presents "The eternal prodigal" Choreography by Gluck-Sandor, music by Herbert Kingsley

Senia Gluck-Sandor and Herbert Kingsley, 1936

Blue and yellow geometric poster of a man with finger to lips beside a money bag, advertising the farce Help Yourself, 1936.

Popular Priced Theatre presents a hilarious farce by Paul Vulpius "Help yourself."

Paul Vulpius, 1936

WWI recruitment poster: smiling officer in khaki beside a globe, rooster labeled France fighting an eagle labeled Allemagne,

Canadiens Francais. Venez avec nous dans le 150ieme Bataillon C.M.R. Aider a la victoire du coq Gaulois sur l'aigle P…

Unknown artist, 1915

Blue and cream concert poster with a large lyre, advertising the Nassau Suffolk W.P.A. Symphony Orchestra concert at Mitchel

The Athletic & Recreation Dept. presents Nassau Suffolk W.P.A. Symphony Orchestra Guest artist Jeanne Gordon, soprano…

Jeanne Gordon, 1936

Poster for the WPA Federal Theatre Project's Living Newspaper production of Power, with a large blue gear and red title lette

W.P.A. Federal Theatre Project Living Newspaper presents "Power" by Arthur Arent

Arthur Arent, 1936

Poster with skeletal figure over a factory and wheat sheaf offered to three men, title Kohle ist Brot in blackletter.

Kohle ist Brot

Unknown artist, 1918

Poster with a sun, rain cloud, man with suitcase pulling a woman through rain, announcing a high school comedy performance.

South Side High School senior class presents "It never rains" a comedy in 3 acts

Aurania Rouverol, 1936

Federal Theatre poster with scissors, needle, fish, and musical notes advertising The Tailor Becomes a Storekeeper at Daly's

"The tailor becomes a storekeeper" A grotesque comedy by David Pinski : Daly's Theatre

David Pinski, 1936

Vintage German political poster of a red-coated figure with a torch over a map of Bavaria, with slogan text below.

Bayern, der Bolshewik geht um! Hinaus mit ihm am Wahltag!

Unknown artist, 1919

Geometric WPA poster advertising two chamber operas with a stylized robot head and theatre details in blue, black and yellow.

W.P.A. Federal Music Project of New York City [presents] two chamber operas, "The romance of robot" [and] "La serva p…

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Paul Vellucci, 1936

Poster for Young Tramps showing two stylized dancers holding hands under diagonal rain and a hatched cloud, with bold letteri

Presented by The Federal Dance Theatre "Young tramps" Choreography by Don Oscar Becque, music by Donald Pond : The Am…

Donald Pond, 1936

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

Navy WPA poster announcing an Exhibition of Housing Photographs, with a stylized building outline and camera graphic in pale

Exhibition of housing photographs Produced by Federal Art Project, Work Projects Administration /

M Acquaviva, 1936

Haiti, a drama of the black Napoleon, by William Du Bois, Lafayette Theatre

Vera Bock, 1938

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 with a black microscope beside a red circle, text saying negative blood during treatment does not mean cure.

Negative blood during treatment does not mean cure Continue treatment until discharged : New York State Department of…

Leslie Bryan Burroughs, 1936

1936 WPA poster of two farmers in overalls shaking hands over a wheat stalk, with the slogan 'Work Pays America! Prosperity'.

Work pays America! Prosperity

Vera Bock, 1936

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

WPA poster with stylized still life of bottle, bowl and drapery above bold text offering free painting and drawing instructio

Free instruction in painting & drawing Art Teaching Division of the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration

Leslie Bryan Burroughs, 1936

WPA poster for four Beethoven music evenings at Greenwich House Music School, with a white lyre on yellow background.

WPA Federal Music Project presents four evening programs devoted to chamber music, lieder, and piano soli of Ludwig v…

Vera Bock, 1936

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 with a plow in a furrowed field, a farmhouse on a hill, and yellow sky, advertising the play Native Ground.

W.P.A. Federal Theatre presents "Native ground" by Virgil Geddes

Emanuel DeColas and Virgil Geddes, 1936

Blue-toned poster of two silhouetted visitors beside tall cave formations, with the text 'See America, United States Travel B

See America

Alexander Dux, 1936

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

Exhibition - Metropolitan Museum of Art Adult students classroom - K

Richard Floethe, 1940

Poster showing a mother holding up an infant, with text stating congenital syphilis is preventable with treatment during preg

Congenital syphilis is preventable If syphilitic mothers will take adequate treatment during the last five months of…

Alexander Dux, 1936

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

Maroon and cream WPA exhibition poster with a stylized paintbrush and text announcing oils and watercolors at Federal Art Gal

Exhibition - oils & watercolors, Federal Art Gallery Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration

Richard Floethe, 1936

"Battle hymn" a new play about John Brown of Harpers Ferry by Michael Blankfort and Michael Gold At the Experimental…

George Goldschmidt and Michael Blankfort and Michael Gold, 1936