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Blue, red and cream WPA theatre poster showing a blindfolded justice figure with scales, announcing Elmer Rice's Judgment Day

Elmer Rice's "Judgment day"

Elmer Rice, 1938

Poster of three Pueblo turtle dancers in feathered headdresses and red and black skirts, with an adobe pueblo above, for the

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Pueblo turtle dancers from…

Louis B. Siegriest, 1939

Poster of a stylized Pomo basket with brown geometric patterns on yellow, advertising the Indian Court at the 1939 Golden Gat

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Pomo Indian basket, Califor…

Louis B. Siegriest, 1939

Poster of a western Alaska Eskimo mask with feathers and fur trim, promoting the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition In

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Eskimo mask, western Alaska/

Louis B. Siegriest, 1939

Red stylized Haida figure with outstretched arms on black, advertising the Indian Court at the 1939 San Francisco exposition.

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Blanket design of the Haida…

Louis B. Siegriest, 1939

WPA food conservation poster showing a basket of vegetables with the slogan 'Help us preserve your surplus...food'.

Help us preserve your surplus...food

William Tasker, 1941

Black and white WPA poster of penguins on rocky ground with the caption VISIT THE ZOO beneath.

Visit the zoo

Louise Welsh, 1936

Yellow poster with stacked red, blue and white bars reading 'DON'T WASTE WATER' and 'Philadelphia Council of Defense'.

Don't waste water

Raymond Willcox, 1941

Poster of a rat in a Japanese-style cap reaching for bait on a mousetrap over a yellow map of Alaska, labeled Army, Navy, Civ

Alaska - death-trap for the Jap

Edward T. Grigware, 1941

Wartime poster showing a ship exploding at sea, a swastika submarine, and planes, warning against using broadcast receivers.

Disaster Broadcast receivers can help the enemy sink you : Don't use them! /

Edward T. Grigware, 1941

Poster with a woman on a telephone, a globe with an ear, and the words Keep Mum, The World Has Ears.

Keep mum - the world has ears

Edward T. Grigware, 1941

Poster of an eagle dropping a bomb on a snake in a military cap coiled on a globe, with the text Salvage Scrap to Blast the J

Salvage scrap to blast the jap

Phil von Phul, 1940

Wartime poster warning that smoking ship stacks attract submarine attacks, showing a black smoke plume and a submarine on blu

Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster /

Phil von Phul, 1940

Poster of a hand stamping a star-marked circle onto a swastika, with red text reading Stamp Out the Axis.

Stamp out the Axis

Phil von Phul, 1941

Wartime poster with a chrome faucet and the slogan 'No water, don't waste it!! No guns' on red and navy.

No water - no guns Don't waste it!!

William Tasker, 1941