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Gold and black poster of a winged woman driving a horse-drawn chariot above sea monsters, with German text below.

Zeichnet achte Kriegsanleihe

Maximilian Lenz, 1918

Poster in black, grey and red for the film Des Kaisers Weihnachtsreise, showing a snowy night scene with stars, a church and

Des Kaisers Weihnachtsreise

Hans Rudi Erdt, 1917

Poster of a wounded veteran in military cap with cane and prosthetic hand holding a hammer, German text at bottom.

Ludendorff-Spende für Kriegsbeschädigte

Ludwig Hohlwein, 1914

Gaunt peasants pull a plow across a field under a fiery sky, with German blackletter slogans above and below.

So würde es uns bei Polen erehen! Wir Bauern stimmen für Deutschland!

Fritz Gottfried Kirchbach, 1920

Poster by Käthe Kollwitz showing a man's face and hands gripping prison bars, with German text calling for the release of pri

Heraus mit unsern Gefangenen! Tretet alle dem Volksbund zum Schutze der deutschen Kriegs- u. Zivilgefangenen bei!

Käthe Kollwitz, 1919

Poster with German banner and illustrations of a map, a man, factories, a family with grain sacks, a steel mill and a ship.

Was wir verlieren sollen!

Louis Oppenheim, 1919

Ochre-toned German war exhibition poster showing a soldier, cannon, helmets and bayonets under bold blackletter title text.

Deutsche Kriegsausstellung ... Ausstellungshallen am Zoo

Emil Orlik, 1915

Poster of a dark spiked helmet and sword hilt among swirling smoke, with blackletter title Die Kunst im Krieg and exhibition

Die Kunst im Krieg

Paul Scheurich, 1916

Narrow red and cream poster with bold black blackletter text reading "Kriegsanleihe zeichnen!" on a cream background.

Kriegsanleihe zeichnen!

Louis Oppenheim, 1914

Painting of WWI American soldiers charging with bayonets over snow, with red text below asking if you will send them wheat.

They are giving all - Will you send them wheat? U.S. Food Administration /

Harvey Dunn, 1918

Poster of a nurse with red cross emblems reaching out, under the text Join the Red Cross, all you need is a heart and a dolla

Join the Red Cross - all you need is a heart and a dollar Red Cross Christmas roll call, Dec. 16-23 /

Harrison Fisher, 1918

Poster of a woman drinking sugar through a straw while sugar ships sail toward a war-torn shore under a dark cloud.

Sugar means ships--The consumption of sugar sweetened drinks must be reduced For your beverages 400 million lbs. of s…

Ernest Fuhr, 1918

Navy recruitment poster showing a smiling sailor waving an American flag on a ship deck, with text about Navy training and be

What the Navy is doing - Training young Americans Four sure things in the Navy - pay, health, training, travel /

J. C. Leyendecker, 1918

Poster of four women in work coats with a white horse, rake and vegetable basket, lettered 'The Girl on the Land Serves the N

The girl on the land serves the nation's need Apply Y.W.C.A. Land Service Committee /

Edward Penfield, 1918

Sepia lithograph of a wooden ship launching sideways at a shipyard as a crowd watches from the shore beneath an American flag

Launching another victory ship United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation /

Joseph Pennell, 1918

Poster of six smiling sailors in different uniforms with battleships and national flags, urging enlistment in the navy.

All together! Enlist in the Navy

Henry Reuterdahl, 1917

Wartime poster of three shipyard workers riveting a glowing steel hull, with the caption TEAMWORK BUILDS SHIPS.

Teamwork builds ships

William Dodge Stevens, 1917

Dark sketch of industrial cranes and steel gantries under a smoky sky, framed by a blue and cream border.

Forging the weapons of war, official United States war film

Joseph Pennell, 1918

Poster by H. Devitt Welsh, 1918: skeletal allegorical woman with cup and vulture beside hooded disease figures and a coffin.

We've fought in the open - bubonic plague, yellow fever, tuberculosis--now venereal diseases

H. Devitt Welsh, 1918

Navy recruitment poster from 1917 showing a woman in a navy uniform and cap beside orange text reading I want YOU for the Nav

I want you for the Navy Apply any recruiting station or postmaster /

Howard Chandler Christy, 1917

Zeichnet 5 1/2% dritte Kriegs-Anleihe

Heinrich Lefler, 1917

Poster with bold lettering 'Soll und Haben des Kriegs-jahres 1917' and stylized crowns in gold, red and black, for Union Thea

Soll und Haben des Kriegs-jahres 1917 -- in den Union/Theatern

Hans Rudi Erdt, 1918

Poster with a pastel drawing of three children, one kissing another, under the text urging purchase of war savings certificat

For your children. Buy war savings certificates and they will live to thank you

Rosina Mantovani Gutti, 1917

Painted 1918 poster of soldiers charging with bayonets under an American flag, with the slogan Nothing stops these men.

Nothing stops these men, let nothing stop you

Howard Giles, 1918

Tan German film poster with ornate script title, a central shield emblem, striped and checkered patterns, and a star.

Im italienischen Kampfgebiet zwischen Brenta u. Piave: Neuester Film

Hans Rudi Erdt, 1918

World War I poster with a nurse, mother and child, elderly man and wounded soldier, quoting Whittier, urging food saving.

"America, the hope of all who suffer, the dread of all who wrong," Whittier. Save food and defeat frightfulness

Herbert Andrew Paus and John Greenleaf Whittier, 1917

Poster of three women in headscarves pulling a wooden implement across a stony field, with the text Save Wheat.

Will you help the women of France? Save wheat

Edward Penfield, 1918

Federal Theatre WPA poster, 1939, with bold lettering It Might Happen to You and a speeding car with motion lines.

Federal Theatre [presents] "It might happen to you" A drama in three acts by Leon Lord : The most powerful courtroom…

Leon Lord, 1939

Green and gold poster advertising Paul Green's House of Connelly at the Mayan Theatre, opening Feb. 26, with a columned build

Paul Green's "House of Connelly" [at the] Mayan Theatre

Paul Green, 1937

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