"The child at your door" 400,000 orphans starving, no state aid availa...
Poster showing a child wearing a scarf on her head. American Committee Relief in the Near East. Armenia-Greece-Syria-Persia. 1 Madison Ave., New York, Cleveland H. Dodge Treas. Signed with unidentified monogram... More
1917 Semaine de la Charente Infre
Marianne in French Revolutionary dress carrying and beating a drum. Translation of title: 1917 - Week of the Charente Infre [Inférieure]. Signed: Vive la nation! A. Willette, 1917. Promotional goal: Fr. H59.... More
Cardinal Mercier - Le Cardinal supplie l'Administration-Alimentaire de...
Poster showing a portrait of Cardinal Mercier. Text continues: Par conséquent, consommez moins de pain-de viande-de graisse et de sucre. Augmentez autant que possible vos envois aux malheureuses victimes de la ... More
His Liberty Bond, paid for in full / W. A. Rogers.
Poster showing a dead soldier on the field. Text continues: This boy has made his last great sacrifice. Are we, as Americans, doing our part? In buying Liberty Bonds we can provide the money necessary to sustai... More
Men wanted for U.S. Coast Guard
Poster soliciting enlistees for the United States Coast Guard. Text specifies, "machinists, oilers, firemen, coxswains, seamen, quartermasters, cooks, boys, buglers, ordinary seamen, coal heavers." Poster is te... More
$5.00 W[ar] S[avings] S[tamps] for $4.12 Save and buy for cash or inst...
Poster is text only. War Savings Stamps issued by the United States government. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
10,000,000 members by Christmas On Christmas eve, a candle in every wi...
Poster showing a holly-decked candle in a window, with the Red Cross symbol in its glow. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
Join - Red Cross work must go on! All you need is a heart and a dollar...
Poster showing a Red Cross nurse. Public domain photograph of nurses, hospital, medical care, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
République Française. 3e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale
Marianne standing on a globe surrounded by flags. Translation of title: French Republic. The 3rd National Defense Loan. Signed: A. Lelong. Woodward & Lothrop, donor. Promotional goal: Fr. J8. 1917. Item is n... More
I want you for the Navy Apply any recruiting station or postmaster / /...
Poster showing a young woman in Navy uniform jacket and cap. 1129 2nd Ave., near 59th St., N.Y. City. Stamped: U.S. Government Property, $5000 fine and imprisonment for defacing. Forms part of: Willard and Doro... More
Team work will win the war! / Phifer ; Industrial Conservation, N.Y.
Poster showing Uncle Sam driving a wagon of supplies and munitions, "American Industry," drawn by two horses "Wage Earner" and Wage Payer." A tiny bird comments, "He had no use for a whip." Title continues: Eve... More
Milliarden VII Kriegsanleihe, millionen Kriegsanleihe Versicherung / W...
Poster shows a woman and child and an elderly man placing coins in a large bag surrounded by oak leaves. In the background a soldier and another woman with her child. Text encourages people to subscribe for the... More
National service. National security. No shirking. Enrol to-day. Forms ...
Poster is text only, with emblem of the National Service Industrial Army, 1917. Series B.1.
Zeichnet 4. Kriegsanleihe / HL.
Poster shows the doubled-headed Austrian eagle, holding a sword in its talons.Text announces the fourth war bond drive. From: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.
U.S. Army and Navy bazaar, Grand Central Palace / Will B. Johnstone, N...
Poster for fundraising event showing a soldier helping a wounded soldier on a battlefield. Auspices of Army & Navy Field Comfort Committee. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
Poster - Now! Victory Bonds / Sampson. - Public domain lithograph
Poster shows a soldier with his arms spread . Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The ships are coming United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Cor...
Poster showing a large eagle flying above ships setting sail for a distant shore in flames. Issued by Publications Section, Emergency Fleet Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa.
Poster - Now for some music - Public domain lithograph
Poster showing a soldier unpacking a phonograph record as another looks on. Text continues: Draft your slacker records. They will go to camp or overseas through The National Phonograph-Records Recruiting Corps.
Buy Liberty Bonds - Public domain print
Poster showing a profile portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and a quote from the Gettysburg Address. "That government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth" A. Lincoln. No. 12-A.
Help deliver the goods. Do it now / Paus.
Sailor pulling cable over hook, large ammunition shells attached to cable.
ITALIAN WAR POSTERS - Public domain portrait photograph
A black and white drawing of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pioniere heraus! G.Kav.Schützen Div. / L. Zabel.
Poster shows a soldier carrying a shovel, pickax and a rifle; in background a line of ships. Text is call for sappers to join the G. Cavalry Protection Division, Berlin. Benefits are listed.
Save your child from autocracy and poverty. Buy war savings stamps. Un...
Nude child standing next to arm of the Statue of Liberty. Promotional goal: U.S. J8. 1918(?).
Souscrivez a l'Emprunt de la Liboeration! Lloyds Bank (France) and Nat...
A large tank emerging out of a trench onto a battlefield. Translation of title: Subscribe to the Liberation Loan. Lloyds Bank (France) and National Provincial Bank (France) Limited. Signed: Simay, 18. Baltimore... More
You kept fit and defeated the Hun - now set a high standard, a clean A...
Post-World War I poster promoting health in America, showing a soldier with an eagle perched on his shoulder. No. 21294. Title transcribed from item.
Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris. Emprunt National 1918. Pour hât...
Two women - one in Alsatian dress and the other in the costume of Lorraine. Translation of title: National discount bank of Paris. Subscribe to [the] National Loan 1918. To hasten victory, and see us again soo... More
Souscrivez à l'Emprunt de la Libération
French soldier holding a tattered French flag as two women from Alsace-Lorraine look on. Translation of title: Subscribe to the Liberation Loan. Signed: Henri Royer. Three other issues: POS - Fr .R69 no. 2 (wit... More
Freischar Loeschebrand, der Garde Kavallerie Schützen Division. Offizi...
Poster shows a Landesknecht soldier beating a drum. Text encourages officers and enlisted soldiers, familiar with all weapons, to join the Freischar Loeschebrand. Place of registration and benefits are listed.
Keep the stars shining for Uncle Sam - Join the Quartermaster Corps / ...
Poster showing Uncle Sam in a quartermaster's uniform. Text continues: For your future success, be a business soldier in the United States Army. Enlistment for one or three years are [sic] now being made at [bl... More
Willst Du dies? Vereinigung zur Bekämphung des Bolschewismus / Paul He...
Poster shows a grieving woman clutching a child and infant; next to her stands an evil-looking man holding a blood-soaked knife. In the background a mass of people with weapons and a house in flames. Text: Is t... More
Engineers blaze the trail for education! The engineers can place men f...
U.S. Army recruiting poster showing a group of men carrying the tools of the engineering trades, also shown is a list of educational opportunities available to new recruits.
Alte Frontsoldaten ... Das Vaterland is in Gefahr! Eile tut not! / R. ...
Poster shows head-and-shoulders portrait of a German soldier. Text is a call for veterans to join the border-guard batallion Spandau, stating "the Fatherland is in danger! This is an emergency!" Registration ad... More
Erwürgt nicht die junge Freiheit durch Unordnung und Brudermord; sonst...
Poster shows a naked little boy holding a red flag. Text: Don't strangle the young freedom with chaos and fratricide or else your children will go hungry. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.
Deutschlands ideale Zukunft unter der Herrschaft des Bolschewisten / M...
Poster shows a gigantic Russian man standing on the burning ruins of a city. Text: Germany's ideal future under the leadership of the Bolsheviks. Poster issued by the Association to Combat Bolshevism. Forms par... More
Electric Institute of Washington. Poster copy on ironer
Public domain photograph of commerce and advertising, 1920s-1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
On the stage - in person, Hardeen, brother of Houdini handcuffs and ja...
At head of title: Lyric Theatre, Beckley, Wed. & Thur., Jan. 29-30." Created by "Triangle Poster Printing Co., Phila." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of: Magic... More
Catalina: Now see Santa Catalina, the Scenic Riviera of the U.S.A. ......
Travel poster for tourism to Santa Catalina Island, California, showing a church and a plaza with a ship passing by in the distance.
"Take your choice" Play and music by Ernst Bacon, Phil Mathias, Raisch...
Advertising poster for a musical comedy shows stylized silhouette of a man in a spotlight.
"The amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" by Barre Lyndon
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" at the Hollywood Playhouse, showing light from a suspended lamp. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
Tuberculosis Don't kiss me! : Your kiss of affection - the germ of inf...
Poster about tuberculosis in children and methods of transmission, showing a child wearing a bib. Town of Hempstead, W.H. Runcie M.D. Health Officer. Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Work Projects Administra... More
Regional art exhibition - New Jersey and New York State Federal Art Pr...
Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of regional art (New Jersey and New York) at the Federal Art Gallery, 225 West 57 St., New York City, showing a stylized eagle and palette.
Smoke over Des Moines, why Des Moines Public Forums / / designed & mad...
Poster announcing a citywide public forum with the St. Louis Smoke Commissioner to be held at Roosevelt High School, Des Moines, Iowa, and neighborhood forums with Royal H. Holbrook. Illustration shows smoke po... More
Minstrel poster. Alabama - safety film negatives, Library of Congress
Public domain photograph of Alabama in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Keep fit ... get your test now / Kreger.
City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium poster promoting testing for tuberculosis and showing two athletes hurdling barriers "malnutrition" and "heart disease" and a third athlete stumbling over the b... More
WPA Federal Theatre Playhouse, Tulane and Miro, world premiere of "Afr...
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "African Vineyard" at the Federal Theatre Playhouse, Tulane and Miro, Los Angeles, California, showing an African American woman with a basket of fruit and flo... More
"Last night of Don Juan" - Federal theatre project. Public domain post...
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Last Night of Don Juan" at the Musart Theatre (formerly Egan), 1320 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, Calif., showing gondola. Work Projects Administration Pos... More
Art - Free neighborhood classes for adults ... enroll now
Poster from the WPA Adult Education program of the Chicago Board of Education announcing free neighborhood art classes, showing men and women working at easels. Date stamped on verso: May 22 1937. Work Projects... More
Regional poster exhibition, New York City
Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of posters from New York and New Jersey at the Federal Art Gallery, 225 West 57th Street, New York City, showing abstract design. Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. Wo... More
The Federal Theatre Div. of WPA presents "Brothers" by Herbert Ashton ...
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Brothers" at the President Theatre, showing two men turned away from one another and removing gloves. Date stamped on verso: Jul 8 1937. Work Projects Adminis... More
Understanding the arts / Shari.
Poster promoting the study of the arts, showing abstract print. Date stamped on verso: Jan 8 1942. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. ... More
Parks exhibition International Building, Rockefeller Center / / execut...
Poster for exhibition at the International Building, Rockefeller Center, New York City, showing stylized illustration of tree in front of cage containing a wild cat. Date stamped on verso: Apr 16 1937. Work Pro... More
Posters exhibition Executed under Federal Art Project poster division.
Poster for exhibition of posters from the Federal Art Project poster division at the Federal Art Gallery, 7 East 38th St., New York City, showing art supplies. Date stamped on verso: Mar 21 1941. Work Projects ... More
Rural Pennsylvania / Katherine Milhous.
Poster promoting Pennsylvania, showing children from a religious community. Date stamped on verso: May 2 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christop... More
Federal WPA Variety Theatre presents vaudeville 9 big acts : Comedy, s...
Poster for Federal Theatre Project vaudeville show featuring "Tumble In, Redeck & Dexter, Leddy Brothers, Bronson & Delaney, Yvette & Lazar, Emil Jarrow, Dance Parade Review, Lane & Byron, [and] Laing Bros.," s... More
Federal Theatre Marionettes present "A Christmas carol"
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "A Christmas Carol" at the Repertory Theatre, showing a man in period costume playing a horn while walking down a street. Work Projects Administration Poster C... More
"Cradle snatchers" Cradle snatching! at Pickering Park Playhouse.
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Cradle Snatchers" at the Pickering Park Playhouse, San Bernardino, Calif., showing an old woman holding a man in her arms next to a cradle. Work Projects Admi... More
History of civic services in the city of New York Police No. 1 : The r...
Poster for Federal Art Project series on the history of civic services, showing citizens patrolling the town, a person hanging from the waist from a gallows, and a person in the stocks, in 1658; the fortified "... More
Airplane mechanics course
Poster announcing training opportunities in airplane mechanics in such areas as airplane factory worker, airport worker, aero rigger mechanic, and airplane mechanic.
"Dracula" by Hamilton Deane and John L. Dalderston [i.e. Balderston] T...
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Dracula" at the Mason Opera House, showing a large bat. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).
War workers need homes. Posters prepared by the Division of Informatio...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
War Production Board poster. Poster distributed by the WPB to war plan...
Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Plant a victory garden. Poster distributed by the Office of War Inform...
Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Third annual exhibition, Sioux City Camera Club
Poster for the Sioux City Camera Club's third annual exhibition at the Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Date stamped on verso: Jul 5 1940.
Poster. Strawberry farmers union
Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The halftrac production department of an Ohio tire plant now handling ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Poster advertising sideshow at the Rutland Fair, Rutland, Vermont
Public domain photograph of sport activity, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Washington, D.C. Advertising posters in front of the Trans Lux Theatre
Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Absentee posters. The labor-management committee of the Kearney and Tr...
Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a woman standing in front of a poster. Offi...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[ Danny Kaye standing outside next to a theatre poster - scene from "K...
Production photograph from the film "Knock on Wood." (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use fo... More
San Pedro Drive-In Theater, angle from right, gray sky, Gaffey Street,...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies categories: Mural and decorated screens; Drive-in movie theaters & signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2007 (DLC/PP-2007:125). C... More
The Children's object book - Rare book, public domain, Library of Cong...
"Designed in England and printed by G. Loewensohn at Fürth, Bavaria"--Front pastedown. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Votes for women : international suffragists' song
E386641 U.S. Copyright Office 19160615 For voice and piano. Color illustration of 3 suffragists, 2 playing trumpets, 1 holding a flag emblazoned with the word Liberty. Staff notation.
Stenographers! Washington needs you! / Still.
Poster shows a woman seated at a desk with a stenotype machine; she is turned away from the viewer, looking at the silhouette of a soldier and the dome of U.S. Capitol. Caption label from exhibit "World War I .... More
Get behind the girl he left behind him Join the land army / / Guenther...
Poster showing a young woman tending a garden, with a drawing of a soldier in the background. Copyright by New York State Land Army Membership Committee. Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War : American Experien... More
It's a woman's war too! Join the WAVES--Your country needs you now--Ap...
Uniformed woman operating radio. Promotional goal: U.S. F34.J7. 1942. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by She... More
Poster - The sidewalks of New York - Public domain lithograph
Caption: A few of the characters shown on the sidewalks of New York. Created and "copyright 1899 by The Strobridge Litho Co, Cincinnati & New York." N.Y. no. 8614. Vignette captions: Herald Square at midnight ... More
A Tammany tiger a melodrama of New York life by H. Grattan Donnelly.
Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cincinnati = New York." NY-7033. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Secret service by William Gillette. during American Civil War
Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Poster - The journal / LJR. - Public domain lithograph
Charioteer driving chariot, with cherub holding onto harness. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hartz, premier conjurateur - Public domain portrait print
Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Blaney's extravaganza success, A female drummer
"Russell-Morgan Print." Blaney and Vance, managers. Caption: Bargain day sale of corsets. Created and "copyrighted 1898 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3526. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collect... More
Poster - Uncle Tom's cabin - Public domain lithograph
R12448 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Uncle Tom. Created by "A.S. Seer's Union Square Print., N.Y.; copyrighted by A. S. Seer, May 1886." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Thurston the great magician the wonder show of the universe.
Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hollywood Playhouse [presents] "Will Shakespeare" by Clemence Dane His...
William Shakespeare books and illustrations The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a New Deal program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 as a response to the high unemployment during t... More
Primrose & West's Big Minstrels
Caption: W. H. Windom, the famous alto : author of "The fatal wedding" and other popular songs. Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." Upper right corner missing. Forms par... More
Fred R. Hamlin's musical extravaganza, The wizard of Oz
Caption: The Tin Man. Created by "The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 7007. Signed: To Spider Rathburn, now I'm oil-right. Dave Montgomery by Fred Stone. Jan. 14, 1936. Gi... More
Gee!! I wish I were a man, I'd join the Navy Be a man and do it - Unit...
Poster showing a young woman in a Navy uniform. Exhibited: "World War I and American Art" at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 2016 - April 2017; at the New-York Historical Soci... More
Learn to make and test the big guns - better yourself, enlist and lear...
Poster showing large coast artillery batteries firing. Ordnance recruiting poster, no. 2. Promotional goal: U.S. J22. 1919 ; U.S. B36. J2. 1919.
For president Grover Cleveland, of New York - for vice president Thoma...
Print shows Grover Cleveland, bust portrait, facing right, and Thomas A. Hendricks, bust portrait, facing left, in medallion, with an American flag, an eagle, and two branches between them.
Index of American Design / RW., Native Americans
Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of art work from the "Index of American Design," at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., showing a weather vane in the shape of a Native American. ... More
The roaring success, George H. Broadhurst's latest farce, What happene...
C259505 U.S. Copyright Office "An 18 karat comedy without a flaw N.Y. Telegram; You laugh until the tears roll down your cheeks Alan Dale-N.Y. journal." Broadhurst Bros., proprietors. Caption: Jones gets his wi... More
On the Bowery, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920
Z49607 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The bum drinks the alcohol from the cigar lighter. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti. N.Y." No. 6127. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collect... More
The Virginian by Owen Wister and Kirke La Shelle.
G xxc 15980? U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright, 1903, by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 7249. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Down in Dixie written by Scott Marble.
C263235 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Brought to bay : the genial squire has the nippers on both villains, while the merry heroine un-wigs the counterfeit Negro. Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge L... More
Olga Nethersole's version of Sapho by Clyde Fitch.
Created by "The Metropolitan Print., 222 to 232 W. 26th St., New York." Gift; Maxine Williams; 1973. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
The High Rollers Extravaganza Co.
34899 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Initiating a High Roller. Created and "copyright 1899 Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." No. 2693. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)
Coming! Coming! The greatest moving picture and stereopticon exhibitio...
Broadside announcing "The very latest productions" shows people watching a motion picture in a theater. Caption continues: Thrilling dramas - Roaring comedies - Scenes from all over the World - Interesting and... More
Buy a United States government bond of the 2nd Liberty Loan of 1917 / ...
Poster showing Uncle Sam gesturing towards troops, ships, and planes around the Statue of Liberty. "Shall we be more tender with our dollars than with the lives of our sons", W.G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treas... More
Gay Masqueraders Gorgeous Extravaganza Co. everything new.
52626 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: Adgie and her den of performing lions. Created and "copyrighted 1898 by The U.S. Printing Company, Cin., O." No. 3347. Forms part of: Theatrical post... More