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Palais du Trocadéro. Grande matinée de bienfaisance au bénéfices des veuves et des orphelins . . .

Palais du Trocadéro. Grande matinée de bienfaisance au bénéfices des v...

A French soldier standing with the deceased soldier's family at his grave. Translation of title: Trocadéro Palace. A charity matinee performance to benefit widows and orphans . . . Signed: L. Jonas. Promotional... More

La visiteuse d'hygiéne vous montrera le chemin de la santé. Elle mène une croisade contre la tuberculose et la mortalité infantile. Soutenez-la!

La visiteuse d'hygiéne vous montrera le chemin de la santé. Elle mène ...

A woman holding the symbol of the youth of France, a naked child, who is wearing a Phrygian cap. Translation of title: The health inspector will show you the road to health. She is leading a crusade against tu... More

Ständige Kunst Ausstellung des Feldgrauen Künstler-Bundes ...

Ständige Kunst Ausstellung des Feldgrauen Künstler-Bundes ...

Poster shows the monogram for the Feldgrauen Künstler-Bundes, a large "F" in the shape of a sword, with "K" and "B" on either side. Text announces the permanent art exhibit of the Armed Forces Art Association, ... More

4e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale

4e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale

The allied flags bearing down on Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941). Translation of title: The 4th National Defense Loan. Signed: Abel Faivre. Another issue: POS - Fr .F35, no. 8 (same image and different text; 79 ... More

War saving stamps. Make your sixpences grow into pounds / J.R. & C.

War saving stamps. Make your sixpences grow into pounds / J.R. & C.

Poster showing savings stamps, how to collect 31 of them on a card, and how to use the card to purchase a War Savings Certificate redeemable for £1 after five years. Poster no. 108. (2276) Wt. 19080/2721 20125 ... More

Poster - 8. Kriegsanleihe / W. Kühn. - Public domain lithograph

Poster - 8. Kriegsanleihe / W. Kühn. - Public domain lithograph

Poster shows soldiers, some holding laurel wreaths, celebrating beneath two large columns decorated with laurel and having eternal flames(?) on top. Text: 8th War Loan. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgesch... More

Völkerfriede, Freundschaft, Brüderlichkeit! Fort mit allem Hasse! ...

Völkerfriede, Freundschaft, Brüderlichkeit! Fort mit allem Hasse! ...

Poster shows two angels holding a banner which declares Peace for the People, Friendship and Brotherhood! Away with hate! Remainder of text is a plea for cooperation and peace between Germans and Poles. Forms p... More

ARC city at Pisa. Workmen leaving

ARC city at Pisa. Workmen leaving

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Commission to Italy. Group title: Reconstruction, Italy. Data: Popular Mechan... More

Souscrivez à l'Emprunt de la Libération

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

Die 9. Kriegsanleihe! / Otto Ubbelohde.

Die 9. Kriegsanleihe! / Otto Ubbelohde.

Poster shows a farmer cutting grain with a scythe; in background, haystacks, a city, a river, factories, mountains and a rainbow. Text announces the 9th War Loan with a poem: Germany has perpetuity, it is a sou... More

Yours not to do and die - yours but to go and buy Victory Bonds, 1918

Yours not to do and die - yours but to go and buy Victory Bonds, 1918

Poster showing soldiers with bayonets about to charge. W.P. No. 8.

Souscrivez au IVéme Emprunt et le drapeau tricolore, á Strasbourg, annonçera au monde le règne de la paix, de la liberté, de la justice

Souscrivez au IVéme Emprunt et le drapeau tricolore, á Strasbourg, ann...

Three French soldiers on a hillside in a forest overlooking Strasbourg. In the distant horizon is an enlarged Strasbourg Cathedral with a French flag hanging from it. A German observation balloon is tethered a... More

Every dollar spent in Canada --  Victory Loan -- prosperity

Every dollar spent in Canada -- Victory Loan -- prosperity

Poster shows an arm reaching down from sky with bills and coins in hand; below a landscape, with "prosperity" written over the rising sun. W.P. 6.

Elles servent la France--Tout le monde peut servir--Souscrivons à l'Emprunt de la Victoire

Elles servent la France--Tout le monde peut servir--Souscrivons à l'Em...

Poster showing three women pulling a plow. Adapted from photo by Brown Bros. No. W.P. 7. Title translated: They serve France. Everyone can serve. Buy Victory Bonds.

Achte Kriegs-Anleihe: je gewaltiger das Ergebnis, desto früher ein guter Frieden! / Bernhard.

Achte Kriegs-Anleihe: je gewaltiger das Ergebnis, desto früher ein gut...

Poster announcing the eighth war loan, suggesting that the stronger the result, the sooner there will be a just peace. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

Semez du blé. C'est de l'or pour la France / Suzanne Ferrand.

Semez du blé. C'est de l'or pour la France / Suzanne Ferrand.

A large sickle, a sheaf of wheat, and a French flag in the background. Translation of title: Grow wheat. It is gold for France. Another issue: POS - Fr .E26, no. 9 (with same title; 54 x 36 cm.). From a group ... More

Four years in the fight. The women of France, we owe them houses of cheer. United War Work Campaign. Y.W.C.A.

Four years in the fight. The women of France, we owe them houses of ch...

Women working in a factory. Signed: L. Jonas. Promotional goal: U.S. G2. 1918//Fr. F34.J7. 1918. Item is no. 180 & 234 in a printed checklist available in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Reading ... More

Have you a Red Cross service flag? / Jessie Willcox Smith.

Have you a Red Cross service flag? / Jessie Willcox Smith.

Boy putting Red Cross service emblem on window. Promotional goal: U.S. G21. 1918. Copyright by the American Red Cross.

[Vive la France!] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Vive la France!] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Woman (symbol of France) dressed in a French military uniform holding the French flag. Translation of title: [Long live France!] Title supplied by curator. Copyright 1918 by H.G. Klotz & Co., New York. Promoti... More

Société Marseillaise de Crédit. Souscrivez á l'Emprunt de la Libération

Société Marseillaise de Crédit. Souscrivez á l'Emprunt de la Libératio...

A man in 18th century clothes. In the background World War I soldiers on a battlefield. Translation of title: Société Marseillaise de Crédit. Subscribe to the Liberation Loan. Signed: Jacques Carlu. Promotiona... More

Left behind in Serbia - Send money for the women and children to the Serbian Relief, 70 Fifth Avenue, New York / Boardman Robinson.

Left behind in Serbia - Send money for the women and children to the S...

Poster showing victims in need of war relief. Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Red Cross Christmas roll call December 16th to 23rd / / E. H. Blashfield 1918.

Red Cross Christmas roll call December 16th to 23rd / / E. H. Blashfie...

Poster showing a figure of Columbia holding a pen, and a Red Cross nurse with a scroll, inscribed "Where Columbia sets her name, let every one of you follow her."

Have you answered the Red Cross Christmas roll call? / Harrison Fisher.

Have you answered the Red Cross Christmas roll call? / Harrison Fisher...

Poster showing a Red Cross nurse in a cloak, extending her hand, as soldiers march behind with an American flag. Copyright by American National Red Cross. No. 2xD-3.

Vier Wochen neunte Kriegsanleihe - vier Schicksalswochen des Vaterlands! ... Deutschland zur Wahr -- dem Feind zur Lehr! / Bernhard.

Vier Wochen neunte Kriegsanleihe - vier Schicksalswochen des Vaterland...

Poster reminding people there are only four fateful weeks left to to subscribe to the 9th War Loan. Text continues: Germany will persevere -- the enemy will be taught a lesson!

Sammelt Brennessel! Wenn ihr Kleidung und Faden wollt! / Geis 1918.

Sammelt Brennessel! Wenn ihr Kleidung und Faden wollt! / Geis 1918.

Poster shows a girl collecting stinging nettles. Text: Collect stinging nettles if you want clothing and thread. Information available from the Bayerische Nesselstelle, Munich. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für ... More

Bolshewismus bringt Krieg, Arbeitslosigkeit und Hungersnot. Vereinigung zur Bekämpfung des Bolshewismus / Schnackenberg, Dez. 18.

Bolshewismus bringt Krieg, Arbeitslosigkeit und Hungersnot. Vereinigun...

Poster shows a large angel holding an olive branch and a scroll with the words "National ...amlung" standing in front of a mass of German soldiers and civilians. In front of the angel is an anarchist holding a ... More

See him through--Help us to help the boys / Burton Rice ; American Lithographic Co., N.Y.

See him through--Help us to help the boys / Burton Rice ; American Lit...

Poster showing a man in Knights of Columbus uniform gesturing toward soldiers in battle. United War Work Campaign - Week of November 11 - 1918. National Catholic War Council, Knights of Columbus.

Hunger knows no armistice--Near East Relief / M. Leone Bracker 1919 ; Alco-Gravure Inc., New York-Baltimore.

Hunger knows no armistice--Near East Relief / M. Leone Bracker 1919 ; ...

Poster showing a woman and children, cowering in distress. 937 Woodward Building, campaign headquarters, Near East Relief, 819 15th Street.

Come along - learn something, see something in the U.S. Navy Ample shore leave for inland sights / / painted by James H. Daugherty ; Press Navy Recruiting Bureau N.Y.

Come along - learn something, see something in the U.S. Navy Ample sho...

Poster showing two sailors as tourists in South America, riding and feeding bananas to a llama.

Learn and earn There's a trade and an education for young men in the Ordnance Department U-S-A / / Falls ; Engineer Reproduction Plant, U.S. Army, Washington Barracks, D.C.

Learn and earn There's a trade and an education for young men in the O...

Poster showing a mechanic wearing goggles, welding a part of a tank. Ordnance Recruiting Poster No. 1. U.S. Army Ordnance No. 1503-i. Text continues: For particulars apply [blank].

Which? Soldier or mechanic - enlist in the engineers and be both / LH.

Which? Soldier or mechanic - enlist in the engineers and be both / LH.

U.S. Army recruiting poster showing a man in civilian clothing and a soldier in uniform working as engineers.

Poster - Over there -- over here - Public domain lithograph

Poster - Over there -- over here - Public domain lithograph

Educational poster showing the terrible living conditions overseas, and the good living conditions here in the United States, with happy man running with pay check. Copyright by the Stanley Service Co. No. 21.

Was wir verlieren sollen! / Louis Oppenheim.

Was wir verlieren sollen! / Louis Oppenheim.

Poster shows a picture graph of what Germany will lose if Silesia becomes part of Poland, including land mass, population, coal production, grain and potato production, steel production, all colonies and the me... More

An education for you Join the tanks U.S. Army / / J.P. Wharton, 1st Lt. Tank Corps.

An education for you Join the tanks U.S. Army / / J.P. Wharton, 1st Lt...

U.S. Army Tank Corps recruiting poster showing a man making repairs to a tank. A.G.O.R.S. no. 208, 10-24-19.

Ligue Nationale anti Austro-Allemande: Exigez une facture garantissant l'origine du produit

Ligue Nationale anti Austro-Allemande: Exigez une facture garantissant...

A muddy French boot is kicking a German helmet over the Rhine river. Translation of title: National League against the Austrians and Germans. Demand a bill of sale guaranteeing the origin of a product. Promo... More

Ariaki - Drawing. Public domain image.

Ariaki - Drawing. Public domain image.

Watercolor of ariaki (daybreak) cherry blossoms. Transfer; Asian Division; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:130).

Mrs. Elsie Sellers, colorist in the U.S. Dept. of Agrl., makes posters and lantern slides for fairs and conventions throughout the country

Mrs. Elsie Sellers, colorist in the U.S. Dept. of Agrl., makes posters...

Mrs. Elsie Sellers, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing slightly left, painting. National Photo Company Collection. No. 20357.

G.H. Buek, residence in East Hampton. Four poster bed

G.H. Buek, residence in East Hampton. Four poster bed

Photo shows interior of home of Gustav H. Buek, resident until 1928 of the John Howard Payne Memorial home ("Home Sweet Home"), James Lane, East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York (Source: New York Times, June 7... More

The master mentalist, Newmann the man who knows and his marvelous show of wonders : including the science baffling Simla seance.

The master mentalist, Newmann the man who knows and his marvelous show...

Includes small portrait of Newmann and small half-tone images of 2 posters advertising his performances. At head of title: The wonder show of the century! Created by Allied Printing. Transferred from; LC Rare B... More

Spanish War posters - Public domain movie poster

Spanish War posters - Public domain movie poster

Public domain photograph of sport activity, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Circus posters. Alabama. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Circus posters. Alabama. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Minstrel poster in Alabama town

Minstrel poster in Alabama town

Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Industrial designs by Joe Funk, Ottumwa Art Center / designed & made by Iowa Art Program, W.P.A.

Industrial designs by Joe Funk, Ottumwa Art Center / designed & made b...

Poster for exhibition of industrial designs at the Ottumwa Art Center, showing arrangement of several manufactured items. Date stamped on verso: Oct 29 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Libr... More

Public forum - H. Duncan Hall, former high official of the League of Nations, will discuss the essential conditions of any lasting peace / designed & made by Iowa Art Program, W.P.A.

Public forum - H. Duncan Hall, former high official of the League of N...

Poster announcing a public forum in Des Moines, Iowa. Date stamped on verso: Nov 8 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Exhibition Materials for the artist / / J.R.

Exhibition Materials for the artist / / J.R.

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Don't fight cancer alone Ask these agencies for advice [....]

Don't fight cancer alone Ask these agencies for advice [....]

Poster encouraging cancer patients to seek information from various agencies, showing a woman holding a caduceus and standing on a crab. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Caption continues: Your state or local... More

Eat fruit - be healthy - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Eat fruit - be healthy - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congres...

Poster promoting proper dietary habits, showing stylized fruit. Date stamped on verso: Sep 2 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Federal W.P.A. Theatre Yiddish Unit presents "The tailor becomes a storekeeper" A comedy by David Pinski with music.

Federal W.P.A. Theatre Yiddish Unit presents "The tailor becomes a sto...

Poster for Federal Theatre Yiddish Unit presentation of "The Tailor Becomes a Storekeeper" at the Great Northern Theatre, 26 W. Jackson near State, Chicago, Illinois, showing a man and a sewing machine, with so... More

Graphic arts - wood sculpture, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Gallery, Springfield, Mass.

Graphic arts - wood sculpture, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Gallery...

Poster announcing graphic arts and wood sculpture exhibition at the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Gallery, Springfield, Mass. Date stamped on verso: Apr 21 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection... More

[WPA poster design showing the head and hands of a woman holding flowers and wheat above a blank banner]

[WPA poster design showing the head and hands of a woman holding flowe...

Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Stamped on verso: New York State WPA Art Program. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

WPA national print exhibition, Federal Art Gallery

WPA national print exhibition, Federal Art Gallery

Poster announcing exhibition of fine prints at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon Street, Boston, showing roller and tube of printers ink. Date stamped on verso: Aug 31 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster... More

Suburban Resettlement Administration poster

Suburban Resettlement Administration poster

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Division of Womens and Professional Projects of the Works Progress Administration presents an exhibition of the skills of the unemployed on non-manual projects National Museum, 10th Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

The Division of Womens and Professional Projects of the Works Progress...

Poster for exhibition of works by unemployed persons at the National Museum in Washington, D.C., showing stylized eagle. Date stamped on verso: Jan 25 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Libra... More

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

Exhibition of housing photographs Produced by Federal Art Project, Wor...

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of photographs. Date stamped on verso: Aug 26 1939. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Art classes for children / REK - Public domain portrait drawing

Art classes for children / REK - Public domain portrait drawing

Poster showing a child drawing. Date stamped on verso: Feb 16 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press, c19... More

New Trier evening school Classes for adults, Wednesday evenings 7:30 - 9:30.

New Trier evening school Classes for adults, Wednesday evenings 7:30 -...

Poster showing a woman wearing an apron with her hand in a bowl of food. Date stamped on verso: Mar 25 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Exhibit 1st anniversary Art Center : Visit your art center.

Exhibit 1st anniversary Art Center : Visit your art center.

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition commemorating the first anniversary of the Art Center, 59 S. State St., Salt Lake City, Utah, showing a hand with an eye. Date stamped on verso: Nov 28 1939. Work Proje... More

A sparkling musical revue "Gaieties of 1936"

A sparkling musical revue "Gaieties of 1936"

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Gaieties of 1936" at the Greek Open Air Theatre, Vermont Avenue at Griffith Park, showing orchestra and dancing girls. Federal Stage Shows, Div. of W.P.A. Wor... More

The Path of Flowers - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Congress

The Path of Flowers - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of...

The Path of Flowers a new farce comedy by Valentine Katayev experimental theatre (daly's) 63rd east of broadway evenings at 8:40 admission 25c to 55c WPA federal theatre project (Content)

Exhibition Oil paintings from the easel division : N.Y.C. WPA Art Project, Work Projects Administration.

Exhibition Oil paintings from the easel division : N.Y.C. WPA Art Proj...

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of oil paintings. Date stamped on verso: Mar 24 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

WPA in Ohio Federal Music Project presents Verdi's grand opera "Il trovatore" Cast of 75 : Rudolph Schueller director.

WPA in Ohio Federal Music Project presents Verdi's grand opera "Il tro...

Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of "Il Trovatore." Date stamped on verso: Mar 1 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Can you stop? - Speed and stopping distance - Iowa State Safety Council / designed & produced by Iowa Art Program.

Can you stop? - Speed and stopping distance - Iowa State Safety Counci...

Safety poster features a chart including miles per hour, feet per second, and estimated distance required to react, brake, and stop a vehicle. Date stamped on verso: Sep 16 1940. Work Projects Administration Po... More

WPA water colors, prints exhibition, Federal Art Gallery / HG [monogram].

WPA water colors, prints exhibition, Federal Art Gallery / HG [monogra...

Poster announcing WPA exhibition of watercolors and prints at the Federal Art Gallery, 50 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. Date stamped on verso: Nov 8 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of ... More

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

"The tailor becomes a storekeeper" A grotesque comedy by David Pinski ...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "The Tailor Becomes a Storekeeper" at Daly's Theatre, 63rd Street east of Broadway, New York City, showing a hand holding a fish being cut in half with sissors... More

Federal Theatre, La Cadena and Mt. Vernon, presents Leslie Howard's "Murray Hill" Society farce-comedy.

Federal Theatre, La Cadena and Mt. Vernon, presents Leslie Howard's "M...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Murray Hill" at the Federal Theatre, La Cadena and Mt. Vernon Aves., showing a couple being driven in a horse-drawn carriage. Work Projects Administration Po... More

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

The Federal Theater Div. of W.P.A. presents "Blind alley," by James Wa...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Blind Alley" at the President Theatre, showing an alley. Date stamped on verso: Jul 8 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

"Revue of reviews" a musical satire of today Hollywood Playhouse, Vine near Hollywood Blvd. : Federal Theatre Project div. of W.P.A.

"Revue of reviews" a musical satire of today Hollywood Playhouse, Vine...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Revue of Reviews" at the Hollywood Playhouse, showing open program with illustration and text. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

First anniversary Federal Theatre production and world premiere of "Rachel's man" A dramatization of the life of America's most colorful soldier-statesman Andrew Jackson.

First anniversary Federal Theatre production and world premiere of "Ra...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Rachel's Man" at the Savoy, showing silhouette of Andrew Jackson. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Night Must Fall - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Congress

Night Must Fall - Public domain poster, Music division, Library of Con...

Text on Poster: Mason Opera House 2 Weeks Starts May 3 Emlyn Williams’ Horror Drama (Content)

Four-poster bed with canopy and mosquito bar in home near Lutcher, Louisiana

Four-poster bed with canopy and mosquito bar in home near Lutcher, Lou...

Public domain photograph of bed, bedroom, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Federal Theatre Project presents "Festival of American dance" featuring "An American exodus"

Federal Theatre Project presents "Festival of American dance" featurin...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of a "Festival of American Dance" featuring "An American Exodus" showing a man and a woman dancing.

Groups of Arabs before el-Aksa [i.e., al-Aqsa] Mosque reading rebel posters. Friday Sept. 16, 1938, closer-up

Groups of Arabs before el-Aksa [i.e., al-Aqsa] Mosque reading rebel po...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ohio WPA paintings through March

Ohio WPA paintings through March

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of WPA artists from Ohio, at 4300 Euclid, showing column and birds. Date stamped on verso: Mar 3 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congre... More

Elmer Rice's "Judgement day" - Federal theatre project. Public domain poster.

Elmer Rice's "Judgement day" - Federal theatre project. Public domain ...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Judgement Day" at the Hollywood Playhouse, Los Angeles, Calif., showing Justice holding a scale. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Cuyahoga County Opera Association and Federal Music Project present "Giroflé Girofla" by Charles Le Coq Comic opera.

Cuyahoga County Opera Association and Federal Music Project present "G...

Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of "Giroflé Girofla" at the Holy Family Auditorium, E. 131 St. and Chapleside. Date stamped on verso: Jul 20 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (L... More

"Why men leave home" by Avery Hopwood

"Why men leave home" by Avery Hopwood

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Why Men Leave Home" at the Mason Opera House, showing a broken heart. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

War poster - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

War poster - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain scan of World War One propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

World's fair IBM show Art of 79 countries.

World's fair IBM show Art of 79 countries.

Poster for World's Fair IBM presentation of art from around the world at the Utah Art Center, 59 S. State St., Salt Lake City, Utah, showing framed illustration in red and blue. Date stamped on verso: Aug 19 19... More

Exhibition Metropolitan housing project sketches, sculpture, ceramics, murals.

Exhibition Metropolitan housing project sketches, sculpture, ceramics,...

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of metropolitan housing project sketches, sculpture, ceramics, murals at the WPA Federal Art Gallery, 4300 Euclid Avenue. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1939. Work Proje... More

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Apache devil dancer from an Indian painting, Arizona / / Siegriest.

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...

Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Apache devil dancer. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of th... More

The Federal Theatre Project presents "Day is darkness" in 3 acts The famous anti-nazi play by George Fess : Directed by Adolph Freeman.

The Federal Theatre Project presents "Day is darkness" in 3 acts The f...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "Day is Darkness" at the Belasco Theatre, 1050 South Hill, showing a man standing with his arms spread before a ring of fire; some text in Yiddish. Work Projec... More

Children's drawings Art museum - classes.

Children's drawings Art museum - classes.

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of Children's drawings at the Federal Art Project Gallery, 807 Race St., showing drawing of a clown by Jack Wittrock, age 12. Date stamped on verso: Feb 18 1939. Work P... More

Poster, Chicago, Illinois. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Poster, Chicago, Illinois. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Office of War Information poster. Poster distributed by the OWI to war plants, recreation halls, libraries, schools, post offices, taverns, etc. The original comes in two sizes: twenty-eight inches by forty inches and twenty-two inches by twenty-eight inches and is printed in full color. Copies may be obtained from United States Information Center, 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

Office of War Information poster. Poster distributed by the OWI to war...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Make it right--They'll make it fight. Poster distributed by War Production Board (WPB) to war plants. The original is 22 inches x 28 inches and is printed in red and blue. Copies are obtainable from War Production Drive Headquarters, 1210 Raleigh Hotel, Washinton, D.C.

Make it right--They'll make it fight. Poster distributed by War Produc...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Office of Emergency Management (OEM) poster. "Keep 'Em Rolling" (PT boats)

Office of Emergency Management (OEM) poster. "Keep 'Em Rolling" (PT bo...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

War production drive poster. "Exhaust the Big Inflated Jap." This poster was very effective because it made use of the product--exhausts--made by the section of the Westinghouse factory in which it was displayed. The labor-management committee kept it up to date with production figures

War production drive poster. "Exhaust the Big Inflated Jap." This post...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

War Production Board poster. Poster produced by the WPB for distribution to shipyards. The original is 28 1/2 inches by 40 inches and is printed in full color. It was designed by the Office of War Information (OWI) from a painting by C.C. Beall. Copies may be obtained from Central Distribution Service, Office of Emergency Management (OEM), 1516 14th Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C.

War Production Board poster. Poster produced by the WPB for distributi...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Absentee posters. An employee in the janitor service of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, New Haven, Connecticut designed this poster which stresses the importance of full attendance to plant workers

Absentee posters. An employee in the janitor service of the Winchester...

Public domain photograph of Connecticut in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pierre van Paasen, noted foreign correspondent & author, will discuss democracy's last stand / designed & produced by Iowa Art Program WPA.

Pierre van Paasen, noted foreign correspondent & author, will discuss ...

Poster announcing a public forum at which Pierre van Paasen will lead a discussion on "democracy's last stand" held at Roosevelt High. Date stamped on verso: Oct 29 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Col... More

Poster issued by Bureau of Industrial Conservation of the War Production Board (WPB), and released by the Office for Emergency Management (OEM) urging householders to contribute waste materials for victory. This poster will be distributed on a national scale and will appear in the nation's store windows, schools, post offices, etc.

Poster issued by Bureau of Industrial Conservation of the War Producti...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Adolf Hitler - Print, Library of Congress collection

Adolf Hitler - Print, Library of Congress collection

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Wilk, Josef, artist. Number on verso: 46353. C... More

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

Join now The office of civilian defense needs you for decontamination ...

Poster encouraging civilians to join civil defense squads, showing a man in uniform spraying a building. Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Poster advertising sideshow at the Rutland Fair, Rutland, Vermont

Poster advertising sideshow at the Rutland Fair, Rutland, Vermont

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Checking over a dummy of hiArsenal of Democracy panel is the eminent posters artist Jean Carlu. The panel, which measured 15 by 30 feet, is on exhibit now at the National and Civilian Defense Exposition at Grand Central Palace, New York along with another of the same size representing the Four Freedoms. Shown under the auspices of the Office of Emergency Management (OEM), they will shortly be seen in a number of cities from coast to coast

Four Freedoms and Arsenal of Democracy posters. Checking over a dummy ...

Public domain photograph of New York in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The four freedoms. The panel is part of an exhibit prepared for the Office of War Information by Jean Carlu, eminent poster artist. The actual size of the panel is 15 x 30 feet. Another montage of the same size, The Arsenal of Democracy, comprises a companion piece to "The Four Freedoms" panel and completes the exhibit. This exhibit will be shown by the OWI in scores of cities throughout the country

The four freedoms. The panel is part of an exhibit prepared for the Of...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photography exhibition Photographs by the W.P.A. Federal Art Project.

Photography exhibition Photographs by the W.P.A. Federal Art Project.

Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of photographs at the Hotel Nassau, Long Beach, L.I., showing camera and photograph of buildings. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). ... More

"Boom Town ballyhoo" - sponsored by the A&R Department - at the Post Gym Glee club, singers, instrumentalists, comedy sketches : selected from the "Boom Town subdivision" of the A&R Dept.

"Boom Town ballyhoo" - sponsored by the A&R Department - at the Post G...

Poster for New York State A&R Dept. presentation of a Boom Town ballyhoo at the Post Gym, featuring a variety of acts, showing singers on a stage. Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Work Projects Administratio... More

A poster comes to life. "I've been waitin' for this moment," said George Woolslayer as he shook hands with his poster-model colleagues, Sergeant Vineyard and Chief Evans, "and I'm mighty proud." Although Woolslayer was somewhat more voluble than his service friends, all of the men admitted to being thrilled at the meeting. None had met before. It was the soldier's and sailor's first visit to a steel mill and they watched the operations with interest and laid down a continuous barrage of questions. Working on a rush order, Woolslayer was not able to leave his job to meet the other two at the station, as had been originally planned. Introducing the men is Robert Foster, (second from left) Woolslayer's boss. Allegheny-Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. "I've been waitin' for this moment," said Geor...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A poster comes to life. The roar of blast furnaces and the whistles of mill yard trains beat a rhythmic accompaniment to the words of Sergeant Vineyard and Chief Evans who spoke to a group of steelworkers at one of Allegheny-Ludlum's plants. At this informal gathering in the mill yard, the servicemen acknowledged their debt to the men at forge and furnace, men without whose work victory would be impossible

A poster comes to life. The roar of blast furnaces and the whistles of...

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