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Every Liberty Bond is a shot at a U boat--Fire your shot today--Buy a ...

Poster showing a shell, marked Second Liberty Loan, being shot toward German submarine. Exhibited: "Capitol Visitor Center" at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 2017.

Civilians, when we go through this we need all the help and comfort yo...

Poster showing a soldier reaching out above the chaos of battle. United War Work Campaign - Week of November 11, 1918. Gift; John Kluge; 2007; (DLC/PP-2007:024).

Buy a bond of the 2nd Liberty Loan and help win the war

Poster showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Woodrow Wilson and a quote from him. No. 8.

Will you help the women of France? Save wheat / Edward Penfield.

Three women pulling cultivating machine. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2007.

Mobilizing Michigan for farm and factory U.S. Employment Service surve...

Poster announcing employment opportunities for farm and industrial laborers in Michigan, showing a hand holding a wrench and a man on a tractor. Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43. Work Projects Administration P... More

[Golden Eyes with Uncle Sam (dog)]

Illustration shows a young woman, "Golden Eyes," dressed in a khaki-colored dress and cap standing with a collie dog named Uncle Sam who holds a "Liberty bond" on his collar. A nude kewpie-like figure bangs a d... More

Food is ammunition--don't waste it / J.E. Sheridan.

Produce in basket, soldiers with American flag on horseback in background. Promotional goal: U.S. J7. 1918(?).

Nur noch bis Mittwoch, 10. Dez., kann die Deutsche Spar-Prämien-Anleih...

Poster announces that the premium savings bond can only be subscribed to until Wednesday, Dec. 10. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

Boys and girls! You can help your Uncle Sam win the war - save your qu...

Poster showing Uncle Sam offering War Savings Stamps to a boy and girl. W.S.S. War Savings Stamps issued by the United States government. Form A-51.

Sailors' & Soldiers' Tobacco Fund. "Let us make every effort and see t...

Poster showing soldiers smoking outside a damaged church, as other soldiers march by. Contributions gratefully received by Hon. Sec., Central House, Kingsway, W.C.

Advantage of "famine prices" - Public domain portrait engraving

Cartoon showing a nurse about to give some quinine to a sickly boy who tells her that he wishes he was in Dixie because the cost of quinine is so high there that it would be unlikely she would waste it on him.

[Eight Confederate bills ranging in value from five to one hundred dol...

Copyright by William Lee, M.D. Plate II. Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fish & vegetable meals will save wheat, meat & fats for our soldiers a...

Poster shows an arrangement of fish and vegetables. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buy fresh fish, save the meat for our soldiers and allies / E. Henders...

Poster shows a butcher pointing at fish while a customer looks on.

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

Poster is text only, explaining the war loan. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buy war loan and you will help your country and our brave troops in th...

Poster showing a table of investments and yields. Poster no. 14.

Will your subscription mean to your family a sacrifice equal to that o...

No. 8. Poster is text only. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Empire's need. Men, munitions, money. Which are you supplying!

No. 7. Poster is text only. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A typical hut in Flanders / Edgar Wright., Flanders

Poster showing soldiers approaching a YMCA facility. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Help your country. Invest five [shillings] to-day in the war loan / pr...

Apply at nearest Post Office. No. 4. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buy a bulldog on June 16th & make our brave boys more comfortable. Bul...

Poster showing a bulldog, and faces of men wearing a variety of military hats. "Some club."

Cultivons notre potager / Louisette Jaeger, 14 ans.

Picture of carrots, cabbage, and potatoes. Translation of title: Let's grow a 'victory garden.' From a group of posters designed by school children and others, some marked "Affiche composée par les enfants de ... More

Le bon feu 1914-1915-1916. N'oubliez pas ceux qui ont froid

A man and a woman, wrapped in blankets, seated and standing, respectively, near an empty fireplace. This was a campaign to supply those at home, particularly older people, with wood or coal for heat. Translati... More

On les aura! 2e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale. Souscrivez

A French soldier with gun in one hand, and the other raised urging his comrades on. This was the most remembered French poster produced during the war. Translation of title: We'll get them! The 2nd National De... More

Und Ihr? Zeichnet 7. Kriegsanleihe / AR 17.

Poster shows a soldier in a trench holding a grenade. Text: And you? Subscribe to the 7th War Loan at the k.k. pr. Öst. Creditanstalt f.H.u.G. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik. Sig... More

"You wear the button - we'll do the rest" "Every man and woman in the ...

Poster showing the insignia, or button, of the Liberty Loan of 1917, with the motto "Get behind the government." Card D.

Poster - V--Invest! - Public domain lithograph

Poster showing a large V for victory, often used to promote Liberty Loan bonds. V-306.

Liberty loans. Bonfire - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Forms part of: Harris & Ewing Collection.

Comité Americain pour les Régions Dévastées de France

A woman in a military uniform is aiding a woman with two small children.

The $3,000,000,000 punch / Jo Davidson.

Poster showing Uncle Sam in coat labelled "Liberty Bond" punching the Kaiser. Prepared by Liberty Loan Committee, 120 Broadway, New York. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Church army hut day, Wednesday, April 18. Recreation huts urgently nee...

Poster showing Britannia, who points to a Church Army Recreation Hut surrounded by soldiers, near a battlefield. Founder & Hon. Chief Secretary: Prebendary Carlile, D.D., Marble Arch, W.1.

The New York Decorators Ambulance Fund--5 East 48th Street by New York...

Poster showing an ambulance and soldiers in silhouette, with a green tree in the foreground. May 20th to 27th, admission 50c. Poster has many pieces missing from edges.

Our problem is to feed our allies this winter by sending them as much ...

Text continues: ... of the most concentrated nutritive value in the least shipping space. These foods are wheat, beef, pork, dairy products and sugar. Our solution is to eat less of these and more of other food... More

Verdun, road to Y.M.C.A. canteen / A.K.S. ; sketched on spot by Y.M.C....

Poster showing a canteen entrance with soldiers below an arch; the street is strewn with rubble. Visa-15,749.

Jeder trage heute die Ludendorff-Nadel für Kriegsbeschädigte

Text: Today everyone should wear the Ludendorff-Pin for the war disabled. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

Hero land, or, over the top with Uncle Sam and his allies / A. Rapeño,...

Poster for a fundraising event, showing figure of Marianne bearing sword and shield.

Make the world safe for democracy Every Liberty Bond you buy helps win...

Poster showing a hand about to pitch a ball labeled "Second Liberty Loan of 1917" at Kaiser Wilhelm with the caption "Swat military autocracy." No. 2.

Your war savings pledge Our boys make good their pledge--Are you keepi...

Poster showing Uncle Sam with a soldier and a man purchasing War Savings Stamps.

Add the fifth point--Victory Liberty Loan

Poster showing a woman attaching a triangle to complete a five-pointed star "Victory." Woman's Committee, Liberty Loan Organization, Seventh Federal Reserve District. W.L.L.C. X5.

4 reasons for buying Victory Bonds

Poster shows heads of four men probably representing the Central Powers - Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria.

Your Liberty Bond will help stop this - Sus bonos de la libertad ayuda...

Poster showing German soldiers nailing a man to a tree, as American soldiers come to his rescue.

Hero land The greatest spectacle the world has ever seen for the great...

Poster for a fundraising event, showing a battle scene with a tank. Caption: British tank "Britannia" in action. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Lend - the way they fight--Buy Liberty bonds to your utmost / Lutz & S...

Poster features text only. Form F 206. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Save - Buy - for victory--W.S.S. for sale here War Savings Stamps issu...

Poster is text only. United States Treasury Department. No. S5. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Are you a patriot? If you cannot fight for your country, what can you ...

Poster is mostly text, with small illustrations of flags, rifles, and a moneybag. Text continues: Uncle Sam asks you to help by buying United States Government 3 1/2 % Liberty Bonds [...] Consult your nearest b... More

Farm to win "over there" - Join the U.S. Boys' Woking Reserve Young me...

Poster showing a boy plowing, with a battle in the background. Apply [blank].

Und Ihr? Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe

Poster shows a wounded German pilot standing in the cockpit(?)of an airplane. Text: And you? Subscribe to the War Loan. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

Keep him smiling! United War-Work Campaign, Nov. 11th to 18th.

Poster showing a close-up view of a soldier during a snowstorm, holding a mug from which steam is rising and eating a piece of pie, he has a big smile on his face. Also shown are emblems from the following orga... More

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

Poster shows Canadian soldiers, with bayonets drawn, going into battle. W.P. no. 8.

The roll call, a masque of the Red Cross, by Percy MacKaye / Arnold Ge...

Poster showing a draped figure reaching upward toward the insignia of the Red Cross.

The government asks you to do your Xmas shopping early--Do it now / Ha...

Poster showing an allegorical female figure holding a sword and an American flag. Copyright R.D.G.A.

Lasst Euch nichts vormachen, bleibt bei Deutschland! / W. Levzow, Berl...

Poster shows a Polish man sitting on a Polish border gate and gesturing to a couple to go to Poland. Behind him are clouds forming image of man with plenty to eat. The couple on the German side of the border wa... More

Kriegsgefangenenhilfe. Deutsches Hilfswerk für die Kriegs- und Zivilge...

Poster shows a kneeling goddess(?), holding her arms as if in offering. Text: Prisoner of War Relief Fund. German Relief Organization for War- and Civilian Prisoners of War. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zei... More

The Victory Loan flyers--Watch for the airplane special / K. Watkins '...

Poster showing airplanes flying over a speeding train. No. 20.C.

Federal government sponsored classes in war training for industry

Poster for government sponsored classes in industry related occupations to aid the war effort, at the University of Southern California, War Training Office, showing an eagle sitting on mechanical gears.

[Women and two boys dressed in traditional Greek costumes and burros ...

NYWT&S staff photograph. Written in pencil on back: Miss Esme Boisson, Madam Milto Messinesi, Miss Georgette Michel, Mrs. F. Langley Whitley, Miss Merope Albain, Miss Louise Berry, boy Stephen Basil and Costas ... More

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

Poster promoting conservation of water for the war effort. Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43. Sponsored by Philadelphia Council of Defense and the City of Philadelphia Water Bureau. Work Projects Administration... More

Doing their bit - students of McKinley Manual Training High School, Wa...

Four students, posed with large shells, on street. J224536 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 19019

Hold on to Uncle Sam's insurance, the strongest, safest and cheapest i...

Poster showing a sailor and soldiers holding up a large insurance certificate.

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing Union wagon train entering Petersburg, Virginia, with provisions after the Rebels were forced to evacuate. No. 951. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865... More

First wagon train entering Petersburg - 19th century Virginia.

Share--Jewish Relief Campaign / Burke, Johnstone Studios ; lithographe...

Poster showing a monumental female figure with a tray of food, poor women and children at her feet, with the skyline of New York City in the background. Exhibited: "From Haven to Home : A Library of Congress Ex... 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

They shall not perish ... American Committee for relief in the Near Ea...

Girl, symbolizing Near East, clinging to woman with sword and U.S. flag, symbolizing America.

Gen Butlers Canal at Dutch Gap - Public domain scan / drawing

Title inscribed upper left. Published in: Harper's Weekly, November 5, 1864, pp. 712-713, as part of: Yankee Improvements in Front of Petersburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2). Reference print avai... More

Hunger - For three years America has fought starvation in Belgium Will...

Poster showing starving women and children. No. 12. United States Food Administration.

Save a loaf a week - help win the war / fgc ; The W. F. Powers Co. Lit...

Poster showing a loaf of bread being sliced. U.S. Food Administration. No. 3.

Third Red Cross roll call / Haskell Coffin.

Poster showing a Red Cross nurse holding out her hands. Public domain photograph of nurses, hospital, medical care, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

If you can't enlist, invest - Buy a Liberty Bond - Defend your country...

Poster showing figure "America" with shield "Liberty Loan" fighting against "Devastation," "Starvation," "War," "Pestilence," and "Death." Copyright Star Co., New York American. No. 37.

Together we win / James Montgomery Flagg.

Laborer carrying hammer, marching between a seaman and soldier on dock. Promotional goal: U.S.C75.J7. 191-

Together we win / James Montgomery Flagg.

Laborer carrying hammer, marching between a seaman and soldier on dock. Promotional goal: U.S.C75.J7. 191-

Zeichnet vierte österreichische Kriegsanleihe / A. Karpellus.

Poster shows a 16th century soldier holding up a flag with the Austro-Hungarian double-headed Imperial eagle on it. Text: Subscribe to the 4th Austrian War Loan. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte u... More

[Bench assembling, Recording & Computing Machines Co., Dayton, Ohio]

U.S. Army. Signal Corps photo. No. 35849. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Woman standing on electric shop truck, Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet...

U.S. Army Industrial Service Section, Women's Branch photo. No. 35842. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hier zeichnet man die Kriegsanleihe / Bernhard.

Text: You can subscribe to War Loan here. Closing: Oct. 18, 1 pm.

Économisons le pétrole, l'essence / Marie Louise Jeanningros, 13 ans.

Poster showing gas containers of different sizes. Translation of title: Let's save gas [petrol]. From a group of posters designed by school children and others, some marked "Affiche composée par les enfants de... More

Do your duty to our boys as they are doing theirs to you. The 1914 War...

Poster showing soldiers, both injured and those helping them, arriving on a shore. Donations large or small but send now while you think of it. Address: 1914 War Society, 28, Duke St., St. James', W.

Can I afford to pay for freedom. Belgium must afford to pay for slaver...

No. 1. Poster is text only. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lend your five shillings to your country and crush the Germans / D. D....

Poster showing a German soldier crushed by a monumental coin. Poster no. 23. W. 6172 40M-7/15.

Back them up. Invest in the war loan / E. V. Kealey ; printed by Hill,...

Poster showing a mature, prosperous man reaching into his pocket as he watches soldiers and artillery pass by; caption, "My duty."

Bad form in dress / printed by Roberts & Leete, Ltd., London.

Poster is text only. Text continues: The National Organising Committee for War Savings appeals against extravagance in women's dress. ... It is essential, not only that money should be saved, but that labour em... More

Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Lincoln Branch, Flag day, Saturda...

Poster showing a lifeboat at the scene of a foundering ship. Text continues: 311 lives saved from H.M. warships, destroyers, seaplanes and other vessels since the outbreak of war. Supported solely by voluntary ... More

Are you helping the Germans? / printed by David Allen & Sons Ld., Harr...

Text continues: You are helping the Germans: When you use a motor car for pleasure; When you buy extravagant clothes; When you employ more servants than you need; When you waste coal, electric light, or gas; Wh... More

Appeal to women. Make every penny do the work of two. Put your savings...

Poster showing ribbons linking Wedgewood-style plaques depicting soldiers. Poster no. 5. W.6398, 20M - 7/15.

Help him back to civil life. ... Don't delay, join to-day! The British...

Poster showing a returning soldier, with factories beyond, including lengthy text promoting use of British goods and jobs for British citizens throughout the empire. Reprinted from the advertisement columns of ... More

Joseph Pennell - [Munitions river]

Print shows workers in the foreground with ships in the river and factories on the other side, in England; also smokestacks with billowing smoke. [His English war work series] Wuerth, 440. Edition of 50. Signed... More

Joseph Pennell - [Within the furnaces]

Print shows furnaces melting pig iron for munitions in England. Library has two impressions. No. 422a: [His English war work series] Wuerth, 422. Edition of 50. Signed on stone and in pencil. Source: Beall) Tit... More

America's food pledge, 20 million tons / The Carey Printing Company, N...

Poster showing text only. Title continues: We have promised to feed the hungry millions of Europe-the Allies and liberated nations. Save food, two-thirds more than last year from stocks no larger. United States... More

Uncle Sam is worth $225,000,000,000--A Liberty bond is his promise to ...

Poster showing an insignia for the Liberty Loan of 1917, which features the Statue of Liberty and the motto, "Get behind the government."

Help New York win the right to fly this flag by helping the Rainbow Di...

Poster showing the flag of three vertical blue stripes on a white ground with a wide red border. Caption: Honor Flag Third Liberty Loan awarded by the U.S. Treasury Department. At bottom: "Third Liberty Loan Ho... More

The "Y" has more than 2000 such homes for our boys--United War Work Ca...

Poster showing a group of soldiers approaching a warmly lit YMCA facility, through the snow, at night. No. 4201.

To skilled workers in engineering & kindred trades. ... Get into the f...

Poster showing a worker holding a wrench and the British flag, with caption, "Hold up the flag of freedom."

Is there a Red Cross service flag in your home? A heart and a dollar a...

Poster showing a Red Cross card in a window, with silhouette of a woman within. Copyright Wells Fargo & Company.

For our aviators--Send us something to melt or sell - gold, silver, pl...

Poster showing an eagle in flight. Text continues: The government pays for the metal - we buy comforts for the men. Treasure and Trinket Fund, 259 Fifth Avenue, National Special Aid.

La guerra delle munizioni. Come la Gran Bretagna ha mobilizzato le sue...

Poster showing 14 vignettes of the British munitions industry, including related descriptions and facts. Poster is in Italian. No. 15.

Demain, il y aura du tabac et des cigarettes; un peu de patience, fume...

Two men arguing with two children standing behind a policeman. Translation of title: Tomorrow there will be some tobacco and some cigarettes. Smokers, a little patience, and let's restrain ourselves today. Sig... More

Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe / K. Sigrist.

Poster shows the head of an eagle over a dove of peace in flight. Text: Subscribe to the War Loan. Forms part of: Rehse-Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik.

Back up our boys with your Liberty Bond You buy Liberty Bonds and Uncl...

Poster showing soldiers running, with rifles and bayonets. United Cigars. Public domain reproduction of World War One war bonds advertisement propaganda poster, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - P... More

United American industry must back up the boys "over there" / Morris.

Poster showing a monumental man "American Industry" standing on an industrialized shoreline, and offering boxes of food, supplies, and munitions to Europe across the sea.