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When the U.S. knew it needed to enter the war in Europe, there was an explosion of posters to promote the cause. They glorified joining the fight as a soldier, marine, or sailor, and they glorified all the other roles Americans could play from becoming nurses to buying bonds. On this page, we are showing posters we have discovered and restored after the first 32 on a previous page, and we are adding new finds all the time.
About our watermark on the images: Each of the images in this collection has been painstakingly restored, some taking as much as several hours of work. Visitors are welcome to use these images by grabbing them from this site, but we want their audience to know the source. The print you purchase will not have a watermark.
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WP-150 - "I am telling you…."
James Montgomery Flagg's grumpy Uncle Sam appeared first in an issue of Leslie's Weekly before being recruited for a WSS (War Savings Stamps) campaign. Actual stamps could be purchased easily by anyone at a post office for as little as 10 cents and accumulated in a person's own saving plan. A $5 stamp could be purchased in January 1918 for $4.12 and redeemed in January 1923 for $5. That was an interest rate of about 3.5%. A total of $930 million was raised through the WSS program. Much more was raised with bonds.
James Montgomery Flagg's grumpy Uncle Sam appeared first in an issue of Leslie's Weekly before being recruited for a WSS (War Savings Stamps) campaign. Actual stamps could be purchased easily by anyone at a post office for as little as 10 cents and accumulated in a person's own saving plan. A $5 stamp could be purchased in January 1918 for $4.12 and redeemed in January 1923 for $5. That was an interest rate of about 3.5%. A total of $930 million was raised through the WSS program. Much more was raised with bonds.
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WP-184 "She is doing her part to help win the war"
In the first section, we feature 7 of the famous "Christy Girls" posters. This is yet another by Howard Chandler Christy. The message is to cook with corn meal, oats, and barley, because Americans needed to preserve wheat for feeding the troops. Can be printed in the following sizes: 30x40, 24x32, 22x28,18x24, and 12x16.
In the first section, we feature 7 of the famous "Christy Girls" posters. This is yet another by Howard Chandler Christy. The message is to cook with corn meal, oats, and barley, because Americans needed to preserve wheat for feeding the troops. Can be printed in the following sizes: 30x40, 24x32, 22x28,18x24, and 12x16.
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WP-171 - "Back our girls over there."
Artwork by Clarence Underwood. The Young Women's Christian Association was formed in the 1850's for the purpose of training, empowering, and advocating for women. During WWI, the YWCA helped the war effort by sending volunteers to France. There is of course much more history here that is worthy of looking into. Possible print sizes: 30x40, 24x32, 22x28,18x24, and 12x16.
Artwork by Clarence Underwood. The Young Women's Christian Association was formed in the 1850's for the purpose of training, empowering, and advocating for women. During WWI, the YWCA helped the war effort by sending volunteers to France. There is of course much more history here that is worthy of looking into. Possible print sizes: 30x40, 24x32, 22x28,18x24, and 12x16.
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WP-141 - "For Action Enlist in the Air Service."
When artist Otho Cushing joined the Army Air Service in 1917 with the rank of Captain, he had already studied art in New York, London, and Paris, worked as an artist for Life Magazine and the New York Herald, and built a reputation as an illustrator of the human figure. Sizes: 16x24, 12x18.
When artist Otho Cushing joined the Army Air Service in 1917 with the rank of Captain, he had already studied art in New York, London, and Paris, worked as an artist for Life Magazine and the New York Herald, and built a reputation as an illustrator of the human figure. Sizes: 16x24, 12x18.
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WP-142 - "Join Them. Enlist in the Navy."
Artist Frank Xavier Leyendecker (1876-1924) is not as well known as his brother JC Leyendecker, who created a number of the posters on this site, but he had a fair amount of success doing illustrations and covers for various publications. This striking illustration is one of the best from the period, showing men sweating and working in the heat of battle to man a naval deck gun. Print sizes: 36x72, 30x60, 32x48, 24x36, 20x30, 16x24, 12x18. The two largest sizes are printed narrow without all the extra white space. It could be printed as an illustration without the text.
Artist Frank Xavier Leyendecker (1876-1924) is not as well known as his brother JC Leyendecker, who created a number of the posters on this site, but he had a fair amount of success doing illustrations and covers for various publications. This striking illustration is one of the best from the period, showing men sweating and working in the heat of battle to man a naval deck gun. Print sizes: 36x72, 30x60, 32x48, 24x36, 20x30, 16x24, 12x18. The two largest sizes are printed narrow without all the extra white space. It could be printed as an illustration without the text.
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WP-172 - "For Your Boy"
Illustration by Arthur William Brown (1881-1966). Having started work as an illustrator in his teens, Brown studied at the Art Students League in New York. He went on to work for the Saturday Evening Post which relied heavily on his talents for a number of years. In 1964 he was heralded as the "Dean of American Illustrators" and in 1966 was inducted into the American Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame. A web site that tells the history of the United War Work Campaign: http://unitedwarwork.com. Print Sizes: 20x30, 16x24, and 12x18.
Illustration by Arthur William Brown (1881-1966). Having started work as an illustrator in his teens, Brown studied at the Art Students League in New York. He went on to work for the Saturday Evening Post which relied heavily on his talents for a number of years. In 1964 he was heralded as the "Dean of American Illustrators" and in 1966 was inducted into the American Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame. A web site that tells the history of the United War Work Campaign: http://unitedwarwork.com. Print Sizes: 20x30, 16x24, and 12x18.
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WP-151 - "And They Thought We Couldn't Fight"
Artist Victor Clyde Forsythe, from the time of his youth living in southern California, loved painting desert scenes. After studying art at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design and then the Art Students League in New York, Forsythe got work as an illustrator and became a well known cartoonist. He shared a studio in New Rochelle with Norman Rockwell. Eventually, he and his wife moved back to California, where he focused on and became famous for his desert painting, the best known of which was his very well researched and accurate portrayal of the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral." Before moving to California, Forsythe's father had owned a store in Tombstone, Arizona close to the O.K. Corral and had witnessed the famous shootout between Wyatt Earp and the Clanton-McLowery gang. In this poster for the Victory Loan drive, he countered a German claim that Americans didn't have the will to fight. Sizes available: 20x30, 16x24, and 12x18.
Artist Victor Clyde Forsythe, from the time of his youth living in southern California, loved painting desert scenes. After studying art at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design and then the Art Students League in New York, Forsythe got work as an illustrator and became a well known cartoonist. He shared a studio in New Rochelle with Norman Rockwell. Eventually, he and his wife moved back to California, where he focused on and became famous for his desert painting, the best known of which was his very well researched and accurate portrayal of the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral." Before moving to California, Forsythe's father had owned a store in Tombstone, Arizona close to the O.K. Corral and had witnessed the famous shootout between Wyatt Earp and the Clanton-McLowery gang. In this poster for the Victory Loan drive, he countered a German claim that Americans didn't have the will to fight. Sizes available: 20x30, 16x24, and 12x18.
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WP-178 - "Our Greatest Mother"
With the symbolic fury of war in the dark background represented by four horsemen, artist Cornelius Hicks portrays a Red Cross nurse as an angelic young savior. Print sizes: 20x30, 16x24, 12x18.
With the symbolic fury of war in the dark background represented by four horsemen, artist Cornelius Hicks portrays a Red Cross nurse as an angelic young savior. Print sizes: 20x30, 16x24, 12x18.
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WP-180 - "Teamwork Builds Ships"
The United States Shipping Board was created by act of Congress in 1916 to address a shortage in American ships. When war was declared on April 6, 2017, the Board created the Emergency Fleet Corporation with the power to coerce American shipyards to build naval ships. Artwork by William Dodge Stevens. Lithography by Forbes, Boston. Print sizes: 24x32, 18x24, 12x16.
The United States Shipping Board was created by act of Congress in 1916 to address a shortage in American ships. When war was declared on April 6, 2017, the Board created the Emergency Fleet Corporation with the power to coerce American shipyards to build naval ships. Artwork by William Dodge Stevens. Lithography by Forbes, Boston. Print sizes: 24x32, 18x24, 12x16.
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WP-179 - "Third Red Cross Roll Call"
Illustration by Haskell Coffin. In the "32 WWI Posters" section we feature two with Haskell heroines. One is an angel, and one is a warrior. This heroine is a nurse. Of the four Haskell Coffin posters we offer, this is the only one in which the pretty lady is not wielding a sword. Print Sizes: 20x30, 16x24, 12x18.
Illustration by Haskell Coffin. In the "32 WWI Posters" section we feature two with Haskell heroines. One is an angel, and one is a warrior. This heroine is a nurse. Of the four Haskell Coffin posters we offer, this is the only one in which the pretty lady is not wielding a sword. Print Sizes: 20x30, 16x24, 12x18.
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WP-152- "Lend the Way They Fight"
Illustration by Edmund Marion Ashe (1862-1941). Like several of the other artists featured on this site, Ashe studied at the Art Students League in New York. He went on to do illustrations for a number of periodicals and was White House artist-correspondent for Leslie's Weekly and the New York Tribune from 1896 to 1909… during the administrations of McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. He ultimately became good friends with Roosevelt. Print sizes: 22x36, 18x30, 14x24, 12x18.
Illustration by Edmund Marion Ashe (1862-1941). Like several of the other artists featured on this site, Ashe studied at the Art Students League in New York. He went on to do illustrations for a number of periodicals and was White House artist-correspondent for Leslie's Weekly and the New York Tribune from 1896 to 1909… during the administrations of McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. He ultimately became good friends with Roosevelt. Print sizes: 22x36, 18x30, 14x24, 12x18.
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WP-153- "Hello! Liberty Speaking.."
We don't have much information on artist Z. P. Nikolai. He was known for painting elegant women, and he did create a couple more war poster illustrations that we don't have. This one was published as a supplement to the Engineering and Mining Journal, September, 1918 . Print sizes: 18x24, 12x16.
We don't have much information on artist Z. P. Nikolai. He was known for painting elegant women, and he did create a couple more war poster illustrations that we don't have. This one was published as a supplement to the Engineering and Mining Journal, September, 1918 . Print sizes: 18x24, 12x16.
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WP-170 - Women of France
The Young Womens Christian Association got its start in London in 1850 helping young women learn skills and opened its first chapter in New York in 1858. By the beginning of WWI the YWCA was a large, well established organization. One of its missions was helping the women of France, depicted here in the grueling work of a munitions factory. Print sizes: 16x24, 12x16.
The Young Womens Christian Association got its start in London in 1850 helping young women learn skills and opened its first chapter in New York in 1858. By the beginning of WWI the YWCA was a large, well established organization. One of its missions was helping the women of France, depicted here in the grueling work of a munitions factory. Print sizes: 16x24, 12x16.
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