World War One Posters

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Created by: Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections & University Archives
Last Updated: 2024-07-11
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This collection consists of digitized WWI posters collected by former history professor Eugene Morrow Violette while teaching at what was then known as the First District Normal School in Kirksville, MO. The originals are part of the E. M. Violette Museum Collection in the Special Collections & University Archives at Pickler Memorial Library, Truman State University.

Total items
374
Identifier
vital:3352

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201. Military Service Act, 1916

Description:
British WWI poster number 152 that explains the Military Service Act of 1916.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war, World War, 1914-1918--Posters, and World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Truman State University (Owner and Digitizing Technician)
Publisher:
Great Britain. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Language:
en
Date Created:
1916 and 2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9331

202. Military Training Did It

Description:
WWI Army recruitment poster from Kirksville advocating military training for better jobs.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war, World War, 1914-1918--Posters, and World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Language:
en
Date Created:
2014
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9014

203. Missouri Leads in Food Increase

Description:
Missouri Council of Defense WWI poster describing Missouri's contribution to food production during the war.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war, World War, 1914-1918--Posters, and World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
National Printing & Engraving Company (U.S.)
Language:
en
Date Created:
1918 and 2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9318

204. Motherless Fatherless Starving - How Much to Save These Little Lives?

Description:
WWI American Red Cross poster for War Fund Week featuring a Red Cross nurse among poor and injured children and a woman holding a baby with burning buildings in the background.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war, World War, 1914-1918--Posters, and World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda
Creator:
Crisp, Arthur, 1881-1974
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Language:
en
Date Created:
2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9166

205. Mothers! Wives! Friends! Of Soldiers and Sailors

Description:
WWI poster promoting the Y.W.C.A. Hostess House at 12 West 51st Street in New York City featuring a photo of the facade of the building with drawings of women and military men in front of it.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war, World War, 1914-1918--Posters, and World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda
Creator:
Baldwin
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Language:
en
Date Created:
2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9184

206. Musicians Take Notice!

Description:
WWI poster recruiting musicians for the Navy Bands.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war, World War, 1914-1918--Posters, and World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Truman State University (Owner and Digitizing Technician)
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Language:
en
Date Created:
2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9341

207. Must Children Die and Mothers Plead in Vain?

Description:
Liberty Bonds poster featuring a woman with two babies reaching out for help.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war, World War, 1914-1918--Posters, and World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda
Creator:
Everett, Walter H., 1880-1946
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
Sackett & Wilhelms Corporation (New York)
Language:
en
Date Created:
1918 and 2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9248

208. My Daddy Bought Me a Government Bond

Description:
Third Liberty Loan poster with a small girl holding a government bond.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war, World War, 1914-1918--Posters, and World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
United States Printing and Lithograph Co.
Language:
en
Date Created:
2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9115

209. National Constitutional Prohibition

Description:
WWI poster calling for the conservation of youth, food, and wealth.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war, World War, 1914-1918--Posters, and World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Evanston, Ill.)
Language:
en
Date Created:
2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9300

210. National Guard of the United States Recruiting Service

Description:
WWI National Guard recruitment poster for Missouri.
Subject:
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Art and the war, World War, 1914-1918--Posters, and World War, 1914-1918--Propaganda
Creator:
Unknown
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Language:
en
Date Created:
2014
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:8999