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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211. Navy Day Kirksville Friday, June 1, 1917

Description:
WWI poster announcing "Navy Day" in Kirksville, Missouri, with speakers, bands, and films. Approximately 1917?
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:
1917 and 2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9313

212. The Navy is Calling Enlist Now

Description:
WWI Navy recruitment poster from St. Louis featuring an eagle behind five soldiers.
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:
Britton, L. N.
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
W.F. Powers Co.
Language:
en
Date Created:
2014
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9010

213. The Navy Needs You

Description:
WWI Navy recruitment poster with blue and red text encouraging men to enlist.
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:
2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9271

214. The Navy Needs You! Don't Read American History-Make It!

Description:
WWI Navy recruitment poster featuring a sailor, a man with a newspaper, and Winged Victory behind them.
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:
Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960
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:9008

215. The Navy Put 'em Across

Description:
WWI poster and calendar for 1919 from the Navy's Bureau of Navigation with two scenes, one featuring a sailor carrying a soldier through water at the center and a naval battle at the bottom.
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:
Reuterdahl, Henry, 1871-1925
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Language:
en
Date Created:
1918 and 2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9302

216. Navy Recruiting Station

Description:
WWI Marine recruitment poster from Kansas City that lists various positions and their pay.
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:9019

217. Navy! Uncle Sam is Calling You!

Description:
WWI Navy recruitment poster featuring Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer with "I Want You" at the bottom.
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:
Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960
Contributor:
Truman State University (Owner and Digitizing Technician)
Publisher:
Leslie-Judge Company
Language:
en
Date Created:
1917 and 2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9333

218. None (Red Cross symbol)

Description:
WWI American Red Cross poster with only a large, red cross on a black background with no text.
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:
2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9174

219. Nos Chasseurs en Haute-Alsace (Saint-Amarin)

Description:
Print of a watercolor by Georges Scott showing soldiers marching through Saint-Amarin in France with adults and excited children watching.
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:
Scott, Georges, 1873-1943
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Language:
en
Date Created:
1915 and 2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9206

220. Now Give for the Boys Who Did It!

Description:
United War Work Campaign poster encouraging Missourians to give $7,500,000 to bring soldiers back home.
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:9041