World War One Posters

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Created by: Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections & University Archives

Last Updated: 2024-07-11

Collection Details

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
Creator: Pickler Memorial Library, Special Collections & University Archives
Identifier: vital:3352

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Experiences from the Great War

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271. Sir - Do Your Share

Description:: WWI poster by the United States Food Administration imploring people to not waste food featuring a man with many full plates in front of him and two waiters 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:: Young, William Crawford, 1886-
Contributor:: Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:: W.F. Powers Co.
Language:: en
Date Created:: 1917 and 2017
Resource Type:: Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:: vital:9231

272. Soldiers of the Navy U. S. Marines!

Description:: WWI Marine recruitment poster from St. Louis showing a Marine holding a rifle and other scenes of service.
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:8992

273. Something About the United States Army

Description:: WWI Army recruitment poster listing many advantages of joining and giving addresses of recruitment stations in St. Louis.
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:9039

274. Special Appeal to Farmer Patriots

Description:: WWI U.S. Department of Agriculture poster explaining how farmers can maximize their yields and the importance of doing so for 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:: United States. Department of Agriculture
Language:: en
Date Created:: 2017
Resource Type:: Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:: vital:9304

275. Spirit of 1917 (Chicago)

Description:: WWI Marine recruitment poster from Chicago showing four Marines marching near the ocean with flags and guns.
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:9308

276. Spirit of 1917 (St. Louis)

Description:: WWI Marine recruitment poster from St. Louis with a painting of four soldiers with flags and guns.
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 2014
Resource Type:: Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:: vital:9021

277. The Spirit of America

Description:: WWI American Red Cross poster featuring a nurse in a white dress with an American flag and the Red Cross symbol.
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:: Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952
Contributor:: Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:: Forbes (Boston, Mass.)
Language:: en
Date Created:: 1919 and 2017
Resource Type:: Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:: vital:9138

278. Stop-Look-and-Listen

Description:: WWI Army recruitment poster asking for men between 18 and 40 years old 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:9086

279. Stuttgarter Neues Tagblatt

Description:: WWI poster of the front page of the December 17, 1914, German newspaper Stuttgarter Neues Tagblatt.
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:: de
Date Created:: 2017
Resource Type:: Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:: vital:9357

280. Subscriber Fourth Liberty Loan

Description:: WWI Fourth Liberty Loan sign to put on a rural mailbox featuring the Honor Emblem flag.
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:9347

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