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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31. Beat Back the Hun

Description:
Liberty Bonds poster showing a German soldier with a bloody bayonet and hands approaching the viewer.
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:
Strothmann, F. (Frederick), 1872-
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 2016
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9057

32. Before Sunset

Description:
Second Liberty Loan poster with the Statue of Liberty in front of a fading American 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:
De Land, Eugenie, 1872-
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:9113

33. Blood or Bread

Description:
WWI poster by the United States Food Administration about saving food and featuring a soldier holding a wounded soldier.
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:
Raleigh, Henry, 1880-1945
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
United States Food Administration
Language:
en
Date Created:
2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9146

34. Books Wanted for Our Men

Description:
WWI poster showing a smiling soldier holding a huge stack of books.
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:
Falls, C. B. (Charles Buckles), 1874-1960
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
Gill Engraving Co.
Language:
en
Date Created:
2016
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9073

35. Boys and Girls!

Description:
WWI poster about War Savings Stamps featuring Uncle Sam, a girl, and a boy.
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:
American Lithographic Co.
Language:
en
Date Created:
1917 and 2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9126

36. Boys! Serve Your Country on the Farms

Description:
WWI U.S. Department of Labor poster for the Boys' Working Reserve showing a man plowing a field 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:
Unknown
Contributor:
Truman State University (Owner and Digitizing Technician)
Publisher:
United States. Government Printing Office
Language:
en
Date Created:
2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9358

37. Britain's Strong Arm and Yours

Description:
British WWI recruitment poster number 28 that is text only.
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:
1914 and 2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9257

38. British - Canadian Recruiting Mission

Description:
WWI poster advertising the British - Canadian Recruiting Mission in Kansas City, 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:
2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9295

39. Buy a Liberty Bond of the U.S. Government

Description:
Liberty Bonds poster featuring a button that says "I Own a Liberty 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:
Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co.
Language:
en
Date Created:
2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9081

40. Buy Bonds

Description:
Third Liberty Loan window decal in red, white, and blue.
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:9345