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.

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374
Identifier
vital:3352

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51. Clear the Way!!

Description:
Fourth Liberty Loan poster showing sailors firing a gun on a ship with Liberty and an American flag above 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:
Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952
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:9121

52. College Life in the Army

Description:
WWI Army recruitment poster from Kirksville aimed at men who want to go to college.
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:9013

53. Columbia Calls

Description:
WWI Army recruitment poster featuring Columbia standing atop the United States holding an American flag and a sword and includes a poem by Frances Adams Halsted on the right side.
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:
Aderente, Vincent, approximately 1880-1941
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Language:
en
Date Created:
1916 and 2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9085

54. Columbia Calls Enlist Now for U.S. Army

Description:
WWI Army recruitment poster featuring Columbia standing atop the United States holding an American flag and a sword and includes a poem by Frances Adams Halsted in the lower right corner.
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:
Aderente, Vincent, approximately 1880-1941
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Language:
en
Date Created:
1916 and 2016
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9078

55. Come Inside and Hear Jim Europe's Jazz Records

Description:
WWI poster advertising Jim Europe's Jazz Records on Path�.
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:9312

56. Come Now

Description:
WWI recruitment poster from the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee with a quote from Lord Kitchener.
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:
Great Britain. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Language:
en
Date Created:
2016
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9060

57. Come On In! Join the U.S. Marines

Description:
WWI Marine recruitment poster showing a Marine playing a bugle in front of an 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:
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:9342

58. Come On! Buy More Liberty Bonds

Description:
Liberty Bonds poster featuring an Allied soldier standing over the dead body of a German soldier in the field.
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:
Whitehead, Walter, 1874-1956
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
Ketterlinus (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Language:
en
Date Created:
1918 and 2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9097

59. Coming a Real Battle Tank

Description:
Victory Liberty Loan poster announcing a battle tank coming to Kirksville on April 26.
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:9033

60. Compliments of C.F. Childs and Company

Description:
Poster produced by a business specializing in government bonds that features 42 WWI posters advertising those bonds.
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:
1923 and 2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9277