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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81. Fight or Buy Bonds

Description:
Third Liberty Loan poster showing Liberty with an American flag in front of soldiers marching into battle.
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:
1917 and 2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9122

82. Fill 'Em Up to the Top

Description:
WWI poster with two men loading cargo into a railroad car below text urging the efficient use of trains.
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:
Baker, Ernest Hamlin, 1889-1975
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:9193

83. Finish the Job

Description:
WWI poster with text of "Finish the Job" on red 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:
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:9100

84. The First Three!

Description:
WWI American Red Cross poster for War Fund Week featuring portraits of the first three soldiers killed in action over 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:
Kidder, Ben L.
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:9168

85. First to Fight Be a Marine!

Description:
WWI Marine recruitment poster from St. Louis showing Marines moving from sea to land with an American flag and battleship 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:
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:9023

86. Follow the Boys in Blue for Home and Country Enlist in the Navy

Description:
WWI Navy recruitment poster from St. Louis featuring a line of men boarding a ship.
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:
Wright, George Hand, 1872-1951
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
United States. Navy. Publicity Bureau
Language:
en
Date Created:
2014
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9006

87. Follow the Pied Piper

Description:
WWI poster for the United States School Garden showing Uncle Sam playing a pipe leading children in a garden. Approximately 1919?
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:
Barney, Maginel Wright, 1877-1966
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
Graphic Company (Washington, D.C.)
Language:
en
Date Created:
1919 and 2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9301

88. Food

Description:
WWI poster by the United States Food Administration with a list of six ways to save food.
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:
Cooper, Fred G. (Frederic Gross), 1883-1962
Contributor:
Missouri State Archives, Missouri Secretary of State (Digitizing Technician) and Truman State University (Owner)
Publisher:
W.F. Powers Co.
Language:
en
Date Created:
2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9142

89. Food - Don't Waste It

Description:
WWI poster by the United States Food Administration with a list of four ways to save food.
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:9230

90. Food and the War! American Wheat to Win!

Description:
WWI United States Food Administration poster imploring Americans to save food, especially wheat, to help win 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:
publisher not identified
Language:
en
Date Created:
2017
Resource Type:
Collection, Still Image, and Text
Identifier:
vital:9234