Dish It Out With the Navy! The Red-Lettered Version of Barclay’s 1942 Poster
One painting, two posters: how McClelland Barclay’s 1942 gun crew was issued with red lettering and a white-framed picture, and how it compares with the blue-band version.
American Military Posters
Let’s Hit ’Em With Everything We’ve Got: Barclay’s 1942 Navy Poster
An anti-aircraft gunner firing into the sky and a warning not to wait: the story of McClelland Barclay’s 1942 Navy recruiting poster, painted a year before he was killed at sea.
Americans All: Leon Helguera’s Bilingual 1943 Home Front Poster
A sombrero and Uncle Sam’s hat raised in one salute: the story of Leon Helguera’s Americanos Todos, a 1943 poster made to welcome Mexican Americans into the war effort.
Forward to Victory: Rowland Hilder’s Royal Navy Poster for Britain
Battleships firing out of a watercolour sky: the story of Rowland Hilder’s Forward to Victory, a British Ministry of Information poster by a New York-born artist.
America Needs Strong Men and Women: A WWII Public Health Service Poster
Stripes, a torn placard and a plain request: the story behind the U.S. Public Health Service’s wartime America Needs Strong Men and Women poster.
Loose Talk Can Cost Lives: Stevan Dohanos’s 1942 Careless-Talk Poster
A torpedoed ship, survivors in the water and a four-word warning: the story behind Stevan Dohanos’s 1942 Loose Talk Can Cost Lives poster.
Americans Will Always Fight for Liberty: Bernard Perlin’s 1778–1943 Poster
Bernard Perlin’s 1943 OWI poster marches World War II soldiers past the ragged Continental Army of 1778. Here is what it shows, what it meant and who made it.
Americans! Join and Fight: A Rare 1918 San Francisco Army Poster
Edwin de la Laing’s 1918 poster sent volunteers to the U.S. Army recruiting office at 660 Market Street, San Francisco. Here is what it shows and why it is so scarce.
Rivets are Bayonets: Sheridan’s 1918 Shipyard Poster
John E. Sheridan’s 1918 Emergency Fleet Corporation poster told shipyard workers every rivet was a bayonet. Here is what it shows and the wartime shipbuilding drive behind it.
Boys and Girls! Flagg’s War Savings Stamps Poster for Children
James Montgomery Flagg’s World War I poster asked America’s children to save their quarters for War Savings Stamps. Here is what it shows and how the stamps worked.