Great Americans Don’t Take Time Off: A 1943 Poster Against Absenteeism
A 1943 Think American Institute poster asked war workers not to miss a shift. Here is what it shows and why absenteeism worried America’s war plants.
American Military Posters
Attack Attack Attack: The 1942 Buy War Bonds Poster by Ferdinand Warren
Ferdinand Warren’s 1942 Treasury poster turned buying war bonds into a battle cry. The story of the image, the artist and how war bonds paid for World War II.
Be a Marine, Free a Marine to Fight: The 1943 Women’s Reserve Poster
The recruiting poster that asked women to join the Marine Corps so that more men could go into combat.
I Want You: James Montgomery Flagg’s Uncle Sam Poster
A pointing finger and direct gaze made Uncle Sam one of the most recognisable figures in recruiting art.
America’s Tribute to Britain: The Eagle and the Lion
Frederick George Cooper uses two national animals to express Allied recognition in 1918.
Victory Girls: Edward Penfield’s Rowing Poster
A young woman rowing makes collective effort the subject of this 1918 United War Work Campaign image.
We Can Do It!: The History Behind the Famous Poster
J. Howard Miller’s factory poster became far more famous after the war than during its original display.
She’s a WOW: Adolph Treidler’s Woman Ordnance Worker Poster
The 1943 Army poster that turned an old song about the girl left at home into a salute to the women building the weapons.
The U.S. Marines Want You: A Direct Recruiting Appeal
A beckoning Marine makes the viewer the subject of this sharply focused enlistment design.
Spitfire Attack: Reading an RAF Combat Illustration
An aerial combat image places the Spitfire within British wartime aviation imagery.