Discover the artists, campaigns and imagery behind the posters, with archival sources and links to the corresponding editions.
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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.
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A catapult crew launching a jet from a carrier deck: the story of the 1966 Go With the Bold Ones Navy recruiting poster.
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A smiling servicewoman, two airmen and a sky of jets: this postwar U.S. Air Force recruiting poster was painted by Tom Hall. Here is its history.
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The recruiting poster that asked women to join the Marine Corps so that more men could go into combat.
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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.
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A grinning sailor thanks the war workers with a thumbs-up: the story of Howard Scott’s 1943 Navy poster for the shipyards and factories.
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August William Hutaf’s 1918 black cat sold a brand-new weapon to American recruits. Here is what the Tank Corps poster shows, why a cat, and the story of the first U.S. tank men.
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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.
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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.
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Why the U.S. Army asked lumbermen for PT boats, and the true story of PT-34, the wooden torpedo boat on the poster’s bow.
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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.
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A sailor striding ashore with the flag and a battleship behind: the story of James Daugherty’s 1917 Navy recruiting poster, printed for stations from Boston to Cedar Rapids.
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