Victory Girls: Edward Penfield’s Rowing Poster
A young woman rowing makes collective effort the subject of this 1918 United War Work Campaign image.
Research & restoration notes
Poster Journal
Archival histories, design context and transparent restoration studies from the collection.
America’s Tribute to Britain: The Eagle and the Lion
Frederick George Cooper uses two national animals to express Allied recognition in 1918.
Give ’Em Both Barrels: Jean Carlu’s 1941 Poster for the Arsenal of Democracy
A French refugee designer drew the factory worker and the soldier as a single fighting unit, months before Pearl Harbor.
Your Maxim, Buy War Bonds: Bert Thomas and the Feed the Guns Campaign
Bert Thomas turned a pun into a poster: a machine gun fed with war bonds, from the last great British bond drive of the First World War.
Souscrivez! France’s 1918 Tank Loan Poster
The French Loan Rally edition uses a tank to promise victory through financial participation.
Mine More Coal: Walter Whitehead’s Miner and Soldier
A miner and an infantryman stand back to back in a First World War appeal for fuel production.
Buy a Liberty Bond: Three Car Cards and a Public Appeal
This grouped design preserves three short First World War advertisements aimed at everyday travellers.
I’m Making Bombs and Buying Bonds: Canada’s Home Front
A Canadian worker is asked to contribute twice: through production and through Victory Bonds.
Do It Right, Make It Bite: Quality as a Wartime Duty
A munitions worker connects careful manufacturing with the effectiveness of weapons at sea.
Bomb Tokyo With Your Extra Change: The Mystery Ship Shangri-La
How a presidential joke about the Doolittle Raid became a war stamp campaign, and then a real aircraft carrier.