62 items found
Collection ID is exactly "40" AND Format is exactly "posters"
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Air Raid Precautions Have Been Taken Here Poster, ca. 1943

Air Raid Precautions Have Been Taken Here Poster, ca. 1943

Date
1943 (circa)
Description
Poster indicating that air raid precautions have been taken during World War II.
Collection
Be a Victory Farm Volunteer in the U.S. Crop Corps - poster

Be a Victory Farm Volunteer in the U.S. Crop Corps - poster

Date
1940 (circa)
Description
Poster encouraging boys and girls to become Victory Farm Volunteers through the U.S. Crop Corps. This was a program jointly managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the various state education departments to encourage young men and women to take up farmwork to ease the labor shortage during World War II.
Collection
Make This Pledge Poster, ca. 1943

Make This Pledge Poster, ca. 1943

Date
1943 (circa)
Description
Poster encouraging citizens to comply with the rationing system in place during World War II. Many consumer goods such as rubber, fuel, meat, bread, sugar and other items were strictly rationed to conserve supplies for the war effort.
Collection
Official Civilian Defense Insignia - poster

Official Civilian Defense Insignia - poster

Date
1942
Description
Poster showing the various insignia used by the divisions of the Office of Civilian Defense and their subsidiaries throughout the United States during World War II. The Office of Civilian Defense encouraged all citizens to volunteer in some capacity during the war - local defense councils handled wartime issues from child care to fuel conservation to ride sharing to fighting fires. The designs were patented by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense.
Collection
Pitch in and Help! Join the Women's Land Army Poster, ca. 1944

Pitch in and Help! Join the Women's Land Army Poster, ca. 1944

Date
1944
Description
Poster encouraging women to farm during World War II. By producing their own food, American families would help conserve supplies of processed foods for use by American soldiers and other operatives.
Collection
Plant a Victory Garden, Our Food is Fighting - poster

Plant a Victory Garden, Our Food is Fighting - poster

Date
1943
Description
Poster encouraging families to grow their own vegetables in "Victory Gardens." By producing their own food, American families would help conserve supplies of processed foods for use by American soldiers and other operatives.
Collection
Poster Encouraging Workers to Increase Production Safely, 1943

Poster Encouraging Workers to Increase Production Safely, 1943

Date
1943
Description
Poster encouraging citizens to safetly increase production of war materials.
Collection
Rationing Means a Fair Share for All of Us - poster

Rationing Means a Fair Share for All of Us - poster

Date
1943
Description
Poster encouraging citizens to comply with the rationing system in place during World War II. Many consumer goods such as rubber, fuel, meat, bread, sugar, and other items were strictly rationed to conserve supplies for the war effort.
Collection
Save Your Cans, Help Pass the Ammunition - poster

Save Your Cans, Help Pass the Ammunition - poster

Date
1943 (circa)
Description
Poster encouraging citizens to save cans and turn them in so they could be recycled for wartime purposes during World War II. The poster includes instructions for preparing the cans for reuse. The image used in the poster is signed by McClelland Barclay, US Navy Reserve.
Collection
Serve Our Fighting Men Abroad, Conserve These Services at Home - poster

Serve Our Fighting Men Abroad, Conserve These Services at Home - poster

Date
1943
Description
Poster encouraging citizens to conserve electricity, water, communications, and transportation space for the war effort. Government agencies used a variety of posters and slogans to encourage citizens to fight waste and hoarding during World War II.
Collection
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
s1205_b001_f11_24Air Raid Precautions Have Been Taken Here Poster, ca. 1943TextCivil defense
World War, 1939-1945
WWII
Building--Safety measures
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s1205_b001_f01_06Be a Victory Farm Volunteer in the U.S. Crop Corps - posterTextCivil defense
Food supply
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s1205_b001_f09_39Make This Pledge Poster, ca. 1943TextCivil defense
Food supply
World War, 1939-1945
WWII
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s1205_b001_f11_07Official Civilian Defense Insignia - posterTextCivil defense/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f11_07.jpg
s1205_b001_f16_03Pitch in and Help! Join the Women's Land Army Poster, ca. 1944TextCivil defense
Food supply
Women in war
/fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f16_03.jpg
s1205_b001_f01_07Plant a Victory Garden, Our Food is Fighting - posterTextCivil defense
Food supply
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f01_07.jpg
s1205_b001_f11_08Poster Encouraging Workers to Increase Production Safely, 1943TextCivil defense
World War, 1939-1945
WWII
Industrial safety
/fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f11_08.jpg
s1205_b001_f09_01Rationing Means a Fair Share for All of Us - posterTextCivil defense
Food supply
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f09_01.jpg
s1205_b001_f09_03Save Your Cans, Help Pass the Ammunition - posterTextCivil defense
Conservation
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f09_03.jpg
s1205_b001_f09_02Serve Our Fighting Men Abroad, Conserve These Services at Home - posterTextCivil defense
Conservation
/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f09_02.jpg