Poster showing a girl before an American flag, with bags and baskets of produce. Designed, cut and printed at the School of Printing and Graphic Arts of Wentworth Institute, Boston, Mass. Wentworth poster no. 20.
Poster showing a pensive man with his daughter on his lap, while a boy plays with toy soldiers at his feet. Poster no. 79. Title from item.
Title from item. No. 5. Poster is text only.
Poster showing a woman thinking of her soldier husband at the front, as children play around her. Title from item.
Allegory showing the figure of Liberty leading troops to victory, in the foreground are German prisoners of war and refugees.
Poster showing a dark figure [Kaiser?] and a U-boat, with a burning vessel sinking in the distance. OC.
Title from item. No. 11.
Poster showing horse-drawn ploughing, soldiers on the battlefield, and men in line to purchase Liberty bonds. Copyright H.F. Rawll, 303 Hudson Street, N.Y. City. No. 3608N4
Exhibit poster, text only, calling for the extension of veterans benefits to all injured and disabled citizens. Exhibit of the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men and the Red Cross Institute for the Blind.
Poster is text only. Text continues: When we think of the horrors of war - when there rises before the mind the awful panorama of the battlefield - the men are not the only pathetic figures. An equal demand has been made on those noble animals who, when guided by a rider's hand, will face the cannon's mouth! They have to fight and suffer together, but there is this difference - the horses are not free agents - they have no exhortations of patriotic duty, no visions of glory and promotion. Title from item.
Poster is text only. Poster no. 20. Title from item.
Poster showing Laurette Taylor hanging a recruiting poster of a soldier with text, "Enlist to-day. He's happy and satisfied, are you?" Caption: Laurette Taylor in "Out There," her new play by J. Hartley Manners. Globe Theatre - now. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.
U.S. Marine Corps recruitment poster showing marines firing artillery from the deck of a ship.
Poster showing soldiers, both injured and those helping them, arriving on a shore. Donations large or small but send now while you think of it. Address: 1914 War Society, 28, Duke St., St. James', W. Title from item.
Poster shows a Canadian soldier holding up four fingers. Title from item. W.P. 4.
Poster is text only. Text continues: 1. Don't use a motor car or motor cycle for pleasure purposes. 2. Don't buy new clothes needlessly. Don't be ashamed of wearing old clothes in war time. 3. Don't keep more servants than you really need. In this way you will save money for the war, set the right example, and free labour for more useful purposes. Your country will appreciate your help. Title from item.
Poster showing a mule "Industry" upsetting a cart as it is bothered by flies "Unjust taxation," "Agitation," Waste," "Strife," and "Unfair laws." Title continues: As a consumer has it ever occurred to you there is a close relationship between your pocketbook (household expenses) and industrial conditions? You complain of high prices but have you ever done anything to discourage such price-boosting factors as burdensome laws which impose unnecessary taxes on legitimate American industry and constant waste promoted by destructive agitators? Help to keep prices down by chasing the flies away from industry. Issued by the National Industrial Conservation Movement, 30 Church Street, New York City. Copies supplied on request. No. E-10.
Poster showing scales, with "Cost of Production" outweighing "Price to Consumer." Title continues: Do you know that the price of many articles you buy is materially increased by laws which add to production costs, imposing unnecessary or excessive taxation and fomenting discord instead of promoting good will between wage-earners and wage-payers? You complain of high prices, but have you ever done anything to discourage these price-boosting factors? Don't kick at the price kick at the reasons! Issued by the National Industrial Conservation Movement, 30 Church Street, New York City. Copies supplied on request. No. E-2.
Poster showing figure "Victory" with a sailor and a soldier. Unidentified artist's monogram. Title from item.
Poster is text only. Text continues: Consult or write the Recruiting Committee, The Mayor's Committee on National Defense, Hall of Records, Chambers Street, New York. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.