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- Description:
- One World War I poster entitled "Answer the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call" with the added slogan, "All you need is a heart and a dollar." The poster is printed in color ink on white paper and was drawn by the artist, Ray Greenleaf. It shows a winter scene that consists of a house with a snow-covered roof and chimney smoke. The house is shown on a slope beside a fir tree. Text in the lower left corner shows "Niagara Litho. Co., Buffalo-New York." Text in the lower right corner shows "Ray Greenleaf, Committee on Public Information, Division of Pictorial Publicity" and "Copyright 1918 - American Red Cross."
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Poster printed in black, blue, red, orange, and gray on cardboard. Shows a drawing at top left of ships and submarines on a dark sea. Text, printed in blue, orange, and red on a black background reads "Get behind our Solders, Sailors and our Allies. Send them the most food possible in the least shipping space. Do it by eating less what, beef, pork, fats and sugar." Text along the bottom border, printed in blue on a black background, reads "United States Food Administration." The artist's name and date, "Rienecke Beckman 1917," is printed on the top left.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Poster, "Colored Man is No Slacker," showing an African American soldier bidding farewell to a woman in a blue dress while a regiment marches by in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- May 25, 1925 installment of the Associated News Service news poster series, promising the "Latest World Events in Pictures," this one concerning Gar Wood's $25,000 challenge to G.H. Mead, in response to Mead's record-breaking race between his speedboat TEASER and the New York Central Line’s 20th Century Limited passenger train between New York City and Albany, New York. Wood, Mead, the 20th Century Limited, and a speedboat, presumably the TEASER are all pictured in half-tone black and white. Wood won the challenge.
- Date Issued:
- 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One advertisement poster entitled "Detroit." The multicolor poster consists of a collage of Detroit scenes including parks, notable businesses, cultural institutions, historic buildings, and civic events. Small printed text along the lower left edge of the collage shows "This is a photo editorial about the City of Detroit, Michigan. Copyright 1979 by J & E Products, 15840 Wick Rd., Allen Park, MI 48101. All Rights Reserved."
- Date Issued:
- 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- World War I poster entitled, "U. S. Marines, Soldiers of the Sea." The poster shows a color drawing of two Marines at the center along with the Marine Corps emblem on a pedestal. Black and white photographs (16 total) are arranged in columns on each side of the poster that depict typical activities in the life of a marine. The artist's name, J. C. Leyendecker, is shown near the lower right corner of the drawing. Printed text along the bottom shows "For Full Information Apply, Recruiting Station."
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One poster entitled "Hughie Jennings and His Great 1907 Tigers." The poster is printed in black ink on heavy white paper and shows fifteen black and white photographic images of Tiger team members. Names are shown in printed text beneath each image. Printed text along the bottom shows "American League Pennant Winners of 1907."
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- World War I poster with the messages, "Joan of Arc Saved France" and "Save Your Country, Buy War Savings Stamps." the poster shows a color drawing of Joan of Arc who is dressed in armor and is holding a upraised sword in her right hand. The artist's name, "Haskell Coffin," is shown near the lower left corner of the drawing. Additional printed text along the bottom of the poster shows "W.S.S., War Savings Stamps Issued by the United States Government, United States Treasury Department." Small printed text in the lower left corner shows "S-2." Small printed text in the lower right corner shows "United States Printing & Lithograph Co., New York."
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- World War I poster with the messages, "Motherless Fatherless Starving," and "How Much To Save These Little Lives?" The poster shows a color drawing of a Red Cross nurse who is tending to a group of small children. The artist's last name, "Crisp," can be seen near the center left edge of the drawing. A Red Cross is shown at the bottom of the poster along with printed text that shows "War Fund Week, One Hundred Million Dollars, May 20th - 27th." Small printed text in the lower right corner shows "Form N.Y. 20, Second War Fund."
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- World War I poster entitled, "Americans All!" The poster has a color drawing of Lady Liberty who is holding a corner of the American flag in her right hand and is holding a wreath in her left arm over a list of surnames that is entitled, "Honor Roll." The different ethnicities of the surnames suggests a variety of people who have all come together as Americans. The artist's name and date, "Howard Chandler Christy, 1919," are shown in the lower right corner of the drawing. Small printed text in the lower left corner shows "4-C." Small printed text in the lower right corner shows "Forbes, Boston."
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
