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- Description:
- World War I poster entitled, "For Home and Country, Victory Liberty Loan." The poster shows a color drawing of a young father who is wearing an army uniform. He is holding his son in his right arm and has his left arm around his wife's shoulder. The artist's name and date, "Alfred Everitt Orr, -18," are shown in the lower right corner of the drawing. Small printed text along the bottom edge shows "American Lithographic Co., N.Y."
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Poster printed in brown, green, blue, and yellow on cardboard. Shows a drawing of a U.S. Treasury building in Washington, D.C. in the center near the top. Text underneath reads "Second Liberty Loan of 1917 Buy a Bond."
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- World War I poster with the message, "Teamwork Builds Ships." The poster shows a color drawing of three workmen who are riveting steel plates on the hull of a ship. Printed text along the bottom of the poster shows "United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation." The artist's name, W. D. Stevens, is shown in the lower left corner of the drawing.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- 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:
- 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
- Description:
- World War I poster entitled, "Fill the Flag." The poster shows a color drawing of a young woman who is dressed in patriotic clothing that resembles the American flag. She is holding her red and white striped apron up in order to catch coins that are falling into it. A circular emblem near the upper right corner of the poster shows "Detroit Patriotic Fund" and "Fill the Flag." The artist's initials, "RFH," are shown at the lower right corner of the drawing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
