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- Description:
- Color World War I poster mounted on board. Text printed in red and blue at top reads "Clear the Way! / Buy Bonds / Fourth / Liberty Loan." Shows a woman in a white dress and wearing a laurel wreath, symbolizing victory, in front of an American flag above an 8 man naval gun crew. The artist's name, "Howard Chandler Christy," is signed on the bottom left. Small printed text at bottom left reads "10-B" and small printed text at bottom center reads "Niagara Litho. Co. Buffalo-New York." Posters with similar slogan: 1953.105.234, 1953.153.001, 1954.176.001, 1954.176.003, 1954.176.004, 1958.182.136, 1958.257.028a, 1958.257.028b, 1960.001.178, 1960.001.179 and 1960.001.303
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- World War I poster with the message, "Victory is a Question of Stamina. Send - the Wheat, Meat, Fats, Sugar - the fuel for Fighters." The poster shows a color drawing of two infantrymen who are charging across a snow-covered field. The artist's name, "Harvey Dunn, 1917," is shown near the lower right corner of the drawing. "United States Food Administration" is printed in black text along the bottom of the poster.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- 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
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- World War I poster with the messages, "Will You Help the Women of France?" and "Save Wheat." The color poster shows a drawing of three women who are pulling a rudimentary plow across a field. Printed text along the bottom of the poster shows "They are struggling against starvation and are going to feed not only themselves and children; but their husbands and sons who are fighting in the trenches." The poster was designed for the United States Food Administration by Edward Penfield whose name is shown in the lower left corner of the drawing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- Commission appointing Edward Edgar Hartwick a Captain in the Michigan State Troops, dated June 16, 1971. The commission is signed by Michigan Governor Albert E. Sleeper, Secretary of State Coleman C. Vaughan, and Adjutant General John S. Bersey on the lower right. It is affixed with the gold seal of the State of Michigan on the lower left.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- Poster. Recruitment poster for the U.S. Navy during World War I. Printed in red, black, and blue on cardboard. Shows a Howard Chandler Christy drawing of a woman dressed in a U.S. Navy uniform to the left. Text on the right reads "I WANT YOU for THE NAVY." Text along the bottom reads "304 E. 150th St. / APPLY ANY RECRUITING STATION OR POSTMASTER." Printed by The Colorplate Engraving Company.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- Color poster printed on board and mounted on linen. Text at top reads "Hero Land." The poster prominently features an illustration showing the "British tank 'Britannia' in Action" by J. Carl Mueller. Text on the bottom third of the poster reads "The Greatest Spectacle the World Has Ever Seen for the Greatest Need the World Has Ever Known Grand Central Palace Nov. 24th to Dec. 12th Admission 50¢." Text along the bottom right reads "The Hegeman Print N.Y."
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- World War I poster with the messages, "Sugar Means Ships" and "The Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Drinks Must Be Reduced." The poster shows a sketch of a woman who is drinking from a straw that is causing sugar-laden ships to be diverted to the United States which would have otherwise been available to carry supplies for the war effort in Europe. Additional printed text notes "For your beverages 400 million lbs. of sugar were imported in ships last year. Every ship is needed to carry soldiers and supplies now." The artist's name, "E. Fuhr," is shown near the lower left corner of the sketch. Small printed text in the upper left corner of the poster shows "United States Food Administration." Small printed text in the lower left corner shows "The Carey Printing Company, New York."
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- World War I poster with the message, "Back Our Girls Over There," which was part of the Y.W.C.A. United War work Campaign. The poster shows a color drawing of a young woman who is wearing a service uniform and is operating a switchboard. A large group of soldiers can be seen in the background. The artist's name, Clarence Underwood, is shown in the lower left corner of the drawing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military
- Description:
- World War I poster with the message, "For Your Boy." Message text is printed in red and black on a white background. The poster has a color drawing of a soldier who is holding a cup of coffee that is being poured by a war relief worker. A "Y.M.C.A." sign can be seen in the background. The artist's name, "Arthur William Brown," is shown at the lower left corner of the drawing. Additional printed text along the bottom of the poster shows "United War Work Campaign - November 11-18, 1918." Small printed text at the lower right corner of the poster shows "Committee on Public Information, Division of Pictorial Publicity" and "Ketterlinus, Phila."
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Military