Browse Items (28 total)

Library of Congress, Get Ahead! Adult Education Classes, Library of Congress, Between 1936 and 1941

Poster encouraging adults to attend adult education classes

Federal Art Project, sponsor. By the People, For the People

Tags: Adult Education, Adults, Federal Art Project, Posters, Public Education

Pennsylvania Art WPA, Volunteers Needed at Once!, Library of Congress, ca. 1941-43

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead,…

Tags: Democracy, Home Front, Military Front, Nationalism, Posters, United States, World War II

Louis Hirshman & William Tasker, Service on the Home Front, Library of Congress, ca. 1941-43

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good actions; try to use ordinary situations. Jean Paul Richter, German author World War II posters…

Tags: Democracy, Home Front, Military Front, Nationalism, Posters, United States, World War II

J. Carl Mueller, Hero Land, Library of Congress, 1917

Poster advertisement for Hero Land

Held at the Grand Central Palace in 1917 (from November 24-December 12), Hero Land was a WWI Allied war relief…

Tags: Events, Hero Land, Posters, War, War Relief, World War I

Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, Milk Fund / Monster Vaudeville Show WPA Poster, Library of Congress, 1939

This poster encourages the viewer to "give to the needy" and "join the mayor's welfare milk fund." Created as part of the Federal Arts Project under…

Tags: Federal Arts Project, Milk Fund, Millicent Hearst, Monster Vaudeville Show, Posters, WPA

American Red Cross, A Word of Thanks, American Red Cross, 1941-1945

In this poster, the American Red Cross offers its sincere gratitude to the public for their volunteer and financial contributions.

The American…

Tags: American Red Cross, Blood, Blood Drive, Nursing, Posters, Volunteerism

John E. Shreridan, American Library Association United War Work Campaign Poster, Library of Congress, 1918

This poster for the American Library Association was created under the United War Work Campaign. It reads, "'Hey Fellows!' Your Money Brings the Book…

Tags: American Library Association, Posters, United War Work Campaign, War, Woodrow Wilson, World War I

YWCA, United War Work Campaign Poster, Library of Congress, 1917 or 1918

Poster advertising the United War Work Campaign. It reads, "If you only knew! How much joy your dollars bring 'over there' you'd GIVE and GIVE and…

Tags: Posters, United War Work Campaign, War, War Relief, Woodrow Wilson, World War I

National Archives & National Library of Medicine, Public Health Posters, National Archives & National Library of Medicine, 1944 - First Picture, 1940s - Second Picture

In midcentury, public health groups took cues from the advertising industry to warn of various health risks. A retrospective of 20th-century health…

Tags: Advertising, Diseases, Flies, Health, Posters, Public Health, Syphilis

National Library of Medicine, Public Health Poster, National Library of Medicine, Mid 1940s

In midcentury, public health groups took cues from the advertising industry to warn of various health risks. A retrospective of 20th-century health…

Tags: Diseases, Posters, Public Health, Syphilis