Browse Items (21 total)

SALT, Masuda Sultan, Advocate and Entrepreneur, SALT, Unknown

From Wikipedia: Masuda Sultan is an Afghan American entrepreneur and international human rights advocate. She is the author of My War at Home, a…

Tags: Advocacy, Afghan-American, Afghan-American. Afghanistan. Women. War. Civilians. Women’s Rights., Civilians, Entrepreneur, War, Women, Women's Rights

Carl Hubenthal, Merry Christmas to G.I. Joe, Library of Congress, 1968

"In this 1968 poster by Carl Hubenthal, an American soldier ""G.I. Joe,"" is sitting in a jungle setting, with a recently unwrapped child's…

Tags: Bob Hope, Christmas, G.I. Joe, War

J.E. Purdy, Millicent (Wilson) Hearts, Philanthropist, Library of Congress, 1906

Millicent Hearst (1882 - 1974) is best known for founding the Free Milk Fund for Babies in 1921. For decades, it helped provide milk to the poor…

Tags: Disability., Millicent Hearst, Philanthropy, Poverty, War, Women

George Mather Richards, Salvation Army United War Work Campaign Poster, Library of Congress, 1918

This is a poster for the Salvation Army, created under the United War Work Campaign. It reads "Oh, Boy! That's the Girl! The Salvation Army Lassie /…

Tags: Donuts, Salvation Army, United War Work Campaign, War, War Relief, World War I

James Montgomery Flagg, U.S. Army Recruitment Poster, Library of Congress, 1917

"A war recruitment poster of ‘Uncle Sam’ pointing out and imploring others to join the US army.

The famous war recruitment poster that is well…

Tags: Military Service, Recruitment, U.S. Army, War

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, None

The modern age of powered flight began in 1903 when Orville Wright made the first sustained, powered flight on December 17 in a plane he and his…

Tags: FAA, Flying, Security, War

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

Office of War Information domestic photographic units, V-Mail During World War II, Library of Congress, Circa 1942

In both world wars, letter writing was a popular means of improving the morale of troops overseas. During the latter years of World War II, V-mail…

Tags: Postal Service, V-Mail, War, World War II, WWII

The American Red Cross, Volunteer for Red Cross Motor Corps, National Archives, 1941-1945

Posters such as these were created by the American Red Cross to recruit volunteers during wartime.

The Motor Corps consisted of 45,000 women who…

Tags: American Red Cross, Health, Motor Corps, Volunteerism, War, Women

J. Howard Miller, We Can Do It!, National Museum of American History, 1942

"An American propaganda poster from 1943 produced to inspire worker confidence.

In 1942, Pittsburgh artist J. Howard Miller was hired by the…

Tags: Propaganda, Rosie the Riveter, War, Women