Browse Items (21 total)

Bain News Service, Helen Gould, Army Supporter, Library of Congress, 22 January 1913

You don’t have to be a soldier to help the war effort, and Helen Shepard proved that when she gave $100,000 to the United States government during the…

Tags: Education, Helen Gould Miller Shepard, Military Service, Philanthropy, War, Women

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

Charles Henry Alston, A Well Fed Nation is a Fighting Nation - World War II Public Health Initiative, National Archives at College Park, 1943

Charles Alston, an African-American artist and educator, created this drawing in 1943. It shows a strong, healthy family (man, woman, and two…

Tags: African-Americans, Charles Alston, Eating, Health, War, World War II

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

Harris & Ewing, photographer, Congress, Wilson before War Tax Message, 1914, Library of Congress, 1914

None given

Tags: 1914, Congress, War, War Tax, Woodrow Wilson, World War I

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

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

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

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

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