Showing posts with label Digital Media Repository. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Digital Media Repository. Show all posts

Saturday, May 3, 2014

World war one Posters, 20th Century


historic-style war propaganda poster with crusader knight on horseback
Scottish War Savings Committee, Palmerston Place Edinburgh - For Honour's Sake Our Cause Is Just - Join A War Savings Association - Go To A Bank Or Post Office To-Day L1 for 15s 6 Buy War Savings

Between 1914 and 1918, millions of posters were printed and displayed around the world. The U.S. campaigns were the largest: between 2,000 and 3,000 different poster designs were produced for government and civilian agencies. 

I've found an amazing collection of them at Ball State University under a project known as Digital Media Repository, link to this WW1 posters provided here.

colourful poster of vegetables encouraging people to eat less for war effort
Eat Less And let us be Thankful that we have enough to share with those who fight for freedom
{published by United States Food Administration}

heart-string tugging illustration for war effort with nurse holding one end of a stretcher
Hold up your end! War Fund Week One Hundred Million Dollars
Artist: WB King
Published by Form N.Y. 18 Second War Fund - link to US Library of Congress direct site to download a high-res -*.tiff- copy of this poster (it's around 50 Mb!) provided, first link sorry...


satricial illustration of Uncle Sam hammering stake in to middle of Europe
The New Spring Drive - Buy War Savings Stamps and Help Save the Country From Autocracy

amusing illustration of cowering German soldier with absurd rooster trying to break out of huge gold medallion to peck him
Pour la France Versez Votre Or L'Or Combat Pour La VictoireArtist: Jules Abel Faivre
Publisher: Devambez, Paris