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America Marches with the United Nations: A Procession of Photographs of a Nation at War
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Maker: Ministry of Information Office of War Information Multi Machine Plates Ltd
'America Marches with the United Nations' was a very significant exhibition in the history of Scottish museums, as it was the first exhibition to be designed and created in the United States, to be se...ARTV02067
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Avenge December 7
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Maker: Perlin, Bernard Office of War Information WASHINGTON : DIVISION OF PUBLIC INQUIRIES OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, 1942 (WASHINGTON : U.S. GOVERNM U.S. Government Printing Office
American Second World War poster depicting a sailor with a clenched fist in the upper two thirds, with the silhouette of a sinking ship in the lower right corner. The title refers to 'aveng[ing]' the ...ARTV02553
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Award: For careless talk
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Maker: Dohanos, Stevan Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
United States Second World War 'careless talk' poster by Stevan Dohanos. The poster depicts a hand, bearing a Nazi swastika ring, holding an Iron Cross, the highest German award for bravery. The poste...ARTV02556
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Award: For Careless Talk
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Maker: Dohanos, Stevan Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
United States Second World War 'careless talk' poster by Stevan Dohanos. The poster depicts a hand, bearing a Nazi swastika ring, holding an Iron Cross, the highest German award for bravery. The poste...ARTV02815
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Careless Talk Got There First
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Maker: Stoops, Herbert Morton Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
American Second World War poster depicting soldiers parachuting into an area. The soldier in the foreground is slumped over dead while other soldiers in the background continue to land. The text 'Care...ARTV02554
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Don't talk about troop movements: If you tell where they're going...
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Maker: Office of War Information U S Government printing office
Office of War Information poster No. 54 is a National security poster warning civilians to be mindful not to tell or be overheard when talking about troop movements or other military activity.ARTV05866
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Food is a weapon : don't waste it
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Maker: Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information Office of War Information
American Second World War poster encouraging food thrift. This poster draws attention to not wasting food in particular, depicting a completely cleared plate following a meal.ARTV05240
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For Victory and My Post War World
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Maker: Office of Economic Stabilization Office of War Information
American Second World War poster promoting economic sensibility to 'hold price down'. The poster depicts a worker standing before an industrial area holding an envelope with money poking out the top. ...ARTV02555
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If you tell where he's going...he may never get there!
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Maker: Falter, John Philip Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
American Second World War poster promoting careful speech on the home front. The poster depicts an American sailor carrying supplies, with text indicating that if overheard, certain information may le...ARTV02559
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I'm out to lick runaway prices
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Maker: Unknown Office of War Information Unknown
United States Second World War poster depicts a snarling housewife, fist clenched, declaring she's 'out to lick runaway prices'. Inflation and profiteering were a concern in war-time economies, this p...ARTV04511
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Is your trip necessary?
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Maker: Office of War Information U S Government printing office
A sepia photograph of an overcrowded train, some of the passengers in military uniform are squeezed into the back of the scene. The poster reads 'Needless travel interferes with the war effort', urgi...ARTV05857
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"I've found the job where I fit best"
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Maker: Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information Office of War Information
American Second World War recruitment poster encouraging civilians to find a war job in industry, agriculture or business.ARTV05239
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Keep the home front pledge
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Maker: Unknown Office of War Information US Government Printing Office
United States Second World War poster encouraging Americans to 'keep the home front pledge'. In the centre framed in a blue circle is an image of a young woman wearing an apron with her right hand in...ARTV04518
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Keep The Home Front Pledge
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Maker: Unknown Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
United States Second World War poster encouraging Americans to 'keep the home front pledge'. In the centre framed in a blue circle is an image of a young woman wearing an apron with her right hand in...ARTV02817
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Less Dangerous Than Careless Talk
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Maker: Dorne, Albert Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
American Second World War poster. The poster depicts a rattlesnake with blood dripping from its fangs, tail shaking, and ready to attack. The poster's text 'less dangerous / than careless talk' refers...ARTV02558
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No Loyal Citizen of the United States Should Be Denied the Democratic Right to Excerise the Responsibilities of His Citizenship, Regardless of His Ancestry
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Maker: Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
United States Second World War poster featuring a quote by Roosevelt calling for racial equality within the U.S.A. Positioned at the top of the poster is a printed black and white image of a bald eagl...ARTV02811
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Ours to fight for: Freedom from fear
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Maker: Rockwell, Norman Perceval Office of War Information US Government Printing Office
United States Second World War poster depicts a mother and father putting their child to bed. 'Freedom from fear' was one of the 'Four Freedoms' outlined by President Roosevelt in a 1941 speech to Con...ARTV10070
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Ours to fight for: Freedom from fear
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Maker: Rockwell, Norman Perceval Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
United States Second World War poster depicts a mother and father putting their child to bed. 'Freedom from fear' was one of the 'Four Freedoms' outlined by President Roosevelt in a 1941 speech to Con...ARTV07289
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Ours to fight for: Freedom from fear
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Maker: Rockwell, Norman Perceval Office of War Information US Government Printing Office
United States Second World War poster depicts a mother and father putting their child to bed. 'Freedom from fear' was one of the 'Four Freedoms' outlined by President Roosevelt in a 1941 speech to Con...ARTV00759
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Remember Dec 7th...
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Maker: Saalburg, Allen Russell Office of War Information US Government Printing Office
Issued by the Office of War Information this emotive design, featuring a tattered US Flag flying amidst smoke from the burning Naval Base, was one of the first posters released to galvanize Americans ...ARTV02546
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Save freedom of speech
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Maker: Rockwell, Norman Perceval Office of War Information US Government Printing Office
United States Second World War poster depicts a man speaking from within a crowd. 'Freedom of speech' was one of the 'Four Freedoms' outlined by President Roosevelt in a 1941 speech to Congress as one...ARTV00745
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Save freedom of speech
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Maker: Rockwell, Norman Perceval Office of War Information US Government Printing Office
United States Second World War poster depicts a man speaking from within a crowd. 'Freedom of speech' was one of the 'Four Freedoms' outlined by President Roosevelt in a 1941 speech to Congress as one...ARTV05091
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Save freedom of worship...Buy war bonds
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Maker: Rockwell, Norman Perceval U.S. Government Printing Office Office of War Information
Poster depicts a group of praying figures. 'Freedom of Worship' was one of the 'Four Freedoms' outlined by President Roosevelt in a 1941 speech to Congress as one of allied nations' aims, that when th...ARTV08114
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Someone Talked
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Maker: Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information , Washington Siebel, Frederick Office of War Information WASHINGTON : DIVISION OF PUBLIC INQUIRIES, OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, 1942 (WASHINGTON : U.S. GOVERN U.S. Government Printing Office
American Second World War posterd depictuing a man floating on a rough sea with an arm outstretched as if grasping for help. The text aims to implore civilians to keep secrets and not be overheard whe...ARTV02552
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Ten Years Ago: The Nazis Burned These Books
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Maker: Unknown Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
United States Second World War poster. The poster compares the two forms of government of the belligerent nations: fascism for Germany and democracy for the United States. The Nazi book burnings, wher...ARTV02812
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The Battle-wise Infantryman is Careful of What He Says or Writes. How About You?
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Maker: Schlaikjer, Jes Wilhelm Office of War Information US Government Printing Office
American Second World War poster depicting an American GI holding a rifle with affixed bayonet looking out from the poster. Accompanying this image is text highlighting that as the GI is careful about...ARTV02547
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United
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Maker: Ragan, Leslie Darrell Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
A United Nations poster by Leslie Ragan, depicts flags of the member states of the United Nations rising out of battle clouds and the burning horizon under the banner 'UNITED'. Below the combined forc...ARTV05855
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United
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Maker: Ragan, Leslie Darrell Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
A United Nations poster by Leslie Ragan, depicts flags of the member states of the United Nations rising out of battle clouds and the burning horizon under the banner 'UNITED'. Below the combined forc...ARTV05527
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United we are strong...United we will win
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Maker: Koerner, Henry Office of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
United States Second World War poster by Henry Keorner depicts the flags of the allied nations adorning several firing barrels. This is one of many propaganda posters that stress the strength of the a...ARTV05541
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Wanted! For murder...
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Maker: Heppler, Victor Office of War Information US Government Printing Office
United States National Security poster issued by the Office of War Information (OWI) in 1944 warning of the consequences of careless talk. The OWI wrote of the design 'This simple but highly effective...ARTV01282
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You Can Lick Runaway Prices
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Maker: Flagg, James Montgomery Office of War Information Unknown
United States Second World War poster by James Flagg. Using the image of Uncle Sam, this poster lists the 7 keys to holding down prices. During their involvement in the Second World War, the United St...ARTV02834