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America Marches with the United Nations
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Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Ministry of Information United States Department 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 sent...ARTV02288
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"ARISE AMERICANS" Your Country and your Liberty are in grave Danger: Protect them now by joining the United States Navy or US Naval Reserve
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Maker: Barclay, McClelland [S.L. : S.N.], 1941
Second World War American poster featuring a sailor on board a ship and words warning that the country's liberty is in danger. McClelland Barclay (1891–1943) was an American painter of pin-up art. Bor...ARTV00755
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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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Be a Cadet Nurse
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Maker: Whitcomb, Jon US Office Of War Information U.S. Government Printing Office
United States Second World War recruitment poster for nurses. Designed by Jon Whitcomb, the poster was published by the US Department of Health and Human Services and distributed by the US Office of W...ARTV02803
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Be a cadet nurse
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Maker: Whitcomb, Jon US Office Of War Information US Government Printing Office
United States Second World War recruitment poster for nurses. Designed by Jon Whitcomb, the poster was published by the US Department of Health and Human Services and distributed by the US Office of W...ARTV09514
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Be a victory farm volunteer in the U.S. Crop Corps
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Maker: U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Government Printing Office [S.L.] : U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 1943 (WASHINGTON : U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE)
American Second World War recruitment poster for volunteers to join the U.S. Crop Corps, to work on the Victory Farms program, directed towards young men and women who were unable to serve, advising t...ARTV05238
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Beware...It may be a flak trap
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Maker: Unknown [S.L. : AIR FORCE, N.D.]
Australian propaganda posters during the Second World War were used to instil anti-Japanese attitudes. Using racial stereotypes and derogatory humour the posters harboured fear and caution amongst Aus...ARTV03291
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Be with him at every mail call
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Maker: Recruiting Publicity Bureau United States Army US Government Printing Office
United States Second World War poster issued by the U S Army Recruiting Publicity Bureau advocating the use of Vmail. Vmail was a form of encoding letters into film, then shrunk in order to avoid heav...ARTV00650
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Be with him at every mail call
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Maker: Recruiting Publicity Bureau United States Army US Government Printing Office
United States Second World War poster issued by the U S Army Recruiting Publicity Bureau advocating the use of Vmail. Vmail was a form of encoding letters into film, then shrunk in order to avoid heav...ARTV09726
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Be with him at every mail call
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Maker: Recruiting Publicity Bureau United States Army US Government Printing Office
United States Second World War poster issued by the U S Army Recruiting Publicity Bureau advocating the use of Vmail. Vmail was a form of encoding letters into film, then shrunk in order to avoid heav...ARTV09725
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Be With Him at Every Mail Call
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Maker: Hiller, Lejaren Arthur Recruiting Publicity Bureau United States Army US Government Printing Office
United States Second World War poster issued by the US Army Recruiting Publicity Bureau advocating the use of Vmail. Vmail was a form of encoding letters into film, then shrunk in order to avoid heavy...ARTV02793
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Bits of Careless Talk Are Pieced Together by the Enemy
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Maker: Dohanos, Stevan [WASHINTON] : OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION, 1943 (WASHINGTON : U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE)
American Second World War poster depicting a hand wearing a Nazi ring piecing together a jigsaw puzzle. The last piece of the jigsaw is being placed, completing the message "Convoy sails for England /...ARTV02557
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Care is costly : buy and hold war bonds
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Maker: Treidler, Adolph U.S. Treasury Department [WASHINGTON : U.S. TREASURY, 1945 (WASHINGTON : U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE)
To fund the war effort the United States Treasury issued war bonds which the public could purchase. The money raised was used for soldiers uniforms, weapons and other supplies. The war bonds were simi...ARTV05716
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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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Cartoon for transport mural (North America)
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Maker: Millen, M J
Depicts a mural design of a stylised map of North and Central America, with the Statue of Liberty, an American flag, figures of native American Indians and teepees, an 18th century sailing ship, a map...ART28514
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Coxswain 'Nick' Lombardo, U.S. Navy
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Maker: Jack, Kenneth
Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of Coxswain 'Nick' Lombardo from the US Navy. A prolific painter and print maker, Kenneth Jack (b.1924) served with the RAAF as a survey and cartographic draughts...ART93474
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Die Weltkarte mit dem Kolonialbesitz der grossen Machte [World map with the colonial possessions of the great powers]
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Maker: Unknown Unknown Unknown
A German map of the world showing the pre-Second World War extent of the empires, colonies and mandates of Germany, Italy, France, Britain, Belgium and Holland.ARTV09276
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Doctors are Scarce
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Maker: Unknown Washington: Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information
American Second World War poster promoting civilian medical education for the treatment of minor injuries and illnesses. The poster highlights the need for this owing to the loss of one in three docto...ARTV02548