World War II Posters, 1941-1945

Posters printed by the United States Government Printing Office during World War II. Subjects include U.S. allies, morale, information security, war bonds and stamps, food rationing, recruitment, Victory Gardens, scenes by Norman Rockwell, and miscellaneous related subjects. One letter encouraging financial institutions to display a particular poster is in the data folder.

Collection Information

Collection No. : 1972-002

Arrangement : Arranged alphabetically by subject

Access : Unrestricted

Collection Size : 8 folders (203 posters)

Source : Gift of Archibald C. Edwards, 1973

Inventory

Allies and Morale Careless Talk Finance Miscellaneous Rationing Recruitment Norman Rockwell Victory Garden

Allies and Morale

Folder	Number of Posters	Description
1	19	Allies
		Morale
		President Roosevelt messages

 

Careless Talk

Folder	Number of Posters	Description
2	24	Careless Talk

 

Finance

Folder	Number of Posters	Description
3	55	Income Tax
		Savings Stamps
		Victory Loans
		War Bonds

 

Miscellaneous

Folder	Number of Posters	Description
4	14	Mail Delivery
		Labor
		Safety

 

Rationing

Folder	Number of Posters	Description
5	50	Rationing--food, clothing, travel
		Recycling
		Price Control

 

Recruitment

Folder	Number of Posters	Description
6	20	Recruitment

 

Norman Rockwell

Folder	Number of Posters	Description
7	7	Rockwell, Norman

 

Victory Garden

Folder	Number of Posters	Description
8	14	Victory Garden
		Crop Corp

Allies and Morale Careless Talk Finance Miscellaneous Rationing Recruitment Norman Rockwell Victory Garden

 

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