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World War I and II Poster Collection
The World War I and II posters are part of the Oversize Collection, which consists of unbound items from various Regional History Center collections that are too large to store in regular archival boxes. The Oversize Collection contains five major groups of documents: posters and broadsides, photographs and prints, maps, newspapers, and certificates.
The war poster collection contains 629 posters from World Wars I and II depicting recruiting, morale, propaganda, and production incentive. A full listing of the World War I and II posters can be accessed in the PDF inventory.
More information about the Poster Collection can be found in the collection's finding aid.
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- The Salvation Army gives doughnuts and coffee to the boys over there...
- Wm. Meade Prince, The Salvation Army gives doughnuts and coffee to the boys over there-Have you made your contribution yet?
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- Mothers! Wives! Friends! of soldiers and sailors Hearty welcome at the Y.W.C.A.
- Baldurn, Mothers! Wives! Friends! of soldiers and sailors, hearty welcome at the Y. W. C. A. Hostess House, 12 West 51st Street, New York City, 15 minutes from Grand Central or Pennsylvania Station. Lodging--Sightseeing and shopping service. Information--Permanent cable address.
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- Come to the club Central Soldiers and Sailor's Club
- Juanita Hamel, Come to the club. War Camp Community Service. Central Soldiers' & Sailors' Club. 207 W. Washington St. Chicago. Conducted by the War Recreation Board of Illinois, 120 W. Adams St. Chicago
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- Grand Military Ball Monday night May 19th, 1919 at Wardman Park Inn
- Fredrick Duncan, Grand military ball Monday night May 19th at Wardman Park Inn for the benefit of The Salvation Army
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- Care for her through the YWCA
- Adolph Treidler, For every fighter a woman worker. Care for her through the YWCA. United War Work Campaign
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- "Encircle the camps with hospitality" Soldiers and Sailors ever welcome ...
- Lawrence Kennedy, War Camp Community Service. "Encircle the camps with hospitality." Soldiers and sailors ever welcome where you see this emblem. War Recreation Board of Illinois. 120 West Adams Street, Chicago
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- The Salvation Army Help them to help our boys
- Scott Ethridge, The Salvation Army. Help them to help our boys
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- We must fight two foes Two battlefields Abroad At home
- Harley Davis, We must fight two foes. The German enemy abroad and the germ enemy at home. 1,500 Illinois soldiers have been sent home because they have tuberculosis. There will be more. They deserve the best care that is possible to provide. They offered to die for us - it is our duty to give for them. ... 100,000 additional cases of tuberculosis exist in Illinois' civilian population. Scores of them are to be found in this county. They are dying because there is no hospital to which they may go for renewed health. They are spreading this disease. You or some member of your family may be the next victim. Meet this danger to yourself, your family, your neighborhood and your county by voting: For the levy of a tax for a county tuberculosis sanitarium. The cost to you--The price of one square meal a year.
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- Are you worth dying for? Out of the fight
- Harley Davis, Are you worth dying for? Our of the fight. Enroute home to enter tuberculosis sanitarium. Permanently injured enroute home. Our men are dying in France for you and yours. They are being killed by bullets and disease. Tuberculosis stalks in the trenches while shells burst overhead. There are 300,000 consumptives in Illinois. Help them in their fight for life. Help our sick soldiers and families here at home. Help protect yourself from tuberculosis. Buy Red Cross seals. Buy them early. Buy them often. They cost one cent.
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- The next to go Fight tuberculosis!
- The next to go. Fight tuberculosis! Red Cross Christmas seal campaign
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- Order your coal now...
- fgc, Order your coal now. Get it out of Uncle Sam's way--he needs the railroads for the war.
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- U.S. Marines The service with a future
- Sidney H. Riesenberg, U. S. Marines, The service with a future. Ask postmaster for information.
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- War Department Selective Service Division
- War Department, Selective Service Division, State of Illinois ... November 21, 1918. From: District Board, Division No. 3, Northern District of Illinois. To: Doctor J. E. Everett, Member local board DeKalb County, Illinois. Subject: Appreciation of cooperative service. ... [signed] John V. Farwell, Chairman, Frank Hamlin, Secretary.
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- The ships are coming ... On the job for victory
- Adolph Treidler, The ships are coming ... Stick to your job ... On the job for victory.
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- The answer to this ... is this
- L. Rogers, E. H. Sleeper, The answer to this . . . . . is this. Join to-day., RPB--GRS--Seriec C No. 7."||Stamp at bottom reads "Recruiting Station U. S. Army, Post Office, Aurora, Ill.
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- Let's go! The U.S. Army The Doughboy
- Let's go! The U.S. Army. The Doughboy, A. G. O. R. S. No. 246 - 1 - 20 - 20M, 4042 - 1.
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- U.S. Marines The service with a future
- U. S. Marines, The service with a future. Ask postmaster for information.
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- Proclamation by the President of the United States
- Proclamation by the President of the United States. June the fifth 1918 has been proclaimed by the President of the United States as the day on which all men who have become twenty-one years of age since the last registration day (June 5th, 1917) must register. This registration will be held under the supervision of the local board of De Kalb County. ... Please govern yourselves accordingly, and present yourself to the proper board in your district early in the day. Signed: John MacQueen, Chairman, William F. Murphy, Secretary, J. M. Everett, M. D., Lowell B. Smith, Gov. Appeal Agent.
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- Join today U.S. Marines The service with a future
- J. C. Leyendecker, Join today! U. S. Marines, The service with a future. Ask postmaster for information.
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- "Earn, learn, and travel" join the infantry
- I. B. Hazelton, "Earn, learn and travel" Join the infantry
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- Army of the United States Corps badges 1865
- Army of the United States Corps Badges 1865. 1st Div. red, 2nd Div. White, 3rd Div. blue, 4th Div. green, 5th Div. orange ...
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- Fight world famine Enroll in the boys working reserves
- Fight world famine, enroll in th Boy's Working Reserve
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- U.S. Marines The service with a future
- J. C. Leyendecker, U. S. Marines, The service with a future. Ask postmaster for information.
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- U.S. Marines The service with a future
- Sidney H. Riesenberg, U. S. Marines, The service with a future. Ask postmaster for information.
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- 1917 - Distinctive Insignia United States Army - 1919
- 1917 - Distinctive Insignia United States Army - 1919, G.H.Q. American E.F., Armies ... Corps ... Divisions ... Special Units ... From the recruiting officer