War Poster Collection.
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The collection consists of posters from both World War I and World War II with tourist and other miscellaneous posters from the same periods. More than half of the posters are from countries other than the United States. French posters predominate, but there are also World War I and II posters from Belgium, Canada, England, and Italy, plus World War I posters from Germany and World War II posters from Czechoslovakia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, and Yugoslavia. Additionally, the collection contains broadsides, banners, pamphlets, and ephemera.
The U.S. World War I posters promote recruitment, savings stamp and bond drives, patriotism, and conservation. There are also a few anti-war posters in the collection. Artists represented include James Montgomery Flagg, Howard Chandler Christy, Edward Penfield, Frank Brangwyn, Windsor McCay, and Joseph Pennell.
The U.S. World War II posters deal with similar themes. A significant number portray the work of women in the war effort. Prominent artists of these posters are John Steuart Curry, Norman Rockwell, Dean Cornwell, and Thomas Hart Benton.
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Catalog records for most of the collection can be viewed under the following headings:
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MU Digital Library: Posters.
Library of Congress World War I Posters Collection.
World War II Poster Collection from Northwestern University Libraries.
World War II Newsmaps from University of North Texas Libraries.
Many other posters are held in libraries and can be accessed through the Digital Public Library of America.
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- Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
- Brangwyn, Frank, 1867-1956
- Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952
- Cornwell, Dean, 1892-1960
- Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946
- Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877-1960
- McCay, Winsor
- Penfield, Edward, 1866-1925
- Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926
- Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978
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Document Type: Non-fiction