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World War I posters collection
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Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]181 South College Avenue, Newark, DE 19717-5267
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the University of Delaware Library Special Collections. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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The World War I posters collection consists of 300 posters and broadsheets from the United States, France, Germany, and Great Britain and covers the period from 1914-1920, extending into the post-war era.
The posters reflect the concerns of a country at war and recruitment; wartime production; conscription; public health; food and material rationing; war loans; war work; and morale, both on the battlefield and on the home front. Post-war issues including unemployment, the war-wounded, and the care of widows and orphans are also represented.
The collection is arranged into two series: I. American posters and II. European posters. Within each series, the posters are arranged by issuing body or agency.
Languages present in this collection include: English, Welsh, Lettish, Polish, Italian, Russian, Lithuanian, Hebrew, French, and German.
Series I. American posters, comprises the majority of the collection and contains posters representing and encouraging support for United States military, civic, and economic initiatives primarily between 1916 and 1919, which included War stamps and multiple Liberty Loan Drives; food rationing and substitution; fundraising and associated events; fuel rationing; enlistment and conscription; national morale; and wartime manufacturing and production. Highlights of the series include multilingual posters soliciting American immigrants for recruitment in the armed forces; posters promoting corn and cottage cheese as appropriate substitutes for wheat and meat; and advertisements for “smileage” books that contained entertainment and movie tickets coupons for troops. Items of local and regional interest include a Philadelphia recruiting poster for the Marines and several posters featuring artwork by Philadelphia artist Joseph Pennell (1857-1926).
Series II. European posters, contains posters addressing concerns regarding French, German, and British battlefronts and home fronts between 1914 and 1920, including food access and pricing; conscription and enlistment; education; legal issues regarding orphans; veteran disabilities; survivors' benefits; and postwar rebuilding efforts. The series consists of forty-nine French posters, forty-five German posters, and twenty-nine British posters. Highlights of the series include speeches from French and German politicians reproduced on posters; French posters announcing the conscription of pigeons, automobiles, horses, and mules; and a poster issued by Buckingham Palace regarding recruitment and written in Welsh.
Series I. F1-F33: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Series II. F1-F30: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
Removals: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (18 inches)
Processed by Margaret Molnar and Max Yela, 1988-1989. Updated and encoded by Rachel Eskridge and Benjamin Kern, March-April, 2016. Updated by Dustin Frohlich, May 2016.
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- University of Delaware Library Special Collections
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- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Finding Aid Date
- 2016 May 2
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Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce isrequired from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec
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Collection is open for research.
Collection Inventory
Series I. American posters, contains posters representing and encouraging support for United States military, civic, and economic initiatives primarily between 1916 and 1919, which included War stamps and multiple Liberty Loan Drives; food rationing and substitution; fundraising and associated events; fuel rationing; enlistment and conscription; national morale; and wartime manufacturing and production. Highlights of the series include multilingual posters soliciting American immigrants for recruitment in the armed forces; posters promoting corn and cottage cheese as appropriate substitutes for wheat and meat; and advertisements for “smileage” books that contained entertainment and movie tickets coupons for troops. Items of local and regional interest include a Philadelphia recruiting poster for the Marines and several posters featuring artwork by Philadelphia artist Joseph Pennell (1857-1926).
Posters include advertisement of ALA services and requests for donations as part of the United War Work Campaign week of 1918 November 1111/11/18. Artist: Sheridan. Printer: American Litho. Co., New York.
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Poster encouraging conserverationsaving of gasoline.
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Poster advocating naval enlistment.
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Poster promoting Boys' Working Reserve's role in combatting world famine. Printer: Thomsen-Ellis Co., Baltimore.
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Anti-Prussian propaganda poster.
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Poster listing draft ages.
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Poster listing 158 thrift stamp slogans.
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Posters aimed at the enlistment of immigrants during 1916. Posters ar printed in Italian, Russian, Lettish, Polish, Lithuanian, Hebrew, and German.
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Posters encouraging increased fuel production and conservation of coal and gasoline. Artists: Ray Greenleaf and F. Sindelar. Printer: Ketterlinus, Phila., Latham Litho. & Ptg. Co., Brooklyn.
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Posters for the second Liberty Loan of 1917 encouraging the public to invest in the war. Artists: Eugenie De Land, Dewey, and Dan Sayre Groesbeck. Printers: Ketterlinus, Phila., T.F. Moore Co., and Sackett & Wilhelms Corp., NY., American Litho. Co.
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Poster promoting council's work for the United War Work Campaign, during the week of 1918 November 11/11/18. Artist: Burton Rice. Printer: American Lithographic Co., NY.
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Poster encouraging sale of Liberty Bonds.
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Poster promoting Children's Year, April 1918-1919. Artist: F. Luis Mora. Printer: The W.F. Powers Co., NY.
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Poster encouraging the substitution of cottage cheese and corn products for meat, wheat, and sugar, during 1917.
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Posters encouraging increased work production and morale as part of war effort, as well as the hiring of veterans post-Armistice. Artist: Gerrit A. Beneker. Printer: A Hoens & Co. Litho, Baltimore.
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Posters encouraging increased work production and morale as part of war effort, as well as the hiring of veterans.
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Posters promoting war savings pledges and stamps. Artists: H. Druitt Welsh, Haskell Coffin, Charles Livingston Bull, A.A.P. Printers: Government Printing Office; Sackett & Wilhelms Corp., NY; American Lithograph Company; Ketterlinus, Philadelphia, United States
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Posters urging the public to invest in Third Liberty Loan of 1917. Artists: John Norton, Sindey Riesenberg. Printers: The Strobridge Litho., Cincinnati and New York, Ketterlinus, Phila., Heywood Strasser & Voight Litho., Sackett & Wilhelms Corp., United States Printing and Litho.
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Poster promoting investment in Victory Liberty Loan drive of 1918. Artist: J.M.H. Printer: Sackett & Wilhelms Corp., NY.
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Posters urging contributions to war chest and increased morale at home . Artists: Kidder and B.A. Osnis.
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Posters urging public to invest in the Liberty Loan. Artists: Sidney H. Riesenberg, J. Allen St. John, Joseph Pennell, J. L. Grosse, E. M. Ashe Printers: Ketterlinus, Philadelphia; Edwards and Deutsch Litho., Chicago; Brett Litho., New York; Heywood, Strasser, & Voigt Litho., New York; The W. F. Powers Co. Litho., New York.
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Posters urging the public to invest in the Liberty Loan. Artists: J. Allen St. John, Walter Whitehead, Printers: Ketterlinus, Philadelphia; Manz Engraving Co., Chicago.
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Posters urging public to invest in Third Liberty Loan of 1917. Artists: Herbert Paus, Henry Raleigh, Laurence Harris, Stern, R.C. Boswell, Howard Chandler Christy. Printers: Edwards and Deutsch Litho., Chicago, Sackett and Wilhelms Corp., Capital Publishing, Inc., Forbes, Boston.
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Posters urging public to invest in Third Liberty Loan of 1917.
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Posters advertising Fourth Liberty Loan of 1918. Artists: Ellsworth Young, Joseph Pennell, C. Le Roy Baldridge, F. Strothman, J. Scott Williams . Printing Company: The United States Printing & Lithograph Company, New York, Alco-Grayure Inc., New York, Robert Gair Co., Brooklyn, Forbes Printing. Boston, Commercial Printing & Lithographic Co, Akron., Donaldson Litho. Co. New Port, Kentucky, Ketterlinus, Philadelphia,
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Artists: Haskell Coffin, Howard Chandler Christy Printers: Forbes, Boston.
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Posters advertising fund drives during 1918 and 1919, including third and fourth Red Cross Roll Calls, Christmas Roll Call 1918 December 16 -23, and the War Fund Week 1918 May 20-27. Artists: A. M. Upjohn, Jessie Wilcox Smith, A. E. Foringer, C. H. Blashfield, L. Mielziner, Ray Greenleaf, W. T. Benda. Printers: Forbes, Boston; U. S. Prtinting and Litho., New York; Niagara Litho., New York.
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Poster advertising war film
Ships for Uncle Sam. Artist: Joseph Pennell. Printer: Ketterlinus, Philadelphia. Physical Description1 item
Posters urging the saving of food and substitution of foods, such as corn for wheat and sugar. Also, two posters in Italian and Polish urging the saving of food. Artists: F. Louis Moar, George Illian, Harvey Dunn, William Crawford Young. Printers: Wynkoop, Hallenbeck, Crawford Co.; The W. F. Powers Co. Litho., New York; Latham Litho. & Printing Co., Brooklyn; Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati.
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Artists: Adolph Treidler, A Hendee, George Illian, L. C. Clinker & M. J. Dwyer, Lloyd Harrison, William McKee. Printers: M. B. Brown Printing Co., New York; Heywood Strasser & Voight Litho. Co., New York; Edwards Deutsch Litho. Co., Chicago; Latham Litho & Printing Co., Brooklyn; Harrison & Landauer Inc., Baltimore; Forbes, Baltimore.
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Posters for recruitment. Two are specifically from Philadelphia. Artists: James Montgomery Flagg and Adolph Treidler.
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Posters for recruitment and donations of binoculars. Artists: Henry Reuterdahl, Howard Chandler Christy, Gordon Grant. Printers: Sackett & Wilhelms Corporation, New York.
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Posters encouraging increased production and teamwork for the war. Artists: James H. Daugherty, Adolph Treidler, Hibberd V. B. King, Jonas Lie, Krieg Hoff. Printers: Alpha Litho. Co. Inc., New York; Thomas-Ellis Co., Batlimore; W. F. Powers Co. Litho., New York.
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Artists: H Giles, James Montgomery Flagg, Joseph Pennell, George Hand Wright, Fred J. Hoertz. Printers: John H. Eggers Co., New York; W. F. Powers Co. Litho., New York; Ketterlinus, Philadelphia; Forbers, Boston.
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Poster encourages participation in War Camp Community Service as part of 1918 War Work Campaign. Artist: M. Leone Bracker.
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Poster urging investment in Victory Liberty Loan of 1918. Artists: Alfred Everitt Orr, Gerrit A. Beneker. Printers: American Litho. Co.; Edwards & Deutsch, Chicago; Ketterlinus, Philadelphia; Strobridge Co., Cincinnati.
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Artists: Clyde Forsyth, Howard Chandler Christy, L. A. Shafer. Printers: Forbes, Boston; The W. F. Powers Co. Litho., New York.
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Poster advertising YMCA National Campaign during 1918 November 11-19, 1918. Artists: John F. Butler. Printer: Globe Litho. Co., New York.
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Poster advertisinges "houses for cheer" for French women as part of the United War Work Campaign. Artist: Lucien Jonas.
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One poster advertises "Wake Up America Day" on 1917 April 19, 1917. The other discusses the actions of the S.S. Mongolia on April 19, when it sank a German U-Boat. Artist: James Montgomery Flagg.
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Series II. European posters, contains posters addressing concerns regarding French, German, and British battlefronts and home fronts between 1914 and 1920, including food access and pricing; conscription and enlistment; education; legal issues regarding orphans; veteran disabilities; survivors' benefits; and postwar rebuilding efforts. The series consists of forty-nine French posters, forty-five German posters, and twenty-nine British posters. Highlights of the series include speeches from French and German politicians reproduced on posters; French posters announcing the conscription of pigeons, automobiles, horses, and mules; and a poster issued by Buckingham Palace regarding recruitment and written in Welsh.
"Proclamation to the Men and Women of Berlin."
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German municipal notices. Dates range from March 1916 to the winter of 1920.
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Posters discuss war time rules, regulations, and pricing of goods.
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Posters discuss expropriation in Germany.
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Poster discussing war survivor benefits.
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Poster discussing Germany's milk supply.
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Poster discussing the new regulations on the maximum price of milk in Germany.
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Poster discussinges the new regulations on the maximum price of milk in Germany.
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Posters discussing price check points in Germany.
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Poster discusses upcoming taxes.
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Two recruitment posters and notice of a bank holiday in 1916. One poster in Welsh.
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Posters promoting enlistment and conveying draft information.
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Posters urging enlistment.
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Posters soliciting enlistment for men over the age of 18 and under the age of 41 in the last days of voluntary enlistment in the United Kingdom.
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Posters promoting investment in war loan.
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Poster describing the difficulties of disabled war veterans and encouraging the disabled to rally behind the cause of the Association Nationale Multiles de la Guerre.
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Poster discussing war orphans.
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Speeches from members of the Chamber of Deputies: Minister of Finance, Ribot, President of Council; Minister of Affairs, Aristide Briand; President of the Chamber of Deputies, Paul Deschanel.
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Poster urging public support of the war and soldiers.
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Poster containing speech by Aristide Briand, 1914 December 22.
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Folder contains poster encouraging national solidarity in the war and an additional poster encouraging people to pay homage at the funeral of General Gallieni.
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Poster encouraging donation to rebuilding efforts.
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Poster includes information regarding the three zones of the French Army, general observations about troop movement, operations near the line of demarcation, and articles about troop regulations. The information is drawn, “From the pen of Commander General of the French Armies North and North East, R. Nivelle.”
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Poster contains notice to the populace regarding train schedules through the military zone.
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Poster includes regulations regarding movement in military zones and travel permits, a speech by Raoul Péret (Minister of War), and an announcement regarding commercial transport.
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Posters includes speeches by Raymond Poincare and one speech by Malvy regarding burn victims and families of deceased war veterans.
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Poster contains speech by Rene Viviani.
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Poster contains government decree regarding the manufacture and sale of flour, ordered by R. Poincare on 1917 May 3.
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Posters pertaining to rationing (sugar, bread, and coal), requestitioning (automobiles and homing pigeons in 1916-1917), war damages (dated 1915 an 1918), and the examination of adjourned school classes.
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Posters pertaining to the formation of the class of 1918, conscription of the horses, home maintenance, human waste disposal, and reducing consumption prevention.
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Posters pertaining to production and distribution of domestic products, sugar allocation for prisoners of war, sale and consumption of meat, consumption of foodstuffs, consumption of gas and electricity, and the display of food price.
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Posters contain information regarding Senate speeches pertaining to the twelfth provinces, increases on annuity borrowing rates, and projects pertaining to war orphans.
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Folder includes poster with speeches of the Senate President Antonin Dubost to the assembly.
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Poster contains appeal to foreign French colonies for aid.
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