However, posters and other incentives were not quite enough to entice a sufficient number of enlistees, so in World War II, as i... WWII posters aimed to inspire, encourage service By David Vergun ...

Poster Art had been introduced to an American audience in World War I by the Division of Pictorial Publicity of the United States Committee on Public Information, founded in April of 1917.

How did you make the posters? The first couple I was able to find the original on Google search. The Boston Public Library has a bunch of World War II poster scans on their Flikr page; that's ...

5. Not everyone loves Rosie the Riveter. After its rediscovery, the "We Can Do It" poster became a worldwide feminist symbol, replicated on everything from T-shirts to postage stamps.

Then show students images of several iconic World War II propaganda posters, like Rosie the Riveter and Uncle Sam (which was created in 1916 but used in WWII). Ask: ...

Appraisal: 1942 WWII Kroger War Bonds Poster. GUEST: Well, we brought in a World War II war bond poster. About five years ago, I bought it at an auction in, uh, Nebraska, and we paid $400.

SL: This one [points at a poster of American boxer Joe Louis from 1942].. “We’re going to do our part. We’ll win because we’re on God’s side.” He said it at Madison Square Garden. Some ...

There are two things you need to know about the pictures on a recent Montana National Guard recruiting poster: The first is that the soldier in the center is Command Sgt. Maj. Lawrence DeBoo, the ...

Inside America’s Shocking WWII Propaganda Machine. More than half a century ago, the U.S. used provocative posters and fake news to influence its soldiers, its citizens, and even its enemies.