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Making America strong : industry's ever improving mass production methods step up output of latest type war planes.

Black & white poster features comic-book style drawings of machinery used to produce airplanes. In the upper right corner is an image of Uncle Sam pointing out to some people a flying military airplane which is seen through a large "hole" drawn in the poster.

Date: 1942?

Creator: National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Women in the war : we can't win without them.

Photograph of a woman factory worker wearing overalls or apron of printed fabric, riveting a weapon.

Date: 1942

Creator: United States. War Manpower Commission.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tomorrow may be too late!

Black and white cartoon of Hideki Tojo and an American miner. Each has a caption in a bubble above his head. Tojo is trying to influence the miner to slack off on his work but the miner is not influenced.

Date: 1942

Creator: Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Wood flies to war : the Army & Navy need 20,000 square feet of plywood for each cargo plane.

A U.S. Army airplane flies through dark clouds.

Date: 1943

Creator: United States. Army.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"Not behind the plow"-- your metals are in the Army -- everywhere.

Five photos of various war-related activities to show where metal goes to use in the armed services.

Date: 1943

Creator: United States. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

A blow to the Axis, more lumber for the Army.

A shirtless man uses an axe to chop down a tree. He wears a hat and blue jeans, with a red bandana in his back pocket.

Date: 1943

Creator: Von Schmidt, Harold, 1893-1982

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ready for anything --thanks to you!

Color illustration of soldiers wading from a ship or boat through water and storming a beach. Behind them is a tank about to exit a ship. More ships, a small boat, and explosions can be seen on the water in the background.

Date: 1943

Creator: Sewell, Amos, 1901-

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Good news from home: more production.

Color poster shows a smiling soldier in a brown uniform and helmet. He holds up his hand with four fingers splayed as if to count off the list of words displayed to the right in bold red text: "tanks", "planes", "guns", "ships".

Date: 1942

Creator: Dohanos, Stevan, 1907-1994

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Keep 'em flying! : presented by the United States Army Recruiting Service.

An optical illusion. From far away, the image looks like a portrait of Uncle Sam. A close-up view reveals a grouping of images depicting the war effort, including a soldier, a sailor, a pilot, a smelter worker, a scientist, a nurse, a farmer, factories with smokestacks, a battleship, the U.S. Capitol building, and U.S. flags. In the lower left corner is the text of a poem by Jack Childs.

Date: 1941

Creator: Beall, C. C. (Cecil Calvert), 1892-1967 & Childs, Jack

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Wire to the Axis]

A serpent made of metal wears a helmet with a swastika on it. The serpent has long tail, sharp teeth, and a long snout. Smoke billows in background. Metal beams in a "V" formation appear to approach the serpent from the upper left area of the poster.

Date: unknown

Creator: Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Screening the Axis.

A mesh metal being stands upright holding a metal sieve through which he strains the metal weaponry out of the enemy. Nazi and Japanese soldiers rain down into the sieve. Above and behind them are dark clouds with lightning striking downward toward the sieve. In the far background is a town.

Date: 1942

Creator: Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Springs with stings]

A figure made of wire and springs pinches the nose of a caricature of Adolf Hitler, whose arms and legs form a swastika. Hitler holds a knife in one hand.

Date: 1942

Creator: Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Wire with a kick]

A figure made of wire kicks a swastika-shaped caricature of Hitler. In the background at right is a factory with smokestacks. In the background at left are flames rising from the ocean.

Date: 1942

Creator: Artzybasheff, Boris, 1899-1965.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Defend American freedom: it's everybody's job.

Uncle Sam has removed his top hat and is putting on a workman's cap. His jacket is draped over his left shoulder and he is wearing striped overalls over a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up. Along the bottom of the poster is the silhouette of an industrial landscape.

Date: 1942

Creator: Barclay, McClelland.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Help RCA, help USA : you and I : beat the promise.

In the foreground are two clasped hands, one representing Uncle Sam with a blue and gold-starred jacket sleeve; in the background is a factory with smokestacks. A U.S. flag stripe design connects the two images.

Date: 1942

Creator: RCA Manufacturing Company, inc.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"Sweat, fella -- sweat! The more we sweat, the less our boys bleed. Let's give 'em what it takes to knock out the enemy." Produce for victory!

A smiling man wipes sweat from his neck. He wears goggles on his forehead and cap on his head. Heavy machinery or parts can be seen in the background.

Date: 1942

Creator: Sheldon-Claire Co.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Victory starts here!

A hand punches a time card in a dark blue time clock hanging on a dark blue wall.

Date: unknown

Creator: Bates, Richard E.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"Every rivet we drive -- every bolt we turn -- every ounce we sweat, brings victory a little closer. Breaking production records is the American way of doing things!" : produce for victory!

An older and tired looking factory worker appears determined to contribute to the war effort. He wears a brown cap with a slogan button pinned on it.

Date: 1942

Creator: Shafer, Paul.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"Man for man, America's workers and America's soldiers are the best in the world! We helped them build our nation -- we'll help them defend it." Produce for victory!

A young woman works on a machine part. Her reddish hair is coiffed and she wears a neatly pressed blue work uniform.

Date: 1942

Creator: Sheldon-Claire Co.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"Gosh! Look at 'em fly! My Pop helps make those planes. With flyers like that and workers like my Pop -- us Americans are sure gonna win this scrap!" : produce for victory!

A young boy expresses amazement at American air power. He has a freckled face, blond hair, and wears a straw hat.

Date: 1942

Creator: Sheldon-Claire Co.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"Guts -- and sweat -- that's the stuff victory is made of! We're fighting this war to win -- and every mother's son of us is doing his job -- Who said, America is soft?" : produce for victory!

A group of men of various ages, dressed in dirty work clothing, appear to be ready to work harder to aid the war effort.

Date: 1942

Creator: Sheldon-Claire Co.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"No nation of slaves can match a nation of free men. We're doing more because we want to than they can because they have to!" : produce for victory!

50 men dressed in work clothes stand assembled in vague lines and gaze toward the left as if at a rally. All of the men appear to have light-colored skin and clean-shaven faces. Most are wearing caps or hats.

Date: unknown

Creator: Sheldon-Claire Co.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"The hum of the motor -- the pound of the punch press -- the rat-a-tat-tat of the riveter -- the flash of the welder -- the thunder of the rolling mill -- the roar of America in production echoes "remember Pearl Harbor-- remember Pearl Harbor!" : produce for victory!

A welder looks down at the arc created by the tool in his or her hands. Sparks spray off of the material being welded.

Date: 1942

Creator: Sheldon-Claire Co.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Ideas will help beat the promise : let's have yours!

Stylized image of a man in overalls and cap, lifting the top off of a large concrete sculpture of a head to reveal the machinery which is its inner workings. The man scratches his head; around him are several captions of the word: "Idea?".

Date: 1942

Creator: RCA Manufacturing Company, inc.

Item Type: Poster

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department