Topic: Potent Pictures: Propaganda Posters
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Posters were one of the most prevalent means of communicating propaganda messages to American citizens during World War II. Because they were inexpensive to design and print, posters could reach a wide audience with specific messages. Government posters—typically printed in the millions—were by far the most common; they often featured the designs of established and well-known artists (including Norman Rockwell, whose Four Freedoms images quickly became four million war posters). However, corporations and private institutions also produced posters during the war. Whatever their source, many thousands of these posters have survived in archival repositories, leaving a colorful record of what one propagandist called the “war within a war.”
Service on the Home Front
Title: Service on the Home Front
Year:1943
Artist: Louis Hirshman and William Tasker
Published: Pennsylvania State Council of Defense
Civil Air Patrol
Title: Civil Air Patrol
Year:1943
Artist: Clayton Kenney
Published: Office of Civilian Defense
Your Ears & Eyes
Title: Your Ears & Eyes
Year: circa 1942
Artist: Franconne
Published: unknown
United We Are Strong
Title: United We Are Strong
Year: 1943
Artist: Henry Koerner
Published: Office of War Information
United Nations — For Understanding
Title: United Nations — For Understanding
Year: unknown
Artist: F. C. Veit
Published: United Nations
United
Title: United
Year: 1943
Artist: Leslie Darrell Ragan
Published: Office of War Information
United Nations
Title: United Nations
Year: unknown
Artist: unknown
Published: United Nations
An Open Letter to the Unconquerable Norwegians
Title: An Open Letter to the Unconquerable Norwegians
Year: unknown
Artist: Stevan Dohanos (artist) and Joseph Auslander (author)
Published: Curtis Publishing Company
This Man is Your FRIEND
Title: This Man is Your FRIEND
Year: 1942
Artist: photographer unknown
Published: Office of Facts and Figures
New Zealand
Title: New Zealand
Year: 1942
Artist: Duco
Published: New Zealand Delegation
Produce for Victory!
Title: Produce for Victory!
Year: circa 1942
Artist: unknown
Published: unknown
Americans All
Title: Americans All
Year: 1943
Artist: Leon Helguera
Published: Office of War Information
