WWI Propaganda Posters: The Posters That Sold World War I to the American Public

#1 142 years young and still strong Uncle Sam is going to war

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#2 US army needed women too

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#3 This Liberty loan promotion looked pretty hot in 1917. And it worked!

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#4 The people of the Rainbow Division helping to win the war by investing into loans

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#5 Country needed a lot of marines and navy recruits

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#6 That’s how the emancipation became even stronger in US. Women will get their election right 10 years after WWI

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#7 Another simple and effective US nave poster

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#8 Liberty is calling. And asking for billions of dollars. You could buy much more for those billions 100 years ago

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#9 Not all of the US citizens knew that the Germany was ruled by the Kaiser during WWI

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#10 Investing into was is fun!

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#11 Another hot lady promoting fight for freedom

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#12 Supporting soldiers with records? Why not!

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#13 Santa was involved into propaganda too

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#14 Have your answers ready poster

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#15 Boy scouts promoted Liberty loans too

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#16 Not all of the US citizens knew about Serbia, but they had to save it

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#17 Everything is important during war times. Corn seeds are needed too

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#18 A liitle starving child brought back to life because you went without luxury

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#19 How they might have fallen.

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#20 Every Girl pulling for victory

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#21 For every fighter a woman worker.

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#22 A basket of food sits in front of a silhouette of mounted soldiers

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#23 A boy holds a sword labeled ‘Be Prepared’, another person wearing a flag holds a shield behind the boy

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#24 A boy plowing over a battle in the background to recruit young men to join the U.S. Boys’ Working Reserve, ‘the Army behind the Army’

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#25 A boy waving a flag and a girl stand beside one another

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#26 A family stands in front of an American flag

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#27 A group of Marines would on a ship

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#28 A man working a ship for the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp

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#29 A marine carrying a stack of books and a rifle with a bayonet

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#30 A Marine stands in front of a vertically hung American flag

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#31 A member of the Red Cross received a service flag as a memento to display in their window and encourages others to join the Red Cross

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#32 A nurse holding an American flag as ‘the spirit of America,’ and urges others to join the Red Cross

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#33 A sailor riding a submersible as if he is a cowboy, with reins in one hand and a whip in the other

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#34 A sailor, workman, and soldier walking arm-in-arm on a dock

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#35 A shipyard employee lifts an arm into the air while holding a tool

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#36 A soldier operating a machine gun holds a hand out towards the viewer

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#37 A soldier runs holding an American flag

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#38 A soldier with a rifle and bayonet stands over the body of a deceased German soldier

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#39 A solider putting down his gear and preparing to cross a bridge of books towards a city

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#40 A U.S. Marine walking along a dock, holding a rifle over his shoulder

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#41 A waiter looking askance at a glutinous gentlemen, who has ordered five plates of food, none of which he finished

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#42 A winged woman wearing a white toga carrying a sword and a branch

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#43 A woman carries a large American Flag while standing on a globe

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#44 A woman extends one arm, holding a wreath, her other hand clutches a flag that is behind her

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#45 A woman wearing a dress styled after the American flag holds a basket and sows seeds

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#46 A woman with gray hair holds her arms out towards the viewer

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#47 A young nurse wearing a Red Cross uniform reaches out to the audience while soldiers march behind her

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#48 An American soldier stopping a German soldier from harming a woman and child to convince Americans to buy government bonds

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#49 An older man flanked by two young men, bringing in food from a home garden

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#50 Attractive young woman in flowing white dress holding an American flag above her head as soldiers march by

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#51 Canned tomatoes, peas, and ‘monarch brand unsweetened,’ to inspire Americans to preserve food through canning

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#52 Colonial-era celebratory crowd in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA

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#53 Famous Uncle Sam recruiting image

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#54 Lady Liberty urging Americans to buy liberty bonds, which would be redeemable for the bond’s purchase price with interest after the end of the war

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#55 Lady Liberty-like figure holding a scale weighing fresh fruits and vegetables and canned preserves, countless women stand behind her

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#56 Man using a rivet gun in the foreground, and a soldier holding a rifle in the background

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#57 Marines are shown doing multiple training activities

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#58 Marines charge into a battle while French citizens looks gratefully towards them

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#59 Poster encourages Americans to buy Liberty Bonds, saying that USA means ‘You Subscribe At Once’

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#60 Poster encourages factory workers to work quickly

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#61 Poster encourages people to buy War Saving Stamps, used by the U. S. Government to pay for World War I

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#62 Poster implies the quickly building ships will help America win World War I

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#63 Poster urges Americans to eat fish because ‘they feed themselves,’ unlike land animals

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#64 Posters shows a U.S. Marine holding a rifle with bayonet that recruiting men to join the U.S. Marines, using the Marine battle cry ‘E-E-E-YAH-YIP’

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#65 Soldier holding child and woman in his arms

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#66 The Statue of Liberty and a ship pulling into New York Harbor to appeal to immigrants and urge them to buy Liberty Loans

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#67 The Statue of Liberty stands in front of a sky colored like the American Flag with text asks Americans to purchase Liberty Loans

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#68 The Y.W.C.A. Bureau for Social Education’s campaign to ‘Building For Health’

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#69 Three men in casual suits walking away from a three rifles and a pile of clothing

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#70 Two American soldiers fighting in a muddy and barbed wire-filled landscape

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#71 Two marines on a beach, one waves a flag while the other watches ships through binoculars

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#72 Two men holding rifles with bayonets run forward

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#73 Two men in uniform stand in front of an American flag, with one holding a poster that reads, ‘We Depend On You’

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#74 Two men look out towards a body of water while an airplane flies in the background

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#75 Two men work to build a ship under an American flag

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#76 Two soldiers stand in front of a mountain, one of whom is on a horse

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#77 Two white horses pull a cart full of coal with a man shoveling the coal

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#78 U.S. Marine raising a pistol to his shoulder while standing in front of an American flag

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#79 Uncle Sam pouring out a cornucopia full of fruit and vegetables

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#80 Uncle Sam shakes hands with two men in uniform. In the background, soldiers walk with rifles and bayonets

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#81 Uncle Sam with one arm around a young man in uniform, and one arm around an older man holding a War Savings Pledge

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#82 War Savings Stamps as an ammunition belt, feeding into a soldier’s machine gun

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#83 Woman casually dressed in a naval uniform

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#84 World War I poster that urges the American people to make contributions to help Armenians and Syrians in distress

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#85 Poster that urges Americans to rely on corn in their cooking, allowing wheat to be sent overseas to feed soldiers and European allies

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#86 Poster urges to American women to buy War Saving Stamps by using Joan of Arc as a symbol of female patriotism

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#87 Wounded soldier looking towards the horizon where a red cross appears in the sun

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