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Posters Go To War

By tysdnr

  • Saville Lumley,

    Saville Lumley,
    Saville Lumley, “Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War?” poster, 1914. The direct appeal to sentimentality and patriotism is illustrated in this family scene.

  • Lucian Bernhard

    Lucian Bernhard
    Lucian Bernhard, poster for a war-loan campaign, 1915. A sharp militaristic feeling is amplified by the Gothic inscription, “This is the way to peace—the enemy wills it so! Thus subscribe to the war loan!”

  • Alfred Leete

    Alfred Leete
    Alfred Leete, poster for military recruiting, c. 1915. This printed sheet confronts the spectator with a direct gaze.

  • Julius Gipkens,

    Julius Gipkens,
    Julius Gipkens, poster for an exhibition of captured airplanes, 1917. A symbolic German eagle sits triumphantly upon the indicia of a captured allied aircraft.

  • James Montgomery

    James Montgomery
    James Montgomery Flagg, poster for military recruiting, 1917. Five million copies of Flagg's poster were printed, making it one of the most widely reproduced posters in history.

  • Lucian Bernhard,

    Lucian Bernhard,
    Lucian Bernhard, “Frauen!” (Women!), poster, 1918. The women's liberation movement had already been active in Germany, but the war increased its momentum. This poster announced the first elections in Germany open to women.

  • Jesse Willcox Smith,

    Jesse Willcox Smith,
    Jesse Willcox Smith, poster for the American Red Cross, 1918. Public display of graphic symbols showing support for the war effort was encouraged.