United War Work Campaign, Inc.; Book donations; Books; American soldier; Reading; Soldiers - United States; Savings bonds; World War, 1914-1918
A soldier holding a book and calling out, and a sailor reading. Poster designed by J. Sheridan for the Committee on Public Information, Division of Pictorial Publicity.
Reading; American soldier; Soldiers - United States; Trenches; World War, 1914-1918 - Libraries; World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects - United States
A soldier moving from the trenches to a city by means of a bridge of books. Poster created by Dan Smith for the American Library Association. Printed Baltimore; New York: Thomsen-Ellis Company.
Celebrating the day of railroad workers, the poster depicts trains and a conductor. Written below, in essence, is "congratulations to the workers of the iron roads!"
Airplanes; Airships; Battle cruisers; Lighthouses; Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
From a series called, "Pictures of Naval and air force I", this poster introduces the air-ship and a naval cruiser. The insets at bottom depict a tea-room (left) and a bedroom (right) in an air-ship. Planes and a Chinese junk can be seen in the...
Aircraft carriers; Airplanes; Bombs; Machine guns; Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
From a series called, "Pictures of Naval and air force II", this poster portrays the combat plane and an aircraft carrier. The insets at bottom depict the machine-gun position on a plane (left) and loading bombs on a plane (right). Mountains and...
In reference to an old Russian song, the poster lists the collective social and economic rights recognized by the Soviet Constitution such as the rights to work, rest and leisure, health protection, care in old age and sickness, housing, education,...
Posters, Soviet; Factories in art; Factories; Industries
Leonid I. Brezhnev declared the slogan "Plan of Quality and Efficiency" for the Tenth Five-Year Plan of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics which covered 1976-1981. An emphasis was placed on the technical refurbishment industry for this...
Posters, Soviet; Rockets (Aeronautics); New York (N.Y.); Neutron bomb; Threats
Poster decries United States threat of nuclear bomb use as protection of its freedom from communism. The central image is of papers skewered by a bomb labeled, "Made in USA". The top paper is labeled, "Right for life". The New York skyline,...
Poster depicts the Kremlin in Red Square and other buildings from Moscow. Written in a banner at the bottom of the poster, "Motherhood of October", a reference to the October Revolution.
Poster equates the changes resulting from the October Revolution with the changes resulting from the space race. Image of Yuri Gagarin, first human being to journey into outer space, appears at top of poster.
Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France); Bastille Day; Parades; Soldiers; War posters, French; World War, 1914-1918 - France; World War, 1914-1918 - France - Paris
Poster showing a photograph of a victory parade at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, on Bastille Day, July 14, 1919. Photograph is signed "Manuel".
Poster signifying the unity of Russians with Bulgarian volunteers against the Ottoman Empire during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877 and 1878. At center is the Shipka Memorial, a memorial to those who died for the liberation of Bulgaria during the...
Posters, Soviet; Soviet Union. Voenno-Morskoĭ Flot; Sea-power; Navies; Emblems, National
Promoting the Soviet navy, this poster contains the slogan, "We protect peace and properity of our country" and the following images: a red star, the hammer and sickle, a seaman and a flotilla of warships.
Posters, Soviet; World Festival of Youth and Students for Peace and Friendship; World Federation of Democratic Youth; Cuba
Promotional poster from the 11th World Festival of Youth and Students, an international event organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth, held in Havana, Cuba in 1978.
Posters, Soviet; Rainbow; Books in art; Flags; Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
The СЭВ, or Comecon, was an economic organisation under leadership of the Soviet Union comprised of the countries of the Eastern Bloc along with a number of communist states elsewhere in the world. Poster depicts a book with the words,...
