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GUEST: Well, we brought in a World War II war bond poster. About five years ago, I bought it at an auction in, uh, Nebraska, and we paid $400. There was more, uh, military posters ...
The visage of "Joan of Arc Saving France" in a War Saving Stamps poster from 1918 evokes the heroine spirit and speaks to women, while an appeal to youth comes through in a scene of a Boy Scout ...
"Our posters are very glowing. It's not a real picture of war," Lindsay said referring to one of a blond young man posed against a sky of white, billowy clouds. "He's beautiful.
But it's even more notable on another count: Walter Whitehead's 1918 design is the only war bond poster ever produced that depicts violence done by -- rather than to -- Americans.
A National War Garden Commission poster copy hangs in a hallway as a display loop shows historic posters on monitor at the Rochester Public Library in Rochester, N.H., Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018.
Girard-Dorsey’s discussion will include the use of propaganda posters. Three war bond posters on loan from the Effingham Historical Society, part of a small exhibit of World War I artifacts ...