World War One Posters: Printed flyers agitating in support of the war effort

I found these very cool posters from the World War One era and thought some of you may appreciate these pieces of history as much as I do.


Browning - Uncle Sam's Official Machine Gun, c. 1918
The Browning Uncle Sam's Official Machine Gun A Thrift Stamp a Day Will Help to Keep It Barking Belt holds 250 cartridges Gun weighs 34 1 2 pounds Fires 400 shots a minute Fired 39,000
Publisher: Schulte Cigar Stores Thrift Stamp Series--Poster 6


Bomb Them With War Bonds c. 1914
Printed in London by Hill, Siffken & Co.


Keep These OFF the USA, c. 1917
Keep These OFF the USA. Buy More Liberty Bonds
Artist: John Norton
Publisher: Strobridge Litho. Co. Cincinnati & New York


Eat Less, c. 1917
Eat Less And let us be Thankful that we have enough to share with those who fight for freedom
[United States Food Administration]


New Spring Drive, c. 1917
The New Spring Drive - Buy War Savings Stamps and Help Save the Country From Autocracy

And many more HERE

The World War I Posters from the Elisabeth Ball Collection is a representative sampling of more than 2,000 WWI lithographs from Italy, France, Belgium, England, Australia, Germany, the United States, and other countries collected by Elisabeth Ball (1897-1982), daughter of Frances and George Ball. Ball State University Libraries Archives and Special Collections houses the original lithographs plus slide copies of each image available for public use.

Great collection.

Gotta love a nation that glorifies war to the point of making it seem patriotic, heroic and justified(without proof)

"Buy our paper" (in exchange for your gold) "Give us your gold" "(n exchange for your freedom) and "Give us your freedoms (in exchange for your protection)

Such crap never ends and the saddest part is that so many are still lined up at the butcher block.

The real war? Neighbor against neighbor and ideal vs ideal. But that's being taken care of.

"If you see something, say something"

Traitors.

Peace

reply to post by whatsecret

Thanks for digging these up. People get to see that in any era, the drive to war is always the same. Before the shooting starts there is a war for peoples minds. To indoctrinate them with the same propaganda they do today.

Look at this one from your link... it takes a moment for the pic to load after the text:

Starving people need your help (where the war will be)

This was before the war started and was meant to bring attention to the plight of people in a country where the Powers That Be are planning an intervention. So to rally support for the coming war. As always, its "for the children". Remember the children, save the children...

The reality is that war kills many more children than advertised. But you won't see that. Just remember, you are helping the children.

Originally posted by intrptr
reply to post by whatsecret

 

Thanks for digging these up. People get to see that in any era, the drive to war is always the same. Before the shooting starts there is a war for peoples minds. To indoctrinate them with the same propaganda they do today.

Look at this one from your link... it takes a moment for the pic to load after the text:

Starving people need your help (where the war will be)

This was before the war started and was meant to bring attention to the plight of people in a country where the Powers That Be are planning an intervention. So to rally support for the coming war. As always, its "for the children". Remember the children, save the children...

The reality is that war kills many more children than advertised. But you won't see that. Just remember, you are helping the children.

The only thing that changed since then is that they used to sell bonds to finance the war, now they just take it from the people or simply print the money they need.