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Jetzt aber ran -- Herr Roosevelt! : ... durch die Demokratien Frankreich und England. : Greifen Sie ein, um Syrien u

Description:: Text describes Palestine policies of the US, France and Great Britain and ridicules Roosevelt's dependency on Jews. Sticker on back side of poster: propaganda material of the nazi party
Created:: 1939
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

5000 Danish seamen sailing for United Nations on 800,000 tons of Danish ships

Description:: Photo of Danish seamen and flag
Creator:: Dahl-Wolfe, Louise, 1895-1989
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

A British "Blenheim" bomber of the coastal command aids a British destroyer in smashing a German submarine

Description:: Camouflaged plane bombing Nazi submarine
Creator:: Davies, Roland, 1904-1993
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

A British eighth army soldier, bronze head by Jo Davidson

Description:: Photo of a brozen sculpture
Creator:: Kertesz, Andre, 1894-1985
Contributor:: Davidson, Jo, 1883-1952
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

All aboard! : buy victory bonds

Description:: Cartoon drawings of trains on railroads to illustrate how savings bonds grow
Creator:: Romell, Ken
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Allies in the shipyards : the workers portrayed above, are all workers in the same British shipyard!

Description:: Photos of men working shipyards in England, Norway, France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Belgium, and flags of various allies in Europe
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

All you need give is money : war chest : 79 agencies -- one appeal : Oct.10-24

Description:: Millitary hamlet and water bottle hang on a standing rifle
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

America at war : exclusive news and picture service prepared for schools and showing our country in action...

Description:: Insret photos: Playing the "Chicago piano"... Marine Corps raiders... U. S. soldiers stationed in Iceland... Schools speed victory... Pass up that evening out!...
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

America at war : exclusive news and picture service prepared for schools and showing our country in action...

Description:: Images on poster : "Glider troops attack!""Future officers man the guns.""Target sighted!""Schools speed victory""Get hep! Have a rep!"
Contributor:: United States. Dept. of the Treasury
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

America at war : exclusive news and picture service prepared for schools and showing our country in action. distribu

Description:: Images on poster : "A present for the jap.""Army transport""Aboard the famous Joseph Conrad""Schools speed victory""A Penny for your thoughts"
Contributor:: United States. Dept. of the Treasury
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Appeasement : Czechoslovakia will live again

Description:: Hand waving flag. The word "Appeasement" is printed as if is crossed out in red
Contributor:: Czechoslovak Information Service, New York, N.Y.
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

A Strange sort of prayer : well, god... me down here, with a burning sun, a mess of insects... and other buddies jus

Description:: Soldier knees down and prays in an abandoned combat field
Creator:: Falter, John Philip, 1910-1982
Contributor:: United States. Navy. Industrial Incentive Division
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

A tous les francais : la France a perdu une bataille! : mais la France n'a pas perdu la querre! : vive la France! :

Description:: French flag at top of poster
Contributor:: Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

A.T.S.

Description:: Portrait of woman wearing hat for Women's Auxiliary Transport Service
Creator:: Games, A.
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

ATS : every member of the ATS learns a job that will help her to earn her living in a post-war world ...

Description:: Photos of skills women learn in Women's Auxiliary Transport Service and how the skills can be used after the war
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Aux armes, citoyens! : formez vos bataillons ... : France libre : Bastille Day -- July 14 : la France a perdu une ba

Description:: "Bastille Day - July 14" is hand written on poster. Printed part of poster includes "signature" of general Charles de Gaulle. Allegorical figure flying in the sky while holding sword and pointing to her right
Contributor:: Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Avenge Pearl Harbor! : join the navy now!

Description:: Angry sailor with falling airplanes in background
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

A Workman gossiped : don't talk : about your war job : an enemy agent acted

Description:: Workman talks to two men in a bus and a factory burns with smoke. Images promote vigilance
Contributor:: Canada. Office of Director of Public Information
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Back the attack! : the 3rd war loan is on! : buy bonds here

Description:: Three soldiers parachuting from an airplane, one holding a gun
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Back them up! : "ducks" -- amphibious fighting vehicles -- used for the first time in the Mediterranean landings

Creator:: [Turner, C. E.?]
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Battleships of the Royal Navy, steaming in line ahead

Description:: Battleships of Royal Navy firing shells and streaming in line in the ocean
Creator:: Davies, Roland, 1904-1993
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Be a marine : free a marine : to fight

Description:: Woman in marine uniform standing in front of an airplane
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Belgium fights on

Description:: Belgian soldiers, planes and spirits
Creator:: Sturbelle, R.
Contributor:: Belgian Information Center, New York, N.Y.
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Be ready : the army must finish the job!

Description:: Arm holding pack and rifle
Creator:: Taber
Contributor:: Canada. Office of Director of Public Information
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Beware : the walls have ears

Description:: Train wreck resulting from careless talk. Image promotes vigilance
Creator:: Leonard, Jac
Contributor:: Canadian Information Service
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Big guns of British battleship. each gun fires a shell weighing nearly one ton

Description:: Big guns on battleship firing heavy shells
Creator:: Davies, Roland, 1904-1993
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Big guns of the home front : action stations : everyone

Description:: Scene of factory with smoke coming out of chimneys
Creator:: Trevor
Contributor:: Canada. Office of Director of Public Information
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Britain's war supplies go to these nations : under mutual aid : U.S.A. : U.S.S.R. : China : Greece : France : Czecho

Description:: Map of England and flags of U.S.A, U.S.S.R., China, Greece, France, Czechoslovakia and Turkey
Contributor:: British Information Services
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

British tanks hurled Italy out of Abyssinia, and in Libya completely wrecked Axis plans of conquest

Description:: Tanks in battlefield
Creator:: Davies, Roland, 1904-1993
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

British weapons to defeat Hitler : Britain has a far more powerful fleet than the enemy

Description:: Descriptions and illustrations of British battleship, cruiser, and destroyer
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Buses give way to tanks : pleasure travellers must give way to war workers! : avoid rush hours

Description:: Tank in a traffic jam with many buses
Contributor:: Thomas Tilling Ltd.
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Buy : defense savings stamps : here

Description:: Statue of colonial militiaman holding rifle with hand on plow, against background of white and red stripes set in blue frame with stars, for store displays.
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Buy victory bonds

Creator:: H. O. S.
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Buy war bonds

Description:: Boy in tears wearing decoration for valor and holding Army cap
Creator:: Keppler, Victor, 1904-1987
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

By land, sea and air : the allies are hitting back

Description:: Soldiers from different Allies countries stand in front of own flag in a V shape line. Photos of combat scenes and workers in factories making weapons
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Canada's new army needs men like you

Description:: Soldiers on motorcycles in foreground; crusader on horse in background
Creator:: Cloutier, Aldwinckle
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Careless words : may cause : disaster!

Description:: Sailor to side of shipping lane with finger over lips
Contributor:: Canada. Office of Director of Public Information
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

China : first to fight! : United China Relief : participating in national war fund

Description:: Chinese soldier with wounded woman and a girl
Creator:: Sawyers, Martha, 1902-1988
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Como Un solo hombre

Description:: Background: Blue transitioning to turquoise. Figure: White stylized soldier with one leg growing out of North America, the other out of South America
Creator:: Arias Bernal, Antonio, 1914-1960
Contributor:: United States. Office of Inter-American Affairs
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Convoy your country to victory : buy national savings certificates

Description:: Many warships in ocean
Creator:: Hilder, Rowland, 1905-1993
Contributor:: Great Britain. National Savings Committee
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Czechoslovakia : carry on

Description:: Czech fighters
Contributor:: Czechoslovak Information Service, New York, N.Y.
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

"Daddy helps build them" : to protect : our freedom

Description:: Boy and girl look up to sky and point at war planes
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Danke Schon! : "thanks : for the tip-off"

Description:: Nazi officer and sinking ship. Poster promotes vigilance
Creator:: Taber
Contributor:: Canadian Information Service
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

December war bond : honor roll : a tribute to employees of Minneapolis firms for payroll savings plan purchases of :

Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Dein ziel: : unterfuhrer in betrieb : dein weg: : das Deutsche leistungsertuchtiqunqswerk der DAF : anmeldung und be

Description:: Two Color print, mailed from Work Front Organization to Reich's Bank, Metz, on 11-26-43. Later mailed to James Taylor Dunn, Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047 (see back side). Picture shows apprentice and teacher in car factory. (DAF was car manufacturer)
Creator:: Ehrle
Contributor:: Geiger, Otto
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Denmark : unconquered, though captive

Description:: Image of the Grundtvig Church and flag
Creator:: Atherton, John, 1900-1952
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

DER NATIONALSOZIALISMUS IST DER GARANT DES SIEGES.

Description:: Drawing of an oak wreath
Contributor:: Nationalsozialstische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Dig for victory : for their sake -- grow your own vegetables

Description:: Booted leg steping on a spade shovel sinking into the ground. Children's faces as background
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Don't fall for enemy propaganda : against our government against our allies against Catholics, Jews or protestants :

Description:: Hitler and Japanese soldier whispering propaganda into a man's ears. Image promotes vigilance
Creator:: Betts, Jack
Contributor:: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

Don't give your blood to the 7th column : carelessness

Description:: Hands holding tools; injured hand dripping blood. Image promotes vigilance
Contributor:: Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Created:: 1939 - 1945
Contributed By:: Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
Last Updated:: 2017-12-19

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