WWII Propaganda Posters – Art to Inspire 🖼️

Victory gardens, rationing, safety at sea – during WWII the U.S. government plastered messages on posters nationwide. The Still Picture Branch holds 44-PA: World War II Posters (1942–45), including work by famed cartoonist Will Eisner. See dozens of these historic posters (from patriotic to poignant) in our Catalog: NAID 513498.

Image: “‘Of Course I Can!’ I’m patriotic as can be – And ration points won’t worry me!”. Home-front posters like this encouraged Americans to can food and save resources. ALT: Color WWII poster of a woman juggling jars of produce under text “Of Course I Can!” (NAID 515098).

Image: “Don’t be a dope – Handle equipment right!”. Cartoonist Will Eisner created Joe Dope, a bumbling GI who taught troops what not to do. (In this poster, Joe’s negligence sends a jeep’s wheels flying!) ALT: WWII safety poster by Will Eisner showing a jeep crash due to loose bolts, captioned “Don’t be a dope – Handle equipment right!” (NAID 514727).

From stirring recruitment appeals to humorous instructional comics, these WWII posters reflect the era’s spirit. Browse over 1,300 WWII posters in NARA’s holdings – an eye-catching window into the 1940s war effort.

Fun fact, Cliff Milburn, the Bombardier on Rosie’s Riveters, stayed with the 100th Bomb Group after completing his tour of 25 missions to become the Assistant Group Bombardier.

Originally posted by jake-wheeler

So now I can’t help but imagine the shenanigans between the three from the Just-a-Snappin’ crew and the two of Rosie’s Riveters crew still on base. Like maybe Cliff and Rosie complain about being outnumbered or something

Elliot Warren as Lt. James Douglass in Masters of the Air

Croz and Rosie staring at Leafy Hill after the guy’s first mission, probably

(Context)

really is soooo sick that ppl think that overuse of the em dash is a marker of ai now. like why are you people sullying the reputation of my beautiful beautiful wife. if im not overusing em dashes im dead. im like that chuck tingle book thats like the sentient lesbian em dash makes sweet love to me or whatever

I have never used ChatGPT once in my life, and you can pry my beloved em dash from my cold, dead, unartificial hands.

“Rosie made a difference.”

“With Rosie life was fun.”

“We laughed a lot together.”

“…the talk, and the friendship, and the dumb, ribald, practical jokes made life a delight.”

“I liked him very much.”

Gene Tierney

You should be allowed to leave work if you need to go home and think about the character

The following is an article written in Yank Magazine about the miraculous return of Blakely’s crew from the Bremen on October 8, 1943 from two different perspectives.

• The first page is navigator Harry Crosby’s personal report, which you can read in full HERE
• The second page is an article written by Saul Levitt, 100th BG radio operator turned writer for the Yank, who describes his experience waiting for Blakely’s crew to return (transcript below)

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