World War I Posters from the U.S.

Text: New Consecration is the Duty of the Living so that Our Dead Shall Not Have Died in Vain - (center) "To such a task (Victory over German Autocracy and all it represents) we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to shed her blood and her treasure for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other." - Woodrow Wilson - (left panel heading) Al Soldier's Farewell - Written on the Even of his Departure … - (right panel heading) A Mother's Comfort - Words of Plato Console Now Whose Son Fell in Battle … - (bottom) "You ask me when peace will come. We went into this war for a great and worthy object. Peace will come when that object has been attained. Before God I hope it may not come until that time." - Abraham Lincoln In Darkest Days of Civil War - Issued by
Artist Unknown
New Consecration is the Duty of the Living (photo)
color lithograph on paper

Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons
Joseph Pennell
Provide the Sinews of War - Buy Liberty Bonds
lithograph on paper
19 15/16 x 21 1/8 in. (50.5 x 53.5 cm)
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons
Text: Registered War Garden Under Protection of State Council of Defense - All the Ammunition doesn't come from the Power Factories - Feed Yourself - Be a Soldier of the Soil - A War Garden Will Do It - Exempt No Land - from The Chicago Evening Post - To destroy the food supply is to give comfort to the enemy - food will win the war - War Garden Committee - 120 W. Adams Street
Jay Norwood Darling
Registered War Garden Under Protection of State Council Defense - Food Will Win the War.
color lithograph on paper
28 x 22 1/16 in. (71 x 56 cm)
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons
Text: Buy United States Government War Savings Stamps - W.S.S. For Sale Here (on sign) - Your money back with interest from the UNITED STATES TREASURY
William Balfour Ker
Buy United States Government War Savings Stamps - Your Money Back With Interest From the United States Treasury
color lithograph on paper
30 1/8 x 40 3/16 in. (76.5 x 102 cm)
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons
Text: It Takes Both to Win the War - A 100% efficient soldier must have 100% efficient workers behind him in the mills, mines, and factories, to save the world for humanity and bring victory to our Flag. - Uncle Sam will find the men and train them to fight. You are making goods for them. Quick deliveries and best workmanship are vital to their success. - Be a true American! - COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, Washington, D.C.
Artist Unknown
It Takes Both to Win the War - Be A True American!
color lithograph on paper
23 7/8 x 18 1/16 in. (60.5 x 45.8 cm)
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons
R. G. Morgan
Keep this Hand of Mercy at Work - War Fund Week - One Hundred Million Dollars - American Red Cross
color lithograph on paper
27 7/16 x 20 11/16 in. (69.6 x 52.4 cm)
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons
R. G. Morgan
Keep this Hand of Mercy at Work - War Fund Week - One Hundred Million Dollars - American Red Cross
color lithograph on paper
27 1/2 x 20 5/8 in. (69.8 x 52.3 cm)
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons
Artist Unknown
Your War Savings Pledge - Our Boys Make Good Their Pledge - Are You Keeping Yours?
color lithograph on paper
16 3/16 x 10 11/16 in. (41 x 27 cm)
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons
Text: Build a Silo - Save the Corn - The Feed Value of 100 Tons of Silage, Over and Above that Saved by Ordinary Harvesting, is Sufficient to Make Food to Supply 2400 American Soldiers For One Day - Food Production and Conservation Committee - State Council of Defense of Illinois
Artist Unknown
Build a Silo - Save the Corn - State Council of Defense of Illinois
color lithograph on paper
23 1/2 x 17 1/4 in. (59.6 x 43.7 cm)
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons
Joseph Pennell
Forging the Weapons of War - Official United States War Film
color lithograph on paper
54 5/16 in x 41 1/8 in (138 cm x 104.5 cm)
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons
Text: The Fruits of Victory - Write for Free Book to National War Garden Commission - Washington, D.C. - Charles Lathrop Pack, President - P.S. Ridsdale, Secretary
Leonebel Jacobs
The Fruits of Victory - National War Garden Commission
color lithograph on paper
22 1/16 x 14 in. (56 x 35.5 cm)
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons
Text: Save the products of the land - Eat more fish - they feed themselves. United States Food Administration
Charles Livingston Bull
Save the Products of the Land - Eat More Fish - The Feed Themselves
color lithograph on paper
29 15/16 x 20 in. (76 x 50.7 cm)
Gift of Mr. Maurice F. Lyons

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Buy Liberty Bonds (1954/2.35.115)
Keep 'Em Going! (1954/2.35.117)
Untitled, Red Cross (1954/2.35.35A)
Together We Win (1954/2.35.38)
Enlist in the Navy (1954/2.35.81)

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