Overview
- Collection Summary
- The collection consists of 56 posters and 6 pieces of related ephemera issued by various United States agencies, including the Office of War Information, the Office of Defense, and the Department of Agriculture during World War II.
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by David and Zelda Silberman.
Browse 62 Items In This Collection
US war bonds poster of a Rockwell painting depicting a man exercising freedom of speech
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.1
US war bonds poster with Rockwell painting of people of different faiths to promote freedom of worship
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.2
US war bonds poster of a Rockwell painting depicting a couple checking on their sleeping children
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.3
US war bonds poster with Rockwell painting of Thanksgiving dinner to promote freedom from want
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.4
US careless talk poster with a mugshot of a woman wanted for putting lives at risk
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.5
US careless talk poster of a soldier warning people to guard their words
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.6
US victory bonds poster depicting a bald eagle on a stack of bonds
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.7
US careless talk text only orange poster insisting on silence about the war on Japan
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.8
US careless talk poster of a dog with a sailor's uniform, waiting for his return
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.9
US 7th War Loan poster with an image of marines raising the flag on Iwo Jima
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.10
US homefront poster depicting a bloodied, wounded soldier trying to stand
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.11
US careless talk poster of Uncle Sam with his finger to his lips asking for silence
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.12
US gas rationing poster with a man reclining on a red armchair
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.13
US War Bonds poster of a paratrooper with a Thompson submachine gun at the ready
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.14
US travel restriction poster with a woman in front of a service flag
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.15
US 5th war loan poster with 2 US sailors on a submarine
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.16
US careless talk poster of a US paratrooper shot in harness
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.17
US Buy War Bonds poster with Eisenhower over a drawing of combat troops
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.18
Poster of a tattered US flag and black smoke commemorating Pearl Harbor
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.19
US Buy War Bonds poster depicting a Christmas tree full of war bonds
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.20
US poster of black smoke around displayed national flags
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.21
US 6th War loan poster of a soldier glaring at a map of Japan
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.22
Security of War Information Campaign poster about safeguarding convoy movement information
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.23
US careless talk poster of a Nazi ringed hand with an Iron Cross
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.24
Eat the Basic 7 poster with a pie chart of food groups
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.25
US propaganda poster showing careless talk is more dangerous than a rattlesnake
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.26
US Retailers for Victory poster of the carrier Shangri-La on a red, white, and blue background
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.27
US careless talk poster with a smiling sailor ready to sail
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.28
US Women’s Army Corps recruitment poster depicting a woman in uniform
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.29
US 4th War Loan poster with a soldier throwing a grenade
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.30
US Don’t Travel poster depicting civilians and soldiers on a crowded train
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.31
Recruitment poster with the 5 Sullivan brothers
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.32
US price control poster
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.33
US price control poster with white text against a blue background
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.34
US price control poster depicting a grocer pointing to a pledge
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.35
American propaganda poster with anti-Nazi and anti-Japanese caricatures
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.36
US propaganda poster with artillery gun barrels draped in Allied flags
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.37
Poster depicting a soldier and a list of battles
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.38
US Buy War Bonds poster of a soldier charging, bayonet ready
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.39
War Food poster with a basket over a field being harvested
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.40
US Buy War Bonds poster of soldiers charging into battle
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.41
US poster depicting the Statue of Liberty and flags of Allied Nations
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.42
US poster depicting the Statue of Liberty and flags of Allied Nations
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.43
Buy War Bonds poster with an image of the Concord militiaman statue
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.44
US careless talk poster depicting a drowning sailor pointing at the viewer
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.45
US propaganda poster depicting World War II and Revolutionary War soldiers
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.46
US careless talk poster depicting a burning ship
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.47
US poster depicting a smiling soldier holding a silver canteen cup
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.48
US poster with text encouraging the sharing of homes
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.49
US Buy War Bonds poster depicting charging soldiers
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.50
US careless talk text only orange poster warning about suspicious people
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.51
US careless talk poster with a dead US sailor on a beach
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.52
US careless talk poster depicting soldiers boarding a train
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.53
Buy War Bonds poster of a bandaged soldier
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.54
US poster depicting Uncle Sam and a list of military occupations
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.55
Buy War Bonds poster with portrait of Abraham Lincoln
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.56
Poster instructing how to use ration tokens
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.57
US ration point guide poster with tables for February 1944
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.58
US ration point guide poster with tables for April 1944
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.59
Envelope with Treasury Department War Savings Staff label
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.60 a
Light brown paper envelope used for mailing war posters
Object | Accession Number: 1988.42.60 b
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