Tuesday, December 7, 2010

World War II posters

This is so far from the Norman Rockwell images I associate with the WWII era: dark and brooding, but fearless and determined, too. 


I love this FDR quote, new to me. Back when everyone shared in the sacrifice of war, and no one expected an easy victory. It was a grown-up world back then.


These two look like they walked over from the cover of a paper doll book. Sweet as can be.

All of these images are from Northwestern University's excellent digital library of World War II posters; click here to see more.
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  1. discounted photo paperDecember 7, 2010 at 2:56 PM

    Those are cool World War 2 posters... I'd love to print one those.
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  2. AnonymousDecember 7, 2010 at 11:04 PM

    Thanks for showing these. I am very taken with hard-hitting propaganda. The website was an excellent resource. I remember about 20 or so years ago, these items were mostly reasonbly priced, often less than $50 apiece. Some of them have gone up a lot since then. Kwei-lin

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  3. Carol WilsonDecember 4, 2020 at 8:49 AM

    This was the Ladies Home Journal cover for May 1942. Parker did many mother daughter covers in the 40s, and one had them waiting at the door for the return of the husband/father from World War II.

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