Category: World War 1 American patriotic posters

This photo of a World War 1 American poster urging Americans to buy government bonds to help pay for the war is an interesting poster because a traditional mother figure is urging them to buy the bonds for ‘America’s sons.’
This …

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This photo. of a World War 1 American patriotic poster shows a mother sewing an American flag or Stars And Stripes flag. It’s especially interesting because as in some other American patriotic posters, the mother figure is used as a …

This World War 1 American patriotic poster shows the American national heroic figure ‘Uncle Sam’ attacking the enemy lines.
The poster also connects America’s involvement in World War 1 with the American War of Independence, or Revolutionary War, by proclaiming that …

This World War 1 American patriotic poster shows a pretty girl urging her fellow citizens to wake up and enter the war.>/h2>
It’s an interesting example of how the government of the period had to overcome a certain amount of resistance …