World War II Posters, circa 1939-circa 1945

Container Title
Series: Q: War Department
Q1: , 1944-1945; Cartoon series
Folder   Q1
Item   1
Cartoon. Help Fight Waste
Note: ID: 1A. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-652670. Artist: Dyer.
Folder   Q1
Item   2
Cartoon. Put the Squeeze on Food Waste
Note: ID: 2A. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-652670. Artist: Dyer.
Folder   Q1
Item   3
Cartoon. The Navy has NO Food to Waste
Note: ID: 3A. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-652670. Artist: Dyer.
Folder   Q1
Item   4
Cartoon. Be on Guard Against FOOD WASTE
Note: ID: 4A. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-652670.
Folder   Q1
Item   5
Cartoon. Take only what you can eat DON'T WASTE FOOD
Note: ID: 5A. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-652670. Artist: Ketcham.
Folder   Q1
Item   6
Cartoon. Don't ask for food you don't intend to eat!
Note: ID: 6A. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-652670. Artist: Ketcham.
Folder   Q1
Item   7
Cartoon. Food is scarce. Don't waste it on your waist
Note: ID: 7A. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-652670. Artist: Ketcham.
Folder   Q1
Item   8
Cartoon. Take only your share. DON'T WASTE FOOD
Note: ID: 8A. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-652670. Artist: Ketcham.
Folder   Q1
Item   9
Cartoon. You bite the hand that feeds you... When you WASTE good Navy chow
Note: ID: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-620867. Artist: Dyer.
Folder   Q1
Item   10
Cartoon. Food is ammunition...so DON'T WASTE IT!
Note: ID: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-620867. Artist: Dyer.
Folder   Q1
Item   11
Cartoon. Eat all you want...but be sure you want it!
Note: ID: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-620867. Artist: Dyer.
Folder   Q1
Item   12
Cartoon. Your food is the best - DON'T WASTE IT
Note: ID: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-620867. Artist: Dyer.
Folder   Q1
Item   13
Cartoon. Keep it clean! DON'T WASTE FOOD
Note: ID: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-620867. Artist: Dyer.
Folder   Q1
Item   14
Cartoon. No excuses. Watch you waste
Note: ID: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-620867. Artist: Dyer.
Folder   Q1
Item   15
Cartoon. Swell dishes like these are TOO GOOD TO WASTE
Note: ID: 1A. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-620867. Artist: Dyer.
Q2: , 1945-1946; WD series
Folder   Q2
Item   1
Cooperating for victory. SUGGEST a better way to do your job
Note: ID: WD Suggestion Poster No. 19. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-634535. Artist: Illegible.
Folder   Q2
Item   2
...Save Food - and you Save A Life!
Note: ID: WD 10-10. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1946-O-704375.
Folder   Q2
Item   3
Enough to satisfy but none to waste! Save Food - and you Save A Life!
Note: ID: WD 10-2. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1946-O704113.
Folder   Q2
Item   4
Don't run your temperature too high...Excessive heat shrinks food. Save Food - and you Save A Life!
Note: ID: WD 10-6. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1946-O-704379.
Folder   Q2
Item   5
Every Slice Counts. Save Food - and you Save A Life!
Note: ID: WD 10-1. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1946-O-704112.
Folder   Q2
Item   6
Don't come back for more if you can't handle it! Save Food - and you Save A Life!
Note: ID: WD 10-12. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1946-O-704381.
Folder   Q2
Item   7
That's it Buddy. Keep it clean. Save Food - and you Save A Life!
Note: ID: WD 10-5. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1946-O704380.
Folder   Q2
Item   8
You can spare it!
Note: ID: WD 10-7. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1946-O-704377.
Folder   Q2
Item   9
Cartoon. Don't Waste Food...
Note: Artist: Dyer.
Q3: 1943-1944, 1946; WD and Security series
Folder   Q3
Item   1
Americans suffer when careless talk kills!
Note: ID: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1943-O-558552. Artist: Harry Anderson.
Folder   Q3
Item   2
All hands needed. Stay with your ship
Note: ID: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-622124.
Folder   Q3
Item   3
“3 U.S. Military Policeman Vanish...” (newsclip). Could happen to you. BE ALERT
Note: ID: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-617462.
Folder   Q3
Item   4
Your job now - occupation for peace
Note: ID: War Department Poster. WDP21-3. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1946-O-717750.
Folder   Q3
Item   5
URGENT NOTICE (Warning regarding inadvertent distribution of military intelligence)
Folder   Q3
Item   6
Watch yourself pal! Be careful what you say or write!
Note: ID: “Pal” Security Poster. WD Poster No. 32-3. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-625023.
Folder   Q3
Item   7
The battle-wise Infantryman... is CAREFUL what he says or writes
Note: ID: “Infantryman” Security Poster. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-602442. Artist: Schlaikjer 1944.
Folder   Q3
Item   8
Silence means security
Note: ID: “Silence” Security Poster. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-606742.
Folder   Q3
Item   9
A wise old owl in an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke, The less he spoke the more he heard. Soldier be like that Old Bird. SILENCE MEANS SECURITY
Note: ID: “Owl” Security Poster. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1943-O-514854.
Folder   Q3
Item   10
The Secret. The only secret is the one NEVER TOLD. Silence means security
Note: ID: “Secret” Security Poster. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1943-O-514853.
Folder   Q3
Item   11
You mean democracy to these people
Note: ID: WD Poster No. 21-5. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1946-O-721482. Artist: SD.
Q4: , 1943-1945; Security issues
Folder   Q4
Item   1
SILENCE MEANS SECURITY
Note: ID: “WAAC” Security Poster. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1943-O-518922.
Folder   Q4
Item   2
WHO wants to know? SILENCE MEANS SECURITY
Note: ID: “Who” Security Poster. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1943-O-563140.
Folder   Q4
Item   3
SILENCE MEANS SECURITY. (Fighter pilot, plane)
Note: ID: “Monkey” Security Poster. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1943-O-583196.
Folder   Q4
Item   4
Some birds talk too much! SILENCE MEANS SECURITY
Note: ID: “Parrot” Security Poster. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-586551.
Folder   Q4
Item   5
Use Horse Sense. Be careful what you say or write
Note: ID: “Horse” Security Poster, WD 32-6. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-640495.
Folder   Q4
Item   6
“Now YOU be careful...what you say or write!”
Note: ID: “Photo” Security Poster. WD 32-5. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-633734.
Folder   Q4
Item   7
Silence means surprise
Note: ID: “Surprise” Security Poster. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1943-O-539261.
Folder   Q4
Item   8
“Please...get there and BACK!” “Be careful what you say or write.”
Note: ID: “Girl” Security Poster. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1943-O-539260.
Folder   Q4
Item   9
Don't be a sucker! Keep your mouth shut
Note: ID: “Sucker” Security Poster. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944-O-595823.
Folder   Q4
Item   10
YOUR pen...an enemy weapon? Not if you keep what you know to yourself. Watch what you write
Note: ID: “Pen” Security Poster. P-X-18-RPB-11-1-43-85M.
Folder   Q4
Item   11
“...and bless those back home who, knowing of our sailing, kept that knowledge to themselves.” Silence Means Security
Note: ID: WD “Convoy” Poster P-X-17-RPB-11-1-43-85M. Artist: Schlaikjer 43.
Folder   Q4
Item   12
The ENEMY is listening... Keep it to yourself
Note: ID: Office of Facts and Figures. U.S. Government Printing Office: 16-26463-1.
Q5: , 1945-1946; WD series
Folder   Q5
Item   1
Did you send him Enough and On Time? See the dramatic film, “Enough and On Time”! It shows how the smallest routine detail may cost a fighter's life. It's a picture of YOUR JOB
Note: ID: War Department Poster (WD) No. 38-1B. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-634364.
Folder   Q5
Item   2
Did you get him Enough...On Time. See “Enough and On Time,” the dramatic film that links YOU to the battle line. Running time 20 minutes
Note: ID: WD No. 38-1. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-634363.
Folder   Q5
Item   3
Displace Persons. It could have been YOU
Note: ID: WD No. 21-2. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1946-O-715144.
Folder   Q5
Item   4
There are no restrictions on National Service Life Insurance as to: residence, travel, occupation, hobbies
Note: ID: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-653919. Artist: Ketcham.
Folder   Q5
Item   5
What happens at a separation center: show-down, physical, orientation, counseling, records, uniform check, pay off
Note: ID: WD No. 28-5H. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-647211.
Folder   Q5
Item   6
Let's talk about you. Think today about the job you want later. Prepare for it now. USAFI offers you excellent business, technical and vocational courses. Choose your subject. Enroll today. USAFI-United States Armed Forces Institute, Madison, Wisconsin
Note: ID: WD No. 28-1. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-625024.
Folder   Q5
Item   7
USAFI offers you the opportunity to do something today about the job you want later...This is your chance to train for a good job and to study for your school diploma in the army
Note: ID: WD No. 28-2. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-625027.
Folder   Q5
Item   8
Serve those who served. Nurses are needed in Veterans Administration Hospitals
Note: ID: Veterans Administration. U.S. Government Printing Office: 1945-O-655862.
Folder   Q5
Item   9
Service to those who served...consult your nearest office of the Veterans Administration
Note: ID: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1946-O-692019.
Folder   Q5
Item   10
He earned it... he needs it. Homes for veterans first
Note: ID: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1946-O-714987.