Historic Recruitment Posters

A collection of recruitment posters from the Civil War era featuring calls to action for men of color, laborers, and appeals related to slavery and citizenship.

Appeal to the Defense of the Right of Self-Determination of Farmers, 1856 American History

Union Civil War poster recruiting 'Men of Color' to enlist in the US military after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. Broadside text was written by Frederick Douglass and exhorts African Americans, 'if we are not lower in the scale of humanity&we show it now' (BSLOC_2018_5_111)

TO THE LABORING MEN OF NEW YORK, begins a poster appealing for an end to the 'Draft Riots' in New York City, July 18, 1863. Printed two days after the worst violence, it argues that the riot will raise taxes to repair what the unrest has destroyed (BSLOC_2019_2_83)

Eisenhower Thanks Us. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

Appeal to the Defense of the Right of Self-Determination of Farmers, 1856 American History

Title page from 'Picture of Slavery in the United States of America,' issued in 1834 by E. Hunt in Middletown, Connecticut. Features themes related to the slave trade in the United States

What is life or rest to me so long as I have a commission direct from God Almighty to act against slavery , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, Boston Mass., History

Poster, 'Food and the War!', circa 1917, New York, by The Carey Printing Company, United States Food Administration. Gift of Department of Defence, 1919.

A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America Proportion of Negroes in the total population of the United States / African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition.

Are you 100% American Prove it! Buy U.S. government bonds Third Liberty Loan WWI Poster

All men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights of which, when they enter into a state of society, hey cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity! Namely the enjoyment of life and liberty , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, Boston Mass., History

Mass. WPA Art Project Index of American Design, Bridgewater State Teachers College , Art exhibitions, Bridgewater State University. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Foreign-Born Friends who are Applicants for American Citizenship

Write to Russia. Contributor: Russian War Relief Inc.. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

One hour of American slavery is fraught with more misery than ages of that which we rose in rebellion to oppose , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, Boston Mass., History

The Reform Advocate, Volume 17, Number 7, issued on April 1, 1899, in Chicago. This publication focuses on Reform Judaism and includes various Jewish periodicals

Housewives! Wage War on Hitler - Save. Country: Canada Contributor: Director of Public Information for National Salvage Office; Minister of National War Services. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

A series of statistical charts illustrating the condition of the descendants of former African slaves now in residence in the United States of America African American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition.

Remember them that are in bonds as bound with them. , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, Boston Mass., History

Black bordered broadside of the Boston Globe announces, 'THE PRESIDENT IS DEAD! God Reigns and the Government in Washington Still Lives', is quoted from General Garfield on Abraham Lincoln's Assassination (BSLOC_2019_5_76)

A highly racist poster issued as part of a smear campaign against Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial nominee John White Geary by supporters of Democratic candidate Hiester Clymer. Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election 1866

Lexington, on the Common , Monuments & memorials, Archive of Photographic Documentation of Early Massachusetts Architecture

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Boy scouts, Diagrams of Women's Employment during war July 1914 - July 1917.

10/10/1951 - U.S. Propaganda Posters in 1950s Asia - To Better Government poster .

Broadside - "The Fruits of Victory"

I Need Your Waste Paper. Printed By: W. R. Royle & Son Ltd.. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

The internment of Japanese Americans was the World War II internment in 'War Relocation Camps' of over 110,000 people of Japanese heritage who lived on the Pacific coast of the United States. The U.S. government ordered the internment in 1942, shortly after Imperial Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. The internment of Japanese Americans was applied unequally as a geographic matter: all who lived on the West Coast were interned, while in Hawaii, where 150,000-plus Japanese Americans comprised over one-third of the population, only 1,200 to 1,800 were interned. Sixty-two percent of the internees were American citizens.

Tables, estimate cost of Metropolitan Water Works, estimates of the State Board of Health, Mass., ca. 1895 , waterworks, tables documents

Broadside - The Road to Success

The sun rises in the west written and produced by Southwest Theatre Unit by the Federal Art Project. Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of The Sun Rises in the West at the Mayan Theatre, showing a plough among weeds and a dilapidated farm building. Dated between 1936 and 1941

Woman Suffrage Movement - Woman suffragette Lucy Branham holding poster circa 1919.

Wear your honor button. Dimensions: Sheet: 14 × 11 in. (35.5 × 28 cm). Printer: Commercial Printing & Lithograph Company. Date: 1918.World War I poster. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Elsevier photo collection. Rivierenlaan Amsterdam South repealed Kennedylaan, Fa. Langcat Bussum dozens plates ready. January 20, 1964. Bussum

WAKE UP AND JOIN THE I.W.W. Recruitment poster shows workers sleeping in bunks labeled LONG HOURS, POVERTY, and WAGE SLAVERY. Ca. 1910.

The Reform Advocate, Vol. 17, No. 18, Chicago, June 17, 1899, Reform Judaism, Jewish periodicals

Cut it Out and Lend What You Save Through War Savings. Country: England Printed By: J. Weiner, Ltd.. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

DD-SC-00-02313. Country: Unknown

Poster, "We can give it", March 1942, Wellington, by N.Z. National Savings Committee, Gordon H. Burt Ltd. Gift of Mr C H Andrews, 1967.

Ministry of Supply - Service Speakers. Country: England Printed By: Multi Machine Plates, Ltd. Contributor: Her Majesty's Stationery Office; Ministry of Supply; Directorate of Public Relations. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

Billboard during Flood, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, Edwin Locke for U.S. Resettlement Administration, February 1937

Poster, 'Why More Men Are Needed', November 1914, United Kingdom, by Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, Roberts & Leete Ltd. Found in collection, 2011.

Shall freedom or slavery triumph : Let Massachusetts speak! , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston

Whittall Rugs - A bit of the Orient in America - Advertisement 1916

It is a debt we owe the purity of religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery! Give me liberty or give me death , Antislavery movements, Massachusetts, Boston, Slavery, United States, History, Boston Mass., History

The Crisis : A monthly magazine. Photographs, Advertising. 1925-03. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. Harlem (New York, N.Y.), African Americans , New York (State) , New York, African American children

The Biltmore. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Poster, 'Save the babies', 1918, United States, by Helen Hyde, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. Gift of Department of Defence, 1919.

Democracy in Action Postcard. ca. 1943, Democracy in Action Postcard

Free storage of liberty bonds. Dimensions: Sheet: 21 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (55.5 × 40.5 cm). Publisher: Issued by Liberty Loan Committee. Date: ca. 1919.World War I poster. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

It stands at the head - the star that leads them all, the light running "Domestic" sewing machine. It stands at the head - the star that leads them all, the light running "Domestic" sewing machine

My daddy boupt me a Government Bond of the Third Liberty Loan Did Yours; Raleigh, Henry (1880-1945), The United States Printing & Litograph Co. (USA; printing house; 1900-); 1918 (1918-00-00-1918-00-00);

Anefo photo collection. Maastricht tile. August 5, 1947

British informative article on what to do in case of an attack from the Germans. Dated 1940

Water Care - It All Depends On Me. Country: England Artist: Thurstan Printed By: H. Manly & Son, Ltd.. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

The Biltmore. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Kaiser Bill. Dimensions: Sheet: 22 7/16 × 12 1/8 in. (57 × 30.8 cm). Publisher: Issued by Connecticut State Council of Defense. Date: ca. 1917.World War I poster. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

My daddy bought me a government bond of the Third Liberty Loan, did yours , War bonds & funds, World War, 1914-1918

The Biltmore. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Broadside - "The Same Qualities"

The Biltmore. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Poster, 'Enrolment of Expeditionary Force Reserve', August 1916, New Zealand, by National Recruiting Board, Government Printer (N.Z.). Gift of the New Zealand Government, 1919.

The Biltmore. 1900. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

The Biltmore. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

The slave of silence.. text. Advertising, Posters. 1895 - 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Publishing industry, Posters, American, Book & magazine posters

Digitally restored vector war propaganda poster. This vintage World War Two poster features a vintage document surrounded by U.S. savings bonds. It declares - 1946 Resolution, That every American buy and hold U.S. savings bonds.

The Biltmore. 1900. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Campaign Poster for Socialist Eugene Debs and his Running mate Ben Hanford, USA Presidential election 1904

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 Warning dangers blood poisoning. undated

A proclamation! Is Massachusetts in America , Strikes, Textile mill workers, Textile Workers' Strike, Lawrence, Mass., 1912. Lawrence

Poster, 'Save all waste paper' political posters

Union sign of the replacement cantonment of the coast artillery 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , San Diego, California , San Diego County

The Biltmore, 1900, 28x18cm folded; 28x36cm open

The Biltmore. 1900. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Labour Party election posters and speakers for Labour's series of five short television programmes in the run-up to the General Election of 8th October 1959 (which the Conservatives won). Poster slogans include Stop H-Bomb Poison Now, and Smash the Tory Swindle. Speakers include leader Hugh Gaitskell, treasurer Aneurin Bevan, Barbara Castle and Harold Wilson. Date: 1959

The Biltmore. 1900. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

The sticker that seals the carton shows the grade of the eggs and the date of the grading. Jan. 8, 1945.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. reproductions, forest foats. undated. New Zealand

A Message From America's President To Its Boys Abroad.A copy of this letter from President Roosevelt is distributed to each member of the American Expeditionary Forces, as he leaves for service overseas. October 29, 1942. (Photo by Interfoto News Pictures, Inc.).

Leaflet showing US Presidential candidate, John F Kennedy, in talks with Civil Rights Leaders during the run up to the 1960 United States Presidential Election.

New York Times Depression Era

The Biltmore. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Le Pantheon negro & africain, a museum in Porto Novo, Benin.

The Biltmore. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

$100,000 reward! The murderer of our late beloved President, Abraham Lincoln, is still at large. Published: 1865. Broadside advertising reward for capture of Lincoln assassination conspirators, illustrated with photographic prints of John H. Surratt, John Wilkes Booth, and David E. Herold.

Poster, 'War traffic comes first', Early 1940s, London, by J. Weiner Ltd, H.M. Stationery Office. Gift of Mr C H Andrews, 1967.

Sign quoting Nelson Mandela, Route 67, Arts-Culture-Heritage-Trail in honour of Nelson Mandela, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Africa

Free speech, free soil, free men' A membership certificate for the Wide-Awake Club, a Republican marching club formed in February or March 1860 and active throughout the North during the election campaign. The club was dedicated to the preservation of the Union and the non-extension of slavery.

The Biltmore. 1900. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

The Biltmore. 1900. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Portugal is not a small country , Portugal, Maps, Portugal, Colonies, Maps, United States, Maps, Postcards Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection

Broadside - Own a Home for Your Childrens Sake

"Emigrant" spelled out in scrabble letters

The Biltmore. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

The Biltmore. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

DD-ST-88-09429. Country: Unknown

The Biltmore. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Inscription, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States of America, USA, PublicGround, North America

"With Your Help...He May be a Bishop or a Barker". Country: Canada Contributor: Advertising and Sales Club of Toronto; Director-General of Aircraft Production. 1942 - 1945. Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters

World War II. 'Blackout means black'. Poster reminding citizens of complete blackouts as a civil defense procedure. Color silkscreen, ca. 1942

The Biltmore. 1917. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

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