Food—Don’t Waste It

Food—Don’t Waste It

   In 1917, artist Frederic G. Cooper created the poster above to promote the conservation of food for the American public. Until then, the United States had maintained a neutral position in World War I and provided the Allied forces with supplies to sustain...
The Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Earth

The Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Earth

The Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Earth by Joseph Pennell published in 1918 is an American propaganda poster. Propaganda has a wide range of definitions, but it can be boiled down to a piece of media that is meant to persuade the audience to a certain action or...
Spanish Flu Newspaper Article

Spanish Flu Newspaper Article

The “Spanish Influenza” was a virus that “quickly spread around the globe and altered the course of world history” as it took more lives than the Great War.((Gordon H. Hirshberg, “Medical Science’s Newest Discoveries about the ‘Spanish Influenza’.” The Washington...
Women’s Suffrage Photograph

Women’s Suffrage Photograph

The source I have chosen is a photograph from 1917 that accurately depicts the Woman’s Suffrage Movement. The photograph is titled “Woman Suffrage Banners,” and was taken by Harris and Ewing. During 1917, the United States of America had just entered the First World...
WW I Soldier Photo

WW I Soldier Photo

This photo is from the archives of the League of Nations and German Peace Society, and it shows a German soldier dead in the battlefields during World War I from 1914-1918. This photo was taken to show the horrors and destruction of the war. To ensure that destructive...