Raising the Flag Over Iwo Jima

Raising the Flag Over Iwo Jima

Beginning on December 7, 1941, with the Japanese attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii until the final surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945, the United States was involved in a brutal war in the Pacific. Allied with Britain and France, U.S. troops fought...
Corn: The Food of the Nation

Corn: The Food of the Nation

Corn: The Food of The Nation was an American propaganda poster created by Lloyd Harrison for the United States Food Administration in 1918, during the Great War. The Great War was a time in which President Wilson needed to shape the nation in a way to encourage...
Help! The Woman’s Land Army of America

Help! The Woman’s Land Army of America

This poster was created as American propaganda during the first World War in 1918. In the early 20th-century traditional gender roles were still very prominent in America. It was the woman’s job to watch the children, take care of the house, and for men, it was their...
We Can Do It

We Can Do It

Rosie the Riveter is an iconic piece of art that started as World War II propaganda and is still to this day recognized as a feminist symbol for gender equality. World War II was a war of ideologies, with Fascism quickly emerging in Germany and Italy, other countries...