by Zanaya Melchor | Dec 1, 2025
In this picture from October 1940, a couple of school-aged children gather potatoes on a large farm in Caribou, Maine. The caption, “Schools do not open until the potatoes are harvested,” comes from Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographer Jack...
by Stephan Naderi | Nov 22, 2025
The photograph reveals British soldiers exhausted but packed into every inch of space on a rescue boat’s decks as they are extracted from the vicinity of Dunkirk. Taken by British Army photographers E. G. Malindine and L. A. Puttnam, the photograph illustrates one of...
by Destini Holliday | Nov 21, 2025
Here portrays twenty-four mighty and courageous African American women stationed for a photo as they prepare themselves to contribute a portion of their lives to the war efforts. During the historical event of World War II an abundance of new beginnings took place as...
by Semaj Hatcher | Nov 13, 2025
The wartime propaganda poster “I Pledge Allegiance and Silence About the War” was created by Thomas Byrne between 1941-1943 for the Works Progress Administration. The poster features a waving American flag surrounded by the words “I Pledge Allegiance and Silence About...
by Courtney Kerrigan | Nov 30, 2021
The war poster, “Soldiers Without Guns” was created by Adolph Treidler in 1944 during end of World War II. Published by the U.S Government Printing Office, this poster is just one example of the propaganda used during this time period to implore more women to join the...