An Analysis of The Bonds of Liberty

An Analysis of The Bonds of Liberty

During World War I, the US government set up an extensive propaganda campaign to persuade American citizens to buy Liberty Bonds. These bonds were a major source of money for military operations abroad. The poster “Keep These Off the U.S.A.” plays on the...
Uncle Sam’s Lodging House

Uncle Sam’s Lodging House

Joseph Keppler’s “Uncle Sam’s Lodging-House,” published as the centerfold of Puck on June 7, 1882, is a revealing commentary on late-nineteenth-century American anxieties surrounding immigration, urban housing, and political disorder. It was created by Keppler, an...

Pledge Allegiance and Silence About the War

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...
You Can Help–American Red Cross/ W.T. Benda

You Can Help–American Red Cross/ W.T. Benda

The source listed above is a propaganda poster developed in 1918 during the First World War by W. T. Benda. Pictured is a young woman seen knitting with the words “You can help; American Red Cross.”[1] During the First World War, propaganda posters were very common;...