by Maria Portela Mesquita | Nov 19, 2025
The World War I poster titled “Columbia Calls” was created in 1916 by Frances Adams Halsted and illustrated by V. Aderente. The poster was meant to encourage young men to join the U.S. Army during a time where America was still deciding whether or not to enter the...
by Steven Geiger | Dec 7, 2024
Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maison was among Claude Debussy’s last works and was written as Christmas was around the corner. The song was created both as a lament of the poor children’s situation as well as a vessel with which to criticize the war. At...
by Juliana Loukachouk | Nov 4, 2020
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...