Twelve (12) World War II United States propaganda posters by artists including John Atherton and Steve Broder. 1st item: Poster depicts a male soldier wearing a green helmet looking up while raising a United States flag on a pole. Text, in white across bottom left reads "To Have and to Hold!" and in large, red capital letters at the bottom "War Bonds". Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944, and reads "Official U.S. Treasury Poster" across the bottom. Unframed. 28" H x 20" W. 2nd item: Poster depicts a black and white photograph of a lady's hands, wearing a wedding ring, and knitting a baby sock. Red, white, and blue stripes run diagonally from top left to bottom right behind black text that reads "For the Future – Worth Fighting For …… Worth Saving for! – Buy More War Bonds through the Pay Roll Savings Plan during the Third War Loan Campaign." Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. Text at bottom reads "Interdepartmental War Savings Bond Committee." Number "8" stamped in black and "Enclosure" stamped in purple en verso. Unframed. 28" H x 22" W. 3rd item: Poster depicts a large color illustration of the Concord Minuteman statue with a colonial town scene in the background, including a church, town hall with clock tower, trees, and silhouettes of people walking. Blue text at top reads "For Freedom's Sake" and in all capital red letters at bottom "Buy War Bonds". Signed "JA" in bottom right for artist John Atherton.Unframed. 28" H x 22" W. 4th item: Poster titled "New Air Raid Warning System" in all outlined white all-capital letters at the top, with light blue background and navy blue, red, and white text and graphics. Text describes different signals, their meanings, and mandated civilian actions in the event of an air raid in the United States. Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. Text at bottom reads "Approved by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense, The Eastern Defense Command, and the First Army." Unframed. 20" H x 28" W. 5th item: Poster titled "The Greatest Investment on Earth!" on a white background depicts red, white, and blue stripes running on a diagonal from the top left to bottom right corners, with a $25 war bond with a stone house in the middle of it, superimposed over a map of the contiguous United States, while a black and white illustration of a smiling husband and wife with their two children stand in the lower left. Text at bottom reads in all capitals "For Your Country…. Yourself….Your Family – War Bonds – Through The Pay Roll Savings Plan!" Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. Unframed. 28" H x 22" W. 6th item: Poster titled "The United Nations Fight for Freedom" in white letters against a black background depicts the Statue of Liberty in white, in the lower left corner with her arm raised along the left side. The flags, in full color, of the thirty (30) countries of the United Nations are depicted with the name of each country in white text below its flag. Artist's name "Broder", for Steve Broder, appears at the center bottom. Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942. Unframed. 28" H x 22" W. 7th item: Poster depicts a subdued color scene with a deceased sailor in a blue uniform with white trim lying on a beach in the surf and a sunset sky, against a black background, with text below that reads "a careless word… – A Needless Loss." Artist's name printed below the picture "Anton Otto Fischer." Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943. Unframed. 28" H x 22" W. 8th item: Poster depicts a large ship engulfed in black smoke and bright red and orange flames in the background as eight injured and dejected men row away in an escape boat in the foreground. Text reads "A careless word… …A Needless Sinking." Artist's name "Anton Otto Fischer" is printed in the lower left corner. Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942. Unframed. 28" H x 22" W. 9th item: Poster depicts a woman dressed in a bright green coat, hat, and yellow shirt carrying a bag of groceries in one arm and packages in the other with the words "I'll carry mine too!" around her head and the white text at the bottom reads "Trucks and Tires Must Last Till Victory" against a dark background of marching soldiers wearing helmets and carrying backpacks and guns with bayonets. Artist's name "SARRA" written in lower right. Unframed. 28" H x 22" W. 10th item: Poster depicts a soldier in red with gray shadow holding a rifle with bayonet, pointing his finger outward, standing next to a large document with the text from the United States declaration of war with Japan. The red text at the top reads "Make Your Own Declaration of War" with white text over red background at the bottom reads "Buy War Bonds". Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942. Unframed. 28" H x 22" W. 11th item: Poster depicts black and white photographs of men and women on a white background, walking from the top left to bottom right corner, wearing various suits and clothes representing different professions. Red, translucent arrow on the right side includes a quote in white text that reads "Every man woman and child is a partner – President Roosevelt." On the right side, a large solid blue rectangle includes text that reads "In 1942 60,000 planes – 45,000 tanks – 20,000 A.A. guns – 8,000,000 ton of ships." "War Production Board – M1 – Washington, D.C." printed in the bottom left corner. Published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942. Unframed. 28" H x 40" W. 12th item: Poster depicts a black and red background with an illustration of a wife and mother wearing red, holding her young child to her with a letter from the Navy on the table in front of her, with the text "next of kin has been notified…" in white across the middle of the image. Artist's signature "Xavier Gonzalez" appears in bottom right of illustration. Black text at the bottom reads "Your Work Will Save Lives" and in the lower left corner "War Production Board." Published by U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942. Unframed. 40" H x 28 1/2" W. CONDITION: 1st item: Overall very good condition with bright colors and sharp edges. Minor toning to some edges, foxing and toning along fold lines on back. Small separation at center of fold lines. 2nd item: Overall good condition with three sharp edges and losses along right edge. Toning and foxing near along fold lines on back. 3rd item: Overall good condition with some red ink transfer at top from original folding. Sharp edges. Toning and foxing along main fold lines on back with 5" black crayon mark on upper left back quadrant. Small separations along some fold lines. 4th item: Overall very good condition, with bright colors and sharp edges. Some toning and foxing along fold lines on back with pinhole separations along some fold lines. 5th item: Overall good condition with losses along upper middle fold lines. Some toning and foxing along fold lines on back. 6th item: Overall very good condition with sharp edges and colors. Light toning and foxing along fold lines on back. 7th item: Overall good condition with sharp edges and colors. Light toning and foxing along fold lines on back with some separations along fold lines, largest 1/2". 8th item: Overall good condition and color with minor edgewear and small tears to top edge, largest 1/4". Light foxing and toning on back along fold lines with a few pinhole separations at fold lines. 9th item: Overall good condition and bright colors with only minor edgewear, consistent with age. Some toning and foxing along fold lines on back and small separations along fold lines. 10th item: Overall very good condition with sharp edges. Toning and foxing along fold lines on back and small separations along some fold lines. 11th item: Overall good condition with sharp edges. Toning and foxing on back along fold lines and some separations along fold lines, largest 1". 12th item: Overall good condition and color. Tear to lower right edge, 1 1/4". Minimal toning and foxing to fold lines on back, consistent with age. Pinhole separations at fold lines.