
I Want You for U.S. Army
Iconic recruitment poster featuring Uncle Sam pointing directly at the viewer.
Collection
A striking collection of over 200 Allied propaganda posters from World War I, featuring recruitment appeals, war bond campaigns, and morale-boosting imagery from the United States, Great Britain, France, and other Allied nations. Held by Temple University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center.
About This Collection
These posters represent the visual rhetoric of wartime mobilization, spanning 1914-1918. Originally produced as mass-printed broadsides, they range from lithographed recruitment appeals to government-issued bond campaigns. The collection is part of the Special Collections Research Center holdings and has been fully digitized via IIIF.

Iconic recruitment poster featuring Uncle Sam pointing directly at the viewer.

American propaganda poster urging enlistment by referencing the German invasion of Belgium.

War bond poster depicting a menacing German soldier to encourage investment in Liberty Bonds.
These featured items are just a sample. Browse the full Allied Posters of World War I at Temple University Libraries or use the IIIF collection manifest to access the data.