Posters around the world

Posters in Europe set a precedent for the posters that American artists produced in the latter half of the war. Common themes across Europe included food conservation, military service, buying war bonds, and patriotism.

England and Canada

"Lord Kitchener Says"

Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, 1915

"Women of Britain Say Go!"

E. I. Kealey, 1915

"Britishers -- Enlist today"

Guy Lipscombe, undated

"Now! Victory Bonds"

Joseph Ernest Sampson, 1917

"Safe as the British Empire"

Anonymous, undated

"Send more men - won't you answer the call"

unknown artist, undated

"Canadiens Francais -- Venez avec dans le 150ième batallion C.M.R. (French Canadians -- come with the 150th battalion C.M.R."

A.G.R., 1915

France

"Souscrivez Pour Hater la Paix par la Victoire (Subscribe to Hasten Peace by Victory)"

Paul Albert Besnard, 1917

"Verdun"

Maurice Toussaint, 1919

"Cultivons Notre Potager (Let's grow our garden)"

Louisette Jaeger, 1916

"Francais Economisez Le Gaz (Frenchmen save gas)"

Union Francaise, 1918

"Nous saurons nous en priver (We will know how to sacrifice)"

Camille Boutet, 1918

"Tout l'Acier et le Charbon pour nos Usines (Save all steel and coal for our factories)"

M. Héringfeld, 1918

"Mangez moins de viande pour ménager notre cheptel (Eat less meat and save our livestock)"

Marthe Picard, Ecoliers de Paris, 1918

Italy

"Sempre Avanti! (Always forward!)"

Leopoldo Metlicovitz, 1919

"Date denaro per la vittoria: la vittoria e la pace (Give money for victory: victory and peace)"

E. Lionne, undated

"Sottoscrivete al prestito (Subscribe to the [national] loan)"

Giovanni Capranesi, undated