Campion Core 107 Spring 2020: Image Collections

An aggregate of 151 art collections from museums around the world set in a dynamic user friendly platform.

Approximately 1,900 war-related posters created between 1914 and 1920 held by the Library of Congress. In addition to posters printed in the United States, the collection contains posters from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, and Russia.

A collection of more that one hundred English, French, German, and Russian war-related posters.

Approximately 6,000 posters from government, commercial, and charitable organizations spanning both World Wars. Posters cover a range of topics: veterans' benefits, industrial production, freedom and loyalty campaigns, films and theatre, sports, recruitment of women, and anti-war movements, among others.

Approximately 500 posters spanning both World Wars, being particularly strong in World War I French and American posters. Notably, this collection contains posters by Norman Rockwell, Theodore Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss) and Boris Artzybasheff, among other artists.

Some 250 Canadian war posters together with descriptions, an artist index, and an essay.

Thousands of images created during World War I and it's aftermath held by the Library of Congress can be found through their Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. To find items for which digital images are available: try browsing by subject or entering search terms that reference Word War I. On the results page click the orange box below the search bar for "Larger Image Available Anywhere"; to limit your results to items with available digital images. In addition to photographs, the collection includes cartoons, drawings and ephemera (stamps, postcards and sheet music, to name a few). Notably, the collection contains many items of German origin.