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Village center, with Veterans Honor Roll brass plaque - Marstons Mills Historical Society

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SGT. HENRY JOHNSON - AMERICAN HERO of WORLD WAR I - AN INSPIRATION TO OUR FIGHTING MEN TODAY

Sergeant Henry Johnson - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

Carriers of the new black plague - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special collections center in Boston, Massachusetts w More

An Episcopal Bishop confirming African American Lieutenants Rosemary Vincent and Hallie M. Brown and an unidentified soldier, as they kneel before him

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Two African American Navy officers, [left to right] Ensign J. J. Jenkins and Clarence Samuels, aboard a cutter on the North Atlantic patrol

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Photograph of Lieutenant Clarence Samuels of the United States Coast Guard, the highest ranking African American officer in the Navy

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African American sailors rolling out barrels from a vessel to shore of Biak Islands

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African American women, members of the 32nd and 33rd Company's Women's Army Auxiliary Corps basketball team, playing a game of basketball at Fort Huachuca

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African American chaplain standing at the podium and conducting the religious service on deck of a U. S. Coast Guard vessel, South Pacific

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Members of an African American company of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps lined up for review, Liberia

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African American seamen delivering shells and loading the anti-aircraft gun aboard a vessel on the Atlantic patrol

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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter CAYUGA

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Group photograph of the U.S. Coast Guard Quartet members while singing, New York, N.Y.

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Mrs. Charles W. David, Jr.; African American widow and her three-year-old son, Neil Adrian receiving the Navy and Marine Corps Medal from Rear Admiral, Stanley V. Parker

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Two African American Lieutenants of the Women's Army Corps sitting at a table and working on jigsaw puzzles while three others assist and look on

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38,000,000 escaped -- 10,000,000 died - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Letter from Elinor Moakley, on behalf of the Selectmen, to Edwin B. Worthen, August 20, 1940

Letter from Elinor Moakley, on behalf of the Selectmen, to Edwin B. Worthen, August 20, 1940. The Executive Committee of the Lexington Civil Defense Committee requests that Mr. Worthen act as Advisor and become More

Letter to the Lexington Civil Defense Committee requesting information about civil defense for a radio program, 1941

Copy of letter from Ellen Riley, on behalf of Roger Wheeler, radio writer and producer, to A. R. Giroux, Chairman, Lexington Civil Defense Committee, April 6, 1941. The letter requests information about the Lex More

Give 'em both barrels - Art Deco public domain image

Poster of two men in profile; a soldier in uniform firing a gun and a worker with a rivet gun. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

World War II ration book - Public domain document scan

Ration book belonging to Anita Pring (later, Mrs. Edwin B. Worthen, Jr.), issued in 1942. Courtesy of Cary Memorial Library

Loose talk can cause this, World War II photo

American soldier standing behind barbed wire staring at German guard. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

P'ing Mei is hungry and afraid, (Page 31)

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SPARS Olivia Hooker, of Columbus, Ohio, and Aileen Anita Cooke, of Los Angeles, California, aboard the dry-land ship "USS Neversail," during their training at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Station, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York, 1945

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"GET INTO YOUR FIGHTING CLOTHES - WE'RE GOING AFTER THE OTHERS"

Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

Strong in the strength of the Lord. We who fight in the people's cause will never stop until that cause is won

Three muscular arms, one holding a gun, the others holding tools reach upward together. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A careless word.. a needless sinking

Image shows lifeboat full of sailors looking back at burning, sinking ship. Poster distributed by the United States Office of War Information to hotels, schools, war plants, libraries, terminals, recreational h More

Incentive to buy war bonds - World War One photograph from National Archives

Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

Radio City Music Hall presents "Cheer China" ..., btw. pp. 32 & 33

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World War II ration book - Public domain document scan

Ration book belonging to Anita Pring (later, Mrs. Edwin B. Worthen, Jr.), issued in 1942. Courtesy of Cary Memorial Library

Guido Perera, 1902-1999, in World War II

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UNITED WE WIN - A poster of two men working on a plane

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Unidentified image, view from roof looking south

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Sailor beware! Loose talk can cost lives

Woman about to kiss a sailor. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

"DEMOCRACY IN ACTION NO.III" - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Liberty Ships named in honor of George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington, and Frederick Douglass. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

Total war battle map - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Save waste fats, World War II photo

Four images with captions: (1) bacon in a frying pan "Save waste fats and greases," (2) fat being strained into a can "Strain into clean can," (3) can on a shelf "Keep in cool dark place," (4) woman handing can More

"THE SAVIOR OF THE DARKER RACES"

Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

HON. ELIE LESOCT - PRESIDENT OF HAITI

Honorable Elie Lescot - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

The victory war map - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.. remember Dec. 7th!

Tattered American flag flies at half mast in front of black smoke and flames. Quote, "We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain," is from Lincoln's Gettysburg address. Courtesy of Bosto More

A careless word… a needless sinking

Image shows lifeboat full of sailors looking back at burning, sinking ship. Poster distributed by the United States. Office of War Information to hotels, schools, war plants, libraries, terminals, recreational More

America needs your scrap rubber

Four images with captions: (1) "A Gas Mask requires 1.11 pounds of rubber," (2) "A Life Raft requires 17 to 100 pounds of rubber," (3) "A Scout Car requires 306 pounds of rubber," (4) "A Heavy Bomber requires 1 More

Books are weapons in the war of ideas

Poster of Nazis burning books, with quotation by Franklin D. Roosevelt on a large book in the background: "Books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can put thought in More

Public Domain Images - WILLIAM E. LEW

William E. Lew - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

Loose talk can cost lives - Art Deco public domain image

Sinking ship surrounded by lifeboats. Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain photograph related to World War Two, Navy ships - Picryl description

SPAR Olivia J. Hooker, of Columbus, Ohio, at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Station, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York, 1945

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"A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry waits with the family baggage before leaving by bus for an assembly center in the spring of 1942."

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"AGAIN THE SPRINGBOARD OF CIVILIZATION"

WWII black soldier. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

"A PLEDGE AND A PRAYER - AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN"

Black soldier and Christmas theme - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

DR. CHARLES RICHARD DREW, M.D., C.M., MED. D.Sc. - PROFESSOR OF SURGERY, HOWARD UNIVERSTITY, CHIEF SURGEON, FREEDMESN'S HOSPITAL, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Dr. Charles Drew - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

PAUL ROBESON - ACTOR, ARTIST, ATHLETE

Paul Robeson - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

LIEUT. WILLA BROWN - AVIATRIX-MAKER OF PILOTS

Lieutenant Willa Brown - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

"FOOD FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM!!!" - Drawing. Public domain image.

Produce and Conserve - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

FELIX EBOUE' GOVENOR GENERAL FIGHTING FRENCH AFRICA - SCHOLAR, STATESMAN, SOLDIER.

Felix Eboue - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

Plant a victory garden. Our food is fighting

Color drawing of man, woman, and child gardening with full baskets of vegetables. The boy is in the foreground behind basket of vegetables; the man and woman are in the background holding hoes and bending over More

"IN THE VANGUARD FOR DEMOCRACY!!"

Liberty Ships: S.S. Robert L. Vann, S.S. Robert S. Abbott, S.S. John H. Murphy - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

"GETTYSBURG YESTERDAY - THE WORLD TODAY"

Abraham Lincoln - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

Newsmap : week of December 16 to December 22, 224th week of the war, 106th week of U.S. Participation. Monday, December 27, 1943

Land of the setting sun Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Public Domain Images - "CARRY ON!!"

Black sailors rescued by S. S. Robert Vann - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

"TOGETHER AGAIN FOR FREEDOM!!" - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Black patriotism - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

"WATCH YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER!!!"

Conservation and rationing. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

Public Domain Images - "THE GUIDING LIGHT"

The Negro Press. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

"DEMOCRACY IN ACTION" No.IV - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

In honor of Lenard Roy Harmon - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

"THEMS OUR BOYS, MA!" (TITLE IS CROSSED OUT)

Black Farmers looking on as planes fly over. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

"THE BEST PRESENT FOR THE BEST FUTURE!!!"

Incentive to buy war bonds - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

This is the enemy - This is the enemy of war poster

Bible stabbed with dagger by arm with swastika on sleeve. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

If you tell where he's going.. he may never get there!

Sailor walking away with duffle on left shoulder, looking over right shoulder. Poster signed "John Falter, USNR" Courtesy of Boston Public Library

"A REAL HOME IS WORTH A REAL FIGHT!"

Blacks in public housing - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

"YOUR SHOES HAVE GONE TO WAR" - World War One photograph from National Archives

Incentive to ration shoes - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

Civil Air Patrol. Eyes of the home skies.

Poster shows the head of a pilot wearing goggles and two airplanes. "Kenney, Squadron 511-3" is written in the upper right corner of the image. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Work on a farm… this summer

Man holding pitchfork standing partly behind a woman holding basket of vegetables. Caption below image reads "Join the U.S. Crop Corps. See your U.S. Employment Service or local county agent." Courtesy of Bosto More

"IF YOU ONLY KNEW WHAT IT MEANT!!"

Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER - ONE OF AMERICA'S GREAT SCIENTISTS

George Washington Carver - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

AUSTIN CURTIS - SCIENTIST SUCCESSOR TO DR. CARVER

Austin Curtis - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

LIEUT. COL. BENJAMIN O. DAVIS, JR. - AIR FIGHTER

Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

ROBERT LEE VANN - LAWYER, EDITOR, CRUSADER

Robert Lee Vann - with biographical paragraphs. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

"SPEND THAT VACATION AT HOME!!"

Conservation - with caption. Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort and Original Sketches by Charles Alston

Newsmap : week of October 14 to October 21, 215th week of the war, 97th week of U.S. participation. Monday, October 25, 1943

Target Berlin Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement - Picryl description