United We Will Win
An in-house traveling exhibit featuring the Museum's collection of WWII propaganda posters supplemented by the Museum's collections and loaned materials. This exhibit opens April 2012 and runs through January 1, 2014.
To sponsor the framing of a poster please contact Nicole Webb, Curator of Collections, at nicolew@montana.com or call 406-728-3476 ext 2.
Our three large posters - "Save Freedom of Worship - Buy War Bonds", "Bowl Them Over..." and "Pass The Ammunition..." are $450 to sponsor while the smaller posters are $200 to sponsor. If possible please provide accession number of particular poster for donation.
| Accession # | Sponsored (y/n) | Description | Image |
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| Section 1 - The Nature of the Enemy | |||
| 1986.004.421 | UNSPONSORED | "What are YOU going to do about it? ... Murdering Jap" |  |
| 1986.004.336 | UNSPONSORED | "Bowl Them Over... MORE PRODUCTION" 28.5" x 40" 1942 (large poster) |
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| 1986.004.440 | SPONSORED Courtesy Diane Sands |
"Don't fall for ENEMY PROPAGANDA... " 16.75" x 21.75" n.d. |
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| 1986.004.444 | SPONSORED Courtesy of the Whaley Family In Honor of WWII Navy Veteran Harold L. Whaley. |
"A careless word... / ... a needless sinking" |  |
| 1986.004.447 | SPONSORED Courtesy Steve and Dart Smith |
"a careless word... a needless loss" |  |
| 1986.004.450 | UNSPONSORED | "BITS OF CARELESS TALK... Are pieced together... " 20" x 28" 1943 |
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| 1986.004.455 | UNSPONSORED | "WANTED!... FOR MURDER... Her careless talk costs lives" 20" x 28" 1944 |
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| 1986.004.517 | UNSPONSORED | "WANTED... in Prague" 17.5" 24" n.d. |  |
| Section II - The Need to Fight | |||
| 1986.004.010 | UNSPONSORED | "Keep 'em Flying!... United States Army Recruiting Service" 20" x 28" 1941 |
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| 1986.004.029 | UNSPONSORED | "THE FIVE Sullivan brothers... THEY DID THEIR PART" |  |
| 1986.004.203 | SPONSORED Courtesy of Anonymous |
"America at War... " 16" x 21.75" n.d. |
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| 1986.004.468 | SPONSORED Courtesy Jean Luckowski |
"O'er the ramparts we watch... Army Air Forces" |  |
| 1986.004.471 | SPONSORED Courtesy Ann Mary Dussault |
"Fighting FISH and Fighting Men... in The United States Navy" 17" x 14" 1941 |
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| 1986.004.510 | SPONSORED Courtesy Harold and Thelma Hogan |
"UNITED we are strong... UNITED we will win" 16" x 22.5" 1943 |
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| 1986.004.535 | SPONSORED Courtesy University of Montana Alumni Association |
"We Can Build A New World If People Understand Each Other... BUT TODAY:... " 18" x 24" n.d. |
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| 1986.004.613 | UNSPONSORED | "Back them up!... Heavy Stirling bombers raid Nazi port... " |  |
| Section III - The Need to Sacrifice | |||
| 1986.004.109 | UNSPONSORED | "We'll lick'em - ... Just give us the METAL" |  |
| 1986.004.206 | SPONSORED Courtesy Victor Machart |
"We'll take care of the rising sun..you take care of rising prices" |  |
| 1986.004.217 | UNSPONSORED | "Don't let that shadow touch them... BUY WAR BONDS" |  |
| 1986.004.220 | SPONSORED Courtesy Don and Kathy Spritzer |
"You buy'em / we'll fly'em!... " |  |
| 1986.004.252 | UNSPONSORED | "Keep us flying!... BUY WAR BONDS" Tuskegee Airman 20" x 28" 1943 |
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| 1986.004.269 | SPONSORED Courtesy of Addrien Marx |
"War Bonds- ARE CHEAPER THAN WOODEN CROSSES" 22" x 28" 1944 |
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| 1986.004.296 | UNSPONSORED | "Mr. and Mrs. America... Everywhere U.S.A. [$50 war bond]" 26" x 14" 1945 |
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| Section IV - The Need to Work | |||
| 1986.004.017 | SPONSORED Courtesy Diane Sands |
"Become a Nurse... YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU" 22" x 28" 1942 |
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| 1986.004.022 | UNSPONSORED | "I've found the job..FIND YOUR WAR JOB.." |  |
| 1986.004.025 | SPONSORED Courtesy of Mac and Margery Palmer |
"Work on a farm... this Summer... Join the U.S. Crop Corps'" |  |
| 1986.004.037 | SPONSORED Courtesy Pat Turnage |
"Save his life... and find your own... BE A NURSE" |  |
| 1986.004.047 | SPONSORED Courtesy Dick & Angie Palin |
"I'm Proud... my husband wants me to do my part... " 14.25" x 20" 1944 |
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| 1986.004.117 | SPONSORED Courtesy of Coby Johnson |
"Of course I can! ... " |  |
| 1986.004.136 | SPONSORED Courtesy Jodi Allison-Bunnell |
"Your Victory garden... " |  |
| 1986.004.329 | SPONSORED Courtesy University of Montana Alumni Association |
"Pass the Ammunition... VICTORY BEGINS AT HOME" 30" x 40" n.d. (large poster) |
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| 1986.004.360 | SPONSORED Courtesy of The Society of American Foresters |
"Lumber goes to war... " |  |
| 1986.004.560 | SPONSORED Courtesy Bob and Jean Tutskey |
"Every Rivet a Bullet... Speed the ships" |  |
| 2011.014.001 | SPONSORED | "We Can Do It" |  |
| Section V - The Nature of Our Allies | |||
| 1986.004.462 | SPONSORED Fred and Carol Van Valkenburg |
"To VICTORY" [Great Britain & Canada] 18" x 27" n.d. |
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| 1986.004.505 | UNSPONSORED | "This man is your Friend / Russian ... " |  |
| 1986.004.509 | SPONSORED Courtesy Ron and Nancy Erickson |
"UNITED... The United Nations Fight For Freedom" 20" x 28" 1943 |
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| 1986.004.513 | SPONSORED Courtesy Sons of Norway Normanden Lodge 4-424 |
"Norway Fights!... On Land- On Sea In the Air" 17.75" x 22" n.d. |
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| 1986.004.515 | SPONSORED Courtesy of Bob and Claudia Brown |
"BELGIUM FIGHTS ON" 18.5" x 24.75" n.d. |
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| 1986.004.518 | UNSPONSORED | "V... Free Czechoslovakia" 17.5" x 24" n.d. |
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| 1986.004.519c | SPONSORED Corlann Gee Bush |
"United Nations Bulletin / women of allied countries... " |  |
| 1986.004.523 | SPONSORED Talbots |
"HELP Free French to FIGHT For Democracy... " 17.5" x 22.5" n.d. |
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| 1986.004.644/1986.004.645 | UNSPONSORED | "An Open Letter to the Unconquerable Greeks / An Open Letter to the Unconquerable Czechoslovaks" 1943 |
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| Section VI- The Americans | |||
| 1986.004.101 1943 | SPONSORED | "Freedom From Want" 26" x 18" 1943 |
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| 1986.004.202 | SPONSORED | "Ours to Fight For...Freedom From Fear" 20" x 28" 1943 |
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| 1986.004.240 | SPONSORED | "Save Freedom of Speech- Buy War Bonds" 20" x 28" 1943 |
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| No Number | SPONSORED | "Save Freedom of Worship - Buy War Bonds" 40" x 56" 1943 (large poster) |
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