Every Girl Pulling for Victory Art

Every Girl Pulling for Victory Art Historic vintage style military aviation travel poster art by Squadron Posters!

Pictured in this poster is a Liberty Girl dressed as a sailor pulling a rowboat through strong seas. The girl has strong, masculine features. During wartime, women were often found filling in the jobs the men left behind. They began working in industrial work such as factories and shipyards. In the poster, the boat is entitled the Victory and the caption promotes the Victory Girls United War Work Campaign. This poster asked for donations for the United War Work Campaign for $17,500,000. The United War Work Campaign was created the day WWI ended. It was formed by a coalition of America’s biggest organizations: YMCA, YWCA, The American Library Association, Jewish Welfare Board, Knights of Columbus, the Salvation Army, and War Camp Community Service. These groups combined were called the “Seven Sisters.” They raised money to help war-torn Europe and the troops that stayed in Europe well past 1919. The groups worked to put aside their differences to help the soldiers in Europe. Penfield’s World War I propaganda posters and others like it were used to encourage donations of money and charitable service (“Every Girl Pulling for Victory, 2019).

Patriotism became the central theme of advertising throughout the war, as large scale campaigns were launched to sell war bonds, recruitment, promote efficiency in factories, reduce ugly rumors, and maintain positive civilian morale. The war consolidated the advertising industry’s role in American society, deflecting earlier criticism. The leaders of the Axis powers were portrayed as cartoon caricatures, in order to make them appear foolish and idiotic. The American government produced posters, films, and radio programs as much as it produced ammunition and weapons of war. In fact, posters, films, books, and animations were weapons to capture the hearts and minds of American citizens. All of this was designed to create a society that supported the war. The United States used posters to advertise, and produced more propaganda posters than any other country fighting in World War II. Almost 200,000 different designs were printed during the war. These posters used a number of themes to encourage support for the war, including conservation, production, recruiting, home efforts and secrecy. Posters were usually placed in areas without paid advertisements. The most common areas were post offices, railroad stations, schools, restaurants and retail stores. Smaller posters were printed for the windows of private homes and apartment buildings. These were places where other propaganda media couldn’t be used. Check out this stunning Every Girl Pulling for Victory Art by Squadron Posters!

Squadron Posters offers the world’s largest collection of Squadron Specific Art! Check out our stunning vintage style military aviation themed travel posters, honoring All Branches of Service. Our artwork not only represents aircraft, armored cavalry, or ships, it represents adventure and travel. This means we create posters featuring the Space Needle, New Orleans, the Golden Gate Bridge, Mt Rushmore and the National Mall. Of course, McChord AFB isn’t in Seattle but if you’re stationed there your adventure surely involves the Space Needle! (See our Facebook page HERE)

This is what makes Squadron Posters different–it’s about remembering where you’ve lived and what you’ve seen with a vintage themed travel poster. – Collect your travels and tell your story!