World War 1 photos of American propaganda

The World War 1 photos of American propaganda photo album features patriotic WW1 posters and postcards.

Description of the World War 1 patriotic posters

Filename of photograph: 4th. of July
This poster seems to have been published on July 4th 1918,  and depicts Uncle Sam, who is celebrating his 142nd birthday (142 years of independence) by charging the enemy with a bayonet.
Filename of photograph: America as sleeping pretty girl.
This poster depicts a pretty girl who is asleep and is wearing an American stars and stripes flag. I interpret this as,  she represents isolationist America, and the poster is urging her – as America – to wake up from her isolationism and enter the war.
Filename of photograph: American red cross.
This poster despicts a Red Cross nurse who is nursing a wounded soldier. She is a very serene, motherly figure; in other words she is a mother-figure.
There might be a good reason for this, a reason why it was effective propaganda. I’ll try to explain it in a future post.
Filename of photograph: patriotic mother financial plea.
This poster depicts an American woman who is urging other Americans to help finance the war by buying government war bonds. I don’t interpret her as a traditional American mother-figure, I interpret her as a shrewd-investor-mother-figure.

I’ll post more World War 1 photos of American propaganda,  and my interpretations of them, pretty soon. Meanwhile, why not take a shot at interpreting them yourself.

‘American propaganda’ as a description

To some Americans, the phrase ‘American propaganda’ might seem offensive, somewhat accusing, as if I am accusing America of being an arch-propagandist, the mother of all propagandists, etc.
In fact, it’s just a description. All of the combatant nations of World War 1, not only America,  made use of propaganda.