Theodore Seuss Geisel (1904–1991), " . . . and the Wolf chewed up the children," 1941. Dr. Seuss Collection, Mandeville Special Collections
Library, University of California, San Diego.
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“Brassieres . . . A Vital Necessity to Women at War tear sheet,” Women’s Wear Daily, January 14, 1943. Maidenform Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Behring Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), No. 2, Main Control Panel, Nerve Center of Ship, 1944. United States Coast Guard Museum, New London, CT. Courtesy of the US Coast Guard Historian's Office.
John Philip Falter (1910–1982), Don't miss your great opportunity— The Navy needs you in the WAVES, 1944. Lithograph. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975), Embarkation—Prelude to Death (Year of Peril), 1942. Oil on canvas. State Historical Society of Missouri Art Collection. Art © T.H. and R.P. Benton Testamentary Trusts/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
Jews at Nazi Protest Carrying Signs, November 15, 1938. © Bettmann/CORBIS
Macy’s, We've Enlisted! There Will Be No Parade This Thanksgiving, 1942. Courtesy of Macy's Inc. Archives.
Marjory Collins (1912–1985), New York, New York. Pennsylvania railroad station, August 1942. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Physical education review. Elizabeth Reynard Collection, Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
E. McKnight Kauffer (1890–1954), Target No. 1 New York City, 1942. Courtesy NYC Municipal Archives.
Irving Boyer, Prospect Park, ca. 1942–1944. Oil on academy board. New-York Historical Society, Gift of Selwyn L. Boyer, from the Boyer Family Collection.
Fight for Freedom, Wanted for Murder: Adolf Schicklgruber Alias Hitler, 1941. New-York Historical Society.
New-York Historical Society Unit of the Red Cross, One millionth bandage, 1943. New-York Historical Society, Gift of the New-York Historical Society Unit of the Red Cross, 1943.
Minerva Matzkowitz at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Official U.S. Navy Photo, New-York Historical Society.
Ford Subcontract Work at Sperry. Sperry Gyroscope Company Records, Courtesy of the Hagley Museum and Library.
