Libraries, the Military, and Reading in WWIMain Menu"Books Wanted" Poster"Hey Fellows!" PosterWar Service Committee Bulletin"What the Training Camp Libraries are Doing" ArticleCamp Sevier, South Carolina"Soldier -- Attention" Pamphlet"Knowledge Wins" Poster"Prepare Now" BillboardLearn MoreAbout this Project and its CreatorLicensing InformationNancy A. Henkef97604946e4cb8523b92723cf260a5f0621dd114
Knowledge Wins
1media/Knowledge Wins_thumb.jpg2022-04-04T12:45:36-07:00Nancy A. Henkef97604946e4cb8523b92723cf260a5f0621dd114404351A poster of a soldier in military gear, gun and pack at his side. He appears to be climbing toward a stack of books.plain2022-04-04T12:45:37-07:00Boston Public Library1918Libraries and soldiersSoldiers--American--Europe--1910-1930World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United StatesSmith, Dan, 1865-1934 (artist)American Library Association (sponsor)No known restrictionsJPEGBoston Public LibraryNancy A. Henkef97604946e4cb8523b92723cf260a5f0621dd114
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1media/Knowledge Wins.jpg2022-04-20T12:37:17-07:00"Knowledge Wins" Poster2plain2022-04-20T12:39:15-07:00This 1918 poster demonstrates library books’ role in self-improvement, aligning learning with victory (presumably on and off the battlefield). Although fiction books were highly popular among troops overseas, so too were “useful” books, such as those shown in the illustration: farming, drafting, citizenship, building, machine shop work, business, seamanship, engineering, law, foreign trade, and shipbuilding.
