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Poster

Keep It Coming

Date: 1914
Description: United States Food Administration World War I Poster. "Keep It Coming/ We must not only feed our soldiers at the front but the millions of women and childr...
Poster

Pennsylvania Railroad Travel Poster: Pittsburgh in the Beginning

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Railroad through artist N.C. Wyeth's depiction of the establishment of Fort...
Poster

"Victory is a Question of Stamina"

Date: 1917
Description: World War I United States Food Administration poster showing two soldiers in full gear running through snow with bayonets drawn. Text reads, "Victory is a ...
Print

Holiday Card with a Military Theme

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card of a window, looking outward from the inside of a house. On the sill is an American Eagle on a Federal Shield over a swag of holly and ribbon,...
Print

Season's Greetings

Date: 1942
Description: Holiday card showing Navy Pier in Chicago. There is snow on the ground, the lake is frozen and two lines of planes are flying overhead forming a "V" patter...
Print

Merry Xmas

Date: 1942
Description: Holiday card with an Army soldier skiing down a hill. He is wearing a backpack and holding a piece of paper with the message "Merry Xmas" on it. Mountains ...
Book or Pamphlet

H.M.S. Terror

Date: 1838
Description: Position of H.M.S. Terror on the 22nd of February, 1837. The sailing ship was immobilized in the sea ice near Southampton Island, at the entrance to...
Postcard

Soldier's Monument

Date: 1910
Description: View of Soldier's Monument. Caption reads: "Soldier's Monument, Darlington, Wis."
Poster

His Home Over There DPP?

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of soldiers in silhouette walking through the snow towards a warmly lit YMCA building at night. The YMCA and YWCA logo's are on...
Poster

Palais de Glace — Paris Y.M.C.A. Canteen and Theatre

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of a snowy field with bare trees and snow-covered artillery. People are walking toward a lit theater in the background. Text re...
Postcard

Wisconsin Hunting Scene

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Description: Nine deer hunters are posing with their rifles, and with nine killed deer and one small animal (possibly a rabbit) hanging from a buck pole behind them. Th...

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