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Poster

War Bonds in Action - Keep Backing the Attack

Date: 1943
Description: Treasury Design No. 31. The poster features naval warfare, with many ships in the background and a sailor and officer in the foreground. One sailor is peer...
Poster

They Need You...Help Them Win - Enlist in the WAVES

Date: 1944
Description: WAVES Design No. 2, "WAVE and Sailors." The poster features a woman in a naval uniform, with two sailors standing behind her. WAVES is the acronym for Wome...
Poster

The Bond between Us - 7th War Loan

Date: 1945
Description: Treasury Design, unknown title and number. The poster features three men holding up 150-dollars worth of bonds. The two men holding the bonds are in milita...
Poster

Save at Least 10% in War Bonds

Date: 1942
Description: Treasury Design No. 15, "Navy Anti-Aircraft." The poster features four sailors operating anti-aircraft artillery. In the bottom left corner it reads: "At l...
Poster

Invest at Least 10% in War Bonds

Date: 1942
Description: Treasury Design No. 14, "Merchant Marine." The poster features four sailors operating heavy ship artillery. In the bottom right corner it reads: "At least ...
Print

Christmas Greetings To You In Service

Date: 
Description: Holiday card with a uniformed nurse standing under mistletoe, while a soldier and a sailor are walking towards her, presumably to kiss her. Inside a red bo...
Print

Christmas Greetings to You, Jackie

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a woman and a sailor. She is wearing a gold dress suit, a fur cape and a hat. He is wearing a sailor's uniform. She is throwing a garland...
Print

Impressment of American Seamen

Date: 04 1884
Description: An engraving depicting the impressment of American seamen by the British Navy during the period before the War of 1812. The image shows a group of American...
Book or Pamphlet

Moline Plow Co. Catalog

Date: 1916
Description: Front and back cover of a Moline Plow Co. catalog, featuring a color illustration on the front of a Monitor Drill. On the back is a color illustration of t...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Alma Schmidt

Date: 05 21 1918
Description: A newspaper article in the "Chicago Evening American" describes "propaganda" plans of the Chicago Historical Society during World War I and prominently fea...
Poster

South America. Come Along

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of two sailors enjoying themselves in a colorful (and apparently South American) village. One sailor is riding a llama, an...
Poster

These Men Have Come Across

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of four sailors operating a ship's cannon. Two of the sailors are shirtless and are loading a shell into the breech. Anoth...
Poster

All Together!

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of sailors from several Allied nations posing standing together. Each sailor has his country's flag beneath him; the count...
Poster

Follow The Boys In Blue for Home and Country

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a line of men in civilian clothing heading toward a battleship. In front of them are sailors in naval uniforms, who are...
Poster

India. Shove Off. Go Somewhere, See Something, Learn Something.

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of three sailors riding an elephant, while sailors and Indians stand nearby. In the background is a battleship. Poster tex...
Poster

Jobs for Fighters

Date: 1919
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a a soldier holding his "Honorable Discharge" papers and reaching for the handle of a door. The door has a sign that re...
Poster

They Kept the Sea Lanes Open

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a submarine emerging from the ocean. About seven men are rising out of hatches on the conning tower and deck and waving...
Poster

Knights of Columbus Three Million War Fund

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a priest holding a crucifix and looking skyward. The priest is surrounded by kneeling soldiers and sailors, and has his...
Poster

The Spirit of War Camp Community Service

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of an older woman sitting at a table holding a pen and paper and surrounded by soldiers and sailors. The table is covered ...
Poster

Keep 'Em Smiling Help War Camp Community Service

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring three smiling men: a soldier, an officer, and a sailor. The officer is in the middle with his arms around the other two, and the War Camp ...

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