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Titan Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Advertising poster of World War I veteran returning home to family, farm and new Titan 10-20 tractor. The caption on the poster reads: "Look what dad bough...
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Eddie Rickenbacker-Ace of Aces

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Description: Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker, who earned the title "Ace of Aces" for his 27 victories during World War I. In this photograph he is posed against a plane ...
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Buildings and Marching Field

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of buildings and soldiers marching in a field. Automobiles are parked on the lower right.
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Camp Grant

Date: 1918
Description: Soldiers of Company I, Baraboo, Wisconsin, pose with their rifles at Camp Grant near Rockford, Illinois. There are tents behind them and a wooded area in t...
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Frenchman Machine Gun Crew

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Three men standing behind a machine gun. Captioned: "A Hotchkiss machine gun, operated by a 48-year old crew of Frenchman. These men were mobilized."
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French Soldier Burial

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across field towards a group of French soldiers. Caption reads: "The funeral procession of a dead French soldier. Whenever possible, a military burial...
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Good Bye, Dad, I'm Off To Fight For Old Glory, You Buy U.S. Gov't Bonds

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a young man in uniform shaking hands with an older man. Behind them is a painting of an aerial view of farms and fields...
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General Pershing Talking with Major General Haan

Date: 07 1918
Description: General John Pershing and Major General William George Haan are standing outdoors talking with French Colonel Laucagne.
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Road Behind the Yankee Line

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of the road behind the U.S. line of advance into Saint-Mihiel, jammed with troops and supplies.
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Emprunt de la Défense Nationale - eux aussi! Font leur devoir

Date: 1915
Description: Poster with an illustration of a wounded soldier pointing back to a line of civilians standing in front of a cashier's window. At the top of the poster is ...
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Purchasing Wagons

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Description: Military supply administration purchasing civilian wagons at the Tempelhof field. The accepted wagons are being stamped for identification.
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Readying the Horses

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Description: Mustering horses for service at the Tempelhof field.
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Mustering Horses

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Description: Mustering horses for service at the Tempelhof field.
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Requisitioned Animals

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Description: Slightly elevated view of soldiers on a road with requisitioned animals. The oxen are first used as draft animals and when meat supplies run low are slaugh...
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Bavarians in Vosges

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Description: Elevated view of people gathered on a road. There are railroad tracks alongside the road on the left. Our Bavarians in the Vosges. The welcome sutler wagon...
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Bavarians in Vosges

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Supply column on the road.
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Bavarians in Vosges

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Supply column on the road.
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Bavarian Supply Column

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Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Supply column on the road.
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Training Recruits

Date: 1914
Description: Wounded German officer training recruits who are still in civilian clothing.
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Volunteer Unit

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Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.

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