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Remember Belgium. Buy Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan

Date: 1918
Description: United States government bonds poster in the Fourth Liberty Loan "B" series. Depicts in silhouette a German soldier running and dragging a girl against a b...
Poster

That Liberty Shall Not Perish From the Earth

Date: 1918
Description: United States government bonds poster in the Fourth Liberty Loan "B" series. "Buy Liberty Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan." Depicts enemy aircraft bombing New Y...
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Pour Le Suprême Effort. Emprunt National. Société Générale

Date: 1918
Description: French poster advertising loans for the war effort, sponsored by the Société Générale, a large French bank. Depicts a French soldier strangling the German ...
Poster

Motherless, Fatherless, Starving

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman wearing clothing with the Red Cross insignia on it. She is standing in the middle of a crowd of children. Anoth...
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Spring Fantasie

Date: 1918
Description: Handmade poster featuring a drawing of a person wearing a large flower on top of their head, and a dress made of grass. The person is blowing through the s...
Poster

Spring Fantasie War Orphan Benefit

Date: 1918
Description: Hand-drawn poster featuring a woman holding a large stem with flowers draped over her head. She is wearing a hat and dress, as well as wrapped fabric that ...
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Auditorium Plankinton Hall

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with red and white text that reads: "Auditorium Plankinton Hall Sunday Night Mr. 17 Benefit Performance. Co. L. 340th Infantry. Milwaukee's Own 10 B...
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Keep 'em going!

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Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a Prussian leader looking back in fear at a large locomotive, with a US seal on the front, heading towards him. Text re...
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All Slackers to the Front!

Date: 1917
Description: Hand-drawn poster. At the bottom is a soldier with a pack and a rifle on his back, carrying a US flag, embracing a woman. At the top is a general with the ...
Poster

Warum Wir Krieg Führen

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with text in German. Reads, in part: "Warum Wir Krieg Führen. (Auf anordnung der Minnesotaer kommission fur offentliche sicherheit veroffentlieht.)"...
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Side by Side Britannia!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of Uncle Sam arm-in-arm with Britannia. Uncle Sam has a sword, and Britannia holds a shield with the Union Jack and a triton. A...

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