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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of World War I posters, circa 1914-circa 1918
Filter: Subject of ships
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | World War I poster urging newly arrived immigrants to conserve food to aid the allied cause. People in ethnic costume being ushered into the United States ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of a bird's-eye view of a large bald eagle flying over a convoy of ships, which are headed towards a fire or explosion over the... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of a man riveting a ship in a shipyard. Text at bottom reads: "United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation." |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a cartoon panel in which a man with a bowler hat is looking on from a submarine, labeled: "U Agitator," as it fires a torpedo labeled: "St... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a cartoon panel that shows a crowd of men dressing a monumental soldier, who is sitting in a chair. The smaller men are bringing his hat, ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a cartoon illustration showing two different bridges. The first, labeled: "The Bridge of Ships," shows several large ships forming a bridg... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of four Marine corpsmen on a beach, with one Marine holding an American flag and another Marine a Marines flag. The other ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of two marine corpsmen on a shoreline. One Marine is standing and signaling with a signal flag to two battleships just off... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of several people, presumably immigrants, standing in the foreground. Behind them is an American flag, and behind it is a ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a bald eagle with "The Torch of Liberty," ships on the water and the New York City skyline in the background. Text read... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster with red text overlaying illustrations in blue. The top left illustration is of soldiers with cannons on battlefront. At the bottom right is an illu... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster depicting a steam ship being pulled to sea by a tug boat. Smoke is billowing from both boats. Crowds of people are waving from the ship and the dock... |
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