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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of World War I posters, circa 1914-circa 1918
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| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | "If You Can't Go Across With A Gun Come Across With Your Part Of The Red Cross War Fund." Poster depicting a man, wounded and bleeding with his arm in a sl... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | United States Food Administration poster depicting a woman holding a crying infant on her shoulder with one arm, and her other arm around a young girl who ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | United States Food Administration World War I poster encouraging children to conserve wheat for soldiers and not to waste food. There is an image of a youn... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | United States Food Administration World War I poster urging citizens to eat less meat, wheat, fats and sugar in order to help fight starvation in Belgium. ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | World War I poster depicting a young nurse extending out her right hand. In the background, wolves are approaching the front porch of a house, and howling ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | World War I poster featuring a woman in a navy blue uniform working at a switchboard that has the symbol of the Y.W.C.A abpve it. Outside the window behind... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | World War I poster featuring women glass blowers working in a factory with large tongs. Two men are standing by the window in the background, one dressed i... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | World War I poster featuring two nurses in white gowns and hats. One of the women is behind a table preparing bandages, and the other woman is cradling a w... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | World War I poster featuring a young woman sitting in a chair knitting. The symbol of the Red Cross is in the upper left corner. The poster reads: "You can... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration imitating Archibald Willard's "The Spirit of '76," here with the three men carrying food. Text reads: "The World Cry, Food, Kee... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster with cartoon depicting three men armed with bayoneted rifles, standing in front of a pillar, with factory buildings in the background. The men are w... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a cartoon illustration of three men riding on a bomb. The bullet is labeled: "Industrial Co-operation," and the men are Uncle Sam, a Wage ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of Columbia, personification of the United States, standing on a globe and holding an American flag and a sword. A small p... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a photograph of a group of Marine recruits posing with their rifles. Some are holding signs that read: "IF YOU DONT [sic] KNOW YOU GET KIL... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a woman in a National League for Woman's Service uniform with a cape, riding a horse and carrying an American flag. Aro... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of several soldiers marching in silhouette. They are holding the flags of the various groups that would become the First C... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a soldier standing on a hill and raising his bayonetted rifle, and another soldier moving downhill in the right foregro... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring the insignia for all armies, corps, divisions, and special units of the United States Army during World War I. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Memorial poster for the members of Company 6, First Wisconsin Infantry, who died during the war. Text reads: "Company 6, First Wisconsin Infantry . . . Bor... |
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