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Over the Top for You

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a soldier running while clutching an American flag. Poster text reads: "Over The Top For You. Buy U.S. Gov't Bonds. Thi...
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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 ...
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See Him Through

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a man wearing a Knights of Columbus coat and hat, who is gesturing towards a marching soldier. Poster text reads: "See ...
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Fight or Buy Bonds

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of Miss Columbia wearing a gauzy dress holding an American flag. Behind her American soldiers are charging. Poster text re...
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Yours not to do and die — yours but to go and Buy Victory Bonds 1918

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting soldiers carrying rifles and bayonets leaning forward like they're running to battle. Text reads: "Yours not to do and die — yours but to ...
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Be Ready! Join Now!

Date: 1915
Description: British recruitment poster commissioned by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London. Depicts a silhouette of a British soldier holding a rifle.
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Fond du Lac County. April 8th, 1918. Roll Of Honor

Date: 1918
Description: Honor roll poster for service members from Fond du Lac county. Includes an American flag. In addition to the list of names, poster text reads: "Fond du Lac...
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Your War Savings Pledge

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicts Uncle Sam with his arms around a soldier and a man in a suit. The man in the suit is holding a piece of paper labelled W.S.S. for War-saving...
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Hey Fellows!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring illustration of a soldier holding a book aloft, and a sailor sitting cross-legged reading a book. Poster text reads: "'Hey Fellows!' Your ...
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Come On!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of an American soldier standing over the body of a German soldier. The soldier is facing the viewer, clutching his bayonet...
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Souvenez-Vous!

Date: 10 1917
Description: Poster commissioned by the Rememberance League for an October, 1917, exhibition on German war crimes in France. Poster image shows a drawing of a German so...
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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...
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Are You Working?

Date: 1918
Description: Poster text reads: "Are You Working? Your Country Needs You as a Soldier or as a Producer. Get a Job — Stick to It. Milwaukee County Council of Defense."
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The Father of Our Country Appealed For Soldiers as Follows

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a reproduction of a Revolutionary War notice calling for soldiers. In addition to its text, this includes illustrations of soldier's posit...
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La "Grosse Bertha"!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting an image of a personified Big Bertha bomb. The bomb is wearing a German helmet and appears to have paws with large claws. It is being lit ...
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It Protected You, Will You Defend It

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of a large American flag flying over three soldiers in silhouette on the field with artillery. Text reads: "It Protected You, W...
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Caring For American Soldiers in England

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a man in a uniform walking on the left side. Behind him is the Red Cross insignia is in the top left side of the poster...
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Help Fill This Breech! Join the U.S. Marines!

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of two soldiers looking through the slits in a field gun shield. The breech of the cannon is open. Poster text reads: "Help F...
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Food is Ammunition — Don't waste it

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of soldiers silhouetted against a colorful sky riding on horseback and carrying an American flag. In the foreground is a basket...
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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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