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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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Volunteer Unit

Date: 1914
Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
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Soldiers in WWI

Date: 1918
Description: African American soldiers during World War I playing trombone music.
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GEE!! I Wish I Were A Man. I'd Join The Navy. Be a Man and Do It

Date: 1917
Description: United States Navy recruitment poster. Depicts a woman in a naval uniform.
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War Volunteer Unit in Training

Date: 1914
Description: Officers training a Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in Schmargendorf near Berlin.
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Philip La Follette in the Army

Date: 1918
Description: Philip La Follette (right), doing paperwork while in the Army during the First World War, 1918. He was a Second Lieutenant infantry instructor in Oklahoma.
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Polish Legion Soldiers at Rest

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Description: Polish Legion soldiers.
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Portrait of C. L. (Neal) Harrington

Date: 1918
Description: Cornelius L. (Neal) Harrington in a formal World War I portrait.
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Volunteer Unit

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Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
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Austrian Soldiers on a Railroad Car

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Description: Through Bosnia and the Herzegovina during the war.
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Alvin Reis

Date: 1918
Description: A portrait of Alvin C. Reis of Madison during his service in World War I. During the war, Reis commanded several observation balloon squadrons. Later, he b...
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Christmas on the Front

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Description: German soldier and Christmas present.
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Turkish Sailors

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Description: Turkish naval unit marching.
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Fortress Pigeons

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Description: Fortress homing pigeons being released.
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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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World War I Group

Date: 03 1918
Description: World War I soldiers at Camp Custer seated on Winchester rifle crates.
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Transportation of Wounded

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Description: Transporting wounded soldiers in the Carpathians.
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Wounded Austrians

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Description: Wounded Austrian soldiers being loaded onto train cars.
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Wounded Austrians

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Description: Wounded Austrian soldiers being loaded onto train cars.
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Soldiers Crossing the Floating Bridge over the Save River

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers crossing the floating war bridge over the Save River during World War I.

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