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| Date: | 09 1917 |
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| Description: | Khaki-covered Bibles being made by the American Bible Society for American fighters during World War I. The goal was one million testaments. All the worker... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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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| Description: | The pursuit of art during wartime. Professor Liebmann's statue “Amor,” Berlin. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a young woman wearing a YMCA uniform. She is holding three books in her left hand, and a mug with steam rising from it ... |
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| Description: | Collection point at the National Library in Berlin for books for the wounded. Books are being packed in crates to make them available to hospitals. |
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| Description: | Soldiers reading books and the paper on a break from life on the front. The "Kaisereck" convalescence home for wounded soldiers on Hartenbergstrasse 16 (Be... |
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| Description: | German instruction in Alsace. The children are sitting on benches outdoors. A soldier is conducting the class since the teacher has been inducted into serv... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Fort Atkinson Public Library. The library was funded by H.E. Southwell with $10,000. War posters are prominently displayed and include... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | "Doomed Demons" by Eustace L. Adams, part of the Air Combat Stories for Boys series published by Grosset & Dunlap between 1932 and 1946. The cover art is b... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Contents of an International Harvester "Christmas Box", including Fig Newtons, a Hershey's Chocolate Bar, Medicinal Carbolic Soap, Colgate's Handy Grip Sha... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a soldier in a tan uniform reading a book with a little girl. The cover of the book says "FRENCH." She has a blonde ponytail with a blue ... |
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