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Women at War

Date: 05 25 1917
Description: A World War I female factory worker dressed in a uniform repairing her own machinery.
Poster

Sow the Seeds of Victory!

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster promoting individuals to garden and can vegetables for the war effort. Produced by the National War Garden Commission.
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World War I Draftees

Date: 
Description: Group portrait of World War I draftees dressed in suits, posing in front of the Court House.
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Red Cross Nurses

Date: 1918
Description: Sisters Bettina (left) and Alice Jackson (right), wearing their World War I Red Cross uniforms.
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Lookout

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Description: Airplane in sight.
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Training Horses on a Serbian Farmstead

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian Soldiers are training horses on a Serbian farm during World War I.
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Volunteer Unit

Date: 1914
Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
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National Women's Service

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Description: National Women's Service. The bedding section.
Poster

Socialism and the War

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a a portrait of Emil Seidel. Text reads: Socialism and the War. War Destroys Life. Socialism Preserves Life. Come To Hear Emil Seidel, For...
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WWI Aerial Emblem

Date: 07 1917
Description: A factory worker painting the United States insignia on a bi-plane wing.
Poster

You Can Help

Date: 1918
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...
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Volunteer Unit

Date: 
Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
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Sewing Room

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Description: View of the sewing room.
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View of the Cutting Room

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Description: Female volunteers cutting fabric.
Poster

Every Pound Invested in National War Bonds

Date: 1918
Description: British poster featuring an illustration of a warship under construction. Text reads: "Every Pound Invested in National War Bonds Means More Ships More Foo...
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Female Auto Workers

Date: 1918
Description: Women working on the automobile assembly line at Nash Motors (later American Motors) during World War I.
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Bibles for Doughboys

Date: 09 1917
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...
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War Worker

Date: 1918
Description: An unidentified woman who worked at the Four Wheel Drive factory in Clintonville assembling trucks during World War I. She is wearing a special uniform fo...
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Aleppo

Date: 
Description: Quartering troops in Aleppo.
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Oxen

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Description: Requisitioned French oxen.

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