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Poster

"Little Americans Do Your Bit"

Date: 1917
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...
Poster

"Hunger"

Date: 1917
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. ...
Photograph

War Metals Collection Point

Date: 1914
Description: Collection point for gold, silver, copper, and other metals in Berlin.
Photograph

Our Naval Infantry in Antwerp

Date: 1914
Description: German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
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Our Naval Infantry in Antwerp

Date: 1914
Description: German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
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Portable Military Camp Forge

Date: 1914
Description: Two soldiers with a small forge during World War I. One of the men is smoking a pipe. There is a wagon in the background.
Photograph

Soldiers Repairing a Road in Serbia

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers repairing a road on the way to the front in World War I. Horse-drawn wagons are in the background.
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Guarding the Field Post in Serbia

Date: 1914
Description: A soldier is sitting on sacks near a pile of boxes while guarding a field post in Serbia during World War I. Horses and men are in the background.
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Eating at the Front

Date: 1918
Description: Infantry men receiving food in outpost, Front Line on Piave Front, Italy.
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Notgeld from the City of Hohensalza

Date: 1914
Description: Emergency paper money, or scrip, called Notgeld in German, was issued by local governments during the war. Hohensalza, in the German Province of Posen, bec...
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Volunteer Unit

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

Hospital in Ruins of Church

Date: 1918
Description: View of a hospital for U.S. wounded set up in the ruins of a church in Neuville, France.
Photograph

Balloon Gondola

Date: 1918
Description: The gondola crew of a World War I observation balloon that is about to ascend. Observation balloons were positioned near the front so that men in the gondo...
Photograph

World War I Training

Date: 08 1917
Description: World War I recruits scramble over an obstacle during their training, while others watch in the background.
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World War I Soldier

Date: 
Description: Gus Sharlow, a Native American Indian World War I soldier from Hayward, Wisconsin.
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Medical Depot

Date: 1914
Description: View of the interior of the medical depot with bandage preparation.
Photograph

Berlin Medical Unit

Date: 1914
Description: Training of a medical unit in Berlin-Friedenau.
Poster

Joan of Arc Saved France

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicts Joan of Arc. Text reads: "Joan of Arc Saved France. Women of America, Save Your Country. Buy War Savings Stamps. United States Treasury Depa...
Photograph

Examining Cattle

Date: 
Description: Cattle being examined by Austrian veterinarians.
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Field Bakery

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian divisional field bakery.

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