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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.
Photograph

World War I Draftees

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Description: Group portrait of World War I draftees dressed in suits, posing in front of the Court House.
Photograph

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.
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...
Photograph

Anti-aircraft Defense

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Description: Troops shooting at enemy plane.
Photograph

German Signal Troops

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Description: German signal troops training.
Photograph

Skutari

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Description: The bishop's palace in Skutari.
Photograph

Turkish Cavalry

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Description: Turkish cavalry patrol in the desert.
Photograph

Our Naval Infantry in Antwerp

Date: 1914
Description: German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
Photograph

Making Flags

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Description: Work at home. The flag artist at work preparing German flags.
Poster

Pour le triomphe souscrivez à l'emprunt national

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of troops of World War I soldiers marching through the Arc de Triomphe. Soldiers from previous wars are marching down on a clou...
Photograph

Antwerp Cathedral

Date: 1914
Description: Antwerp Cathedral with a German flag after the capture of the fortified city on Antwerp in October 1914.
Photograph

Our Naval Infantry in Antwerp

Date: 1914
Description: German forces occupied Antwerp on October 10th, 1914 after a two week siege.
Photograph

Leon Bourgeois

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of French statesman Leon Bourgeois.
Photograph

Songfest at the Koenigsplatz

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Description: Song Festival held in downtown Berlin.
Photograph

Montengran Parliament Building in Cettinje

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Description: The parliament building in Cettinje, Montenegro.
Magazine or Periodical

Paste One on the Back of Your Letter to Him

Date: 1918
Description: Page 32 from "The Ladies Home Journal" for November, 1918. There are illustrations of 45 different stamp-sized images. Text for separate groups of illustr...
Poster

"I Want You for U.S. Army"

Date: 1917
Description: Uncle Sam recruiting poster that says "I want You for U.S. Army". Poster has three different addresses for nearest recruiting offices.
Poster

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...
Poster

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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