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Prisoners Gathering Wood

Date: 1914
Description: French PoW's gathering wood for fuel for their barracks at the camp in Zossen.
Poster

Food Will Win the War

Date: 1917
Description: World War I poster urging newly arrived immigrants to conserve food to aid the allied cause. People in ethnic costume being ushered into the United States ...
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The Girl on the Land Serves the Nation's Need

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring four women in brown coats, pants, and hats walking along a field. One of the women is leading a team of two horses, two of the...
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"The Goodbye Kiss"

Date: 1914
Description: A German soldier is kissing a woman before boarding a train.
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Soldiers Enjoying a Respite

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers relaxing and eating around a man cooking over an outdoor fire.
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Repairing Bad Roads in Enemy Territory

Date: 1914
Description: Two soldiers are repairing bad roads in enemy territory.
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Austrian Soldiers Building a Bridge

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian military engineers building a bridge over the Dunajec River in Galicia.
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Austrian Cavalry Patrol

Date: 1914
Description: The Austrian Uhlan cavalry patrol is crossing through a city.
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Locale Destroyed by Fire

Date: 1914
Description: View across muddy ground towards a village building in Galicia destroyed by fire after shelling.
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Belgian Refugees in Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees feeling themselves welcome in Holland.
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Belgian Refugees

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees hanging up their clothes after the daily washing.
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Repairing Buildings in Merxen, Belgium

Date: 1914
Description: Reconstructing destroyed buildings in Merxen near Antwerp.
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Workers Assemble Gun Carts at McCormick Works

Date: 05 06 1918
Description: Factory workers assembling artillery or "machine gun" carts for the United States military during World War I at International Harvester's McCormick Works.
Poster

Come On!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of an American soldier standing over the body of a German soldier. The soldier is facing the viewer, clutching his bayonet...
Poster

They Give Their Lives

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicts several cross-shaped gravestones at the top of a hill. Twisted barbed wire fencing appears behind them. Poster text reads: They give their l...
Poster

Give More to the Red Cross

Date: 1918
Description: Poster has red cross logo in all four corners. Text reads "Give more to the Red Cross. The boys who risk their lives to protect you, need the protection yo...
Poster

Left Behind In Serbia

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a woman standing and holding a baby. Below the woman is another child and three other people. Text reads: "Left Behind In Serbia. Send Mon...
Poster

The Greatest Mother in the World

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a monumental woman cradling a wounded man. She is wearing a Red Cross hat, and the Red Cross insignia behind her on the...
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Charles W. Piper and his Two Sons

Date: 08 12 1944
Description: Charles W. Piper, veteran of World War I, discussing tactics of the two World Wars with his sons, Seaman Vincent on the left, and Marine Private Charles on...
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Belgian Refugees Return Home

Date: 1914
Description: Belgian refugees returning home to Antwerp after having fled to neutral Holland in the wake of the German invasion inn 1914.

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