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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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World War I Trucks

Date: 1918
Description: Trucks of the Four Wheel Drive Company of Clintonville manufactured at the Kissel Motor Car Company plant in Hartford during World War I, thus uniting in o...
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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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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WWI Aerial Emblem

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

Date: 1918
Description: Workers leaving the Kissell Motor Car Company have their identification badges checked. The Hartford company was then building trucks of the Four Wheel Dr...
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Nash Quad

Date: 1918
Description: The standard U.S. Ordnance Department ammunition body manufactured by Nash Motors, the so-called "Nash Quad."
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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.
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Replacement Tires

Date: 
Description: Replacement automobile tires and inner tubes.
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War Metals Collection Point

Date: 1914
Description: Collection point for gold, silver, copper, and other metals in Berlin.
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Loading Bricks for Use in Roadbuilding

Date: 1915
Description: Bricks from a destroyed factory building are being collected for use in the improvement of poor roadways in Serbia during World War I.
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Metal Scrap Drive

Date: 1914
Description: Metal collecting site located in Friedenau (Berlin). The drop-off site.
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Metal Scrap Drives

Date: 1914
Description: Metal collecting site located in Friedenau (Berlin). Separating pieces of iron.
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International Harvester Safety Calendar

Date: 1919
Description: Image from an International Harvester calendar promoting safety using themes from World War I. The title of calendar is "The World's Greatest Chance Taker!...
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On the Road to Antivari (Bar)

Date: 
Description: Sailors unloading coal in the port of Antivari (Bar), Montenegro.
Poster

Order Coal Now

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of a team of two horses drawing a coal wagon, with a man in the back of the tipped wagon unloading coal with a shovel.
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Observation Balloon

Date: 08 1917
Description: A training ascension of a captive observation balloon. During their training, soldiers learned how to correctly estimate the effectiveness of artillery on ...
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Four Women and Truck

Date: 1918
Description: Pictured here are four of the women who joined the work force at the Four Wheel Drive Company in Clintonville in order to build trucks for the American and...
Poster

National Security and Prosperity

Date: 1918
Description: Poster including two cartoon panels. In the first, labeled: "10 A.M.," several silhouetted men are walking out of a factory. A cartoon blackbird is comment...

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