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Soldiers in WWI

Date: 1918
Description: African American soldiers during World War I playing trombone music.
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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.
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World War I Group

Date: 03 1918
Description: World War I soldiers at Camp Custer seated on Winchester rifle crates.
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Portrait of C. L. (Neal) Harrington

Date: 1918
Description: Cornelius L. (Neal) Harrington in a formal World War I portrait.
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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.
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Alvin Reis

Date: 1918
Description: A portrait of Alvin C. Reis of Madison during his service in World War I. During the war, Reis commanded several observation balloon squadrons. Later, he b...
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Airing Bunks

Date: 01 1918
Description: World War I soldiers airing out their bunks at Camp Curtis.
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Forest Middleton in Navy Uniform

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length portrait of Forest Middleton in a World War I era Navy uniform.
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Observation Balloon

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Description: A World War I observation balloon held Gulliver-like by its airship company. During World War I, balloons were positioned near the front so that observers ...
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Training World War I Mechanics

Date: 1918
Description: Training classes for University of Wisconsin student cadets in the repair of automobiles and trucks during World War I.
Poster

Pour Le Suprême Effort. Emprunt National. Société Générale

Date: 1918
Description: French poster advertising loans for the war effort, sponsored by the Société Générale, a large French bank. Depicts a French soldier strangling the German ...
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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...
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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

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

WWI Pilot

Date: 1918
Description: John Kaminski of Milwaukee in his World War I pilot's uniform.
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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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Soldiers Crossing the Floating Bridge over the Save River

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers crossing the floating war bridge over the Save River during World War I.
Postcard

C.L. (Neal) Harrington in His World War I Uniform

Date: 1918
Description: C.L. (Neal) Harrington leaning against a log somewhere in France.

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