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| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Poster with illustrations of stamps promoting liberty bonds. A letterhead-style box in the middle gives the dates of the start of the war, the armistice, a... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | A group of Serbian prisoners standing on a street. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | French prisoners weaving straw shoes in the Zossen PoW camp. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster for the Liberty Loan drive including only text. Poster text reads: "Make Your Dollars End the War. Your Liberty Your Forefathers Died for is at Stak... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Uncle Sam recruiting poster that says "I want You for U.S. Army". Poster has three different addresses for nearest recruiting offices. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Display in the window of John J. Blied & Sons promoting victory gardens and featuring seed packets, hoes, and watering cans. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a mother with two young children, reaching out her arm. Poster text reads: "Must Children Die And Mothers Plead In Vain... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | World War I cook book featuring recipes low in sugar, wheat, and meat to accommodate wartime needs. Stamped on the front "Dane County Council of Defense, W... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | The War Credits Bank of Berlin located in the Wilhelmstrasse. |
| Date: | 04 1917 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Navy recruits at Newport, boarding a train destined for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The printed caption indicates that they had had only eight... |
| Date: | 05 1917 |
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| Description: | This press photograph illustrates what was then the most recent development in the Curtiss Flying boats at the Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station at Newpo... |
| Date: | 01 15 1918 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Lt. Edmund P. Arpin, taken in Bourdeaux, France. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a bloody handprint. Poster text reads: "The Hun — his mark. Blot it Out with LIBERTY BONDS." |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Poster with red text on white. Text reads: "Jack Canuck. 24 Pages. Jauary 29th 1916. Price 5 cents. How to get rid of the silk-socked slacker!" |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster reads: "Food-don't waste it. 1= use less wheat and meat. 2= buy local foods. 3= serve just enough. 4= use what is left. United States Food Administr... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a bald eagle with "The Torch of Liberty," ships on the water and the New York City skyline in the background. Text read... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a photograph of a crowd of people in New York City walking in unity to show their support for the war abroad. Text reads, in part: "Fighti... |
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