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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

Women at War

Date: 05 25 1917
Description: A World War I female factory worker dressed in a uniform repairing her own machinery.
Photograph

Food for the Boys in France

Date: 1918
Description: An unidentified East Coast warehouse full of food and supplies ready for shipment to the U.S. soldiers in France during World War I.
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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.
Poster

The World Cannot Live Half Slave, Half Free

Date: 1918
Description: Propaganda poster encouraging American involvement in World War I by depicting the Prussian army as enslaving Europe. Includes a map of Europe with the lan...
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.
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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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Red Cross Nurses

Date: 1918
Description: Sisters Bettina (left) and Alice Jackson (right), wearing their World War I Red Cross uniforms.
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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...
Photograph

World War I Trucks

Date: 1918
Description: Camoflagued trucks being loaded on a train for shipment. The trucks, a product of the Four Wheel Drive Company of Clintonville, were manufactured at the K...
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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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Ready for Inspection

Date: 1918
Description: World War I equipment placed for inspection as photographed by Victor Morris 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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New Army Recruits

Date: 09 13 1917
Description: New army recruits still in their civilian clothes arriving at an unidentified World War I training camp. Many barracks, some still under construction, are...
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Treasure and Trinket Fund

Date: 01 1918
Description: Mrs. William Bartlett of the Aviation Committee of the National Special Aid Society, examines metal objects donated by members to be sold to benefit Americ...
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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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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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War Worker

Date: 1918
Description: An unidentified woman who worked at the Four Wheel Drive factory in Clintonville assembling trucks during World War I. She is wearing a special uniform fo...

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