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June 28th is National War Savings Day

Date: 1918
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...
Poster

The Hun — his mark

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a bloody handprint. Poster text reads: "The Hun — his mark. Blot it Out with LIBERTY BONDS."
Poster

V INVEST

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Description: Poster featuring a large blue "V" and the word "INVEST" in white, both on a red background with a white and blue border. Poster text reads: "V INVEST."
Poster

Jack Canuck How to Get Rid of the Silk-Socked Slacker!

Date: 1916
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!"
Poster

Food — don't waste it

Date: 1917
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...
Photograph

Orland Loomis, High School Graduation and World War I

Date: 1913
Description: Orland Loomis graduation photograph from Mauston High School from 1913. Below, Orland Loomis in his World War I American Expeditionary Forces uniform, duri...
Poster

Boys And Girls! You Can Help Your Uncle Sam Win The War

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicts Uncles Sam holding a piece of paper labelled W.S.S. [War Savings Stamps]. A young woman is sitting on his lap, and a young man is looking at...
Poster

Boys And Girls! You Can Help Your Uncle Sam Win The War

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration featuring Uncle Sam holding a piece of paper labelled W.S.S. [War Savings Stamps]. A young woman is sitting on his arm, and a y...
Photograph

Walter Wanger

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Description: Close-up of Walter Wanger when he was in the Army during World War I. He has a mustache and his hat is tilted on his head.
Photograph

War Metals Collection Point

Date: 1914
Description: Collection point for gold, silver, copper, and other metals in Berlin.
Photograph

Eduard Frankl Astride a Camel

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Description: Mr. Frankl as a war photographer with the Turkish Army.
Poster

Four Years in the Fight

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring women glass blowers working in a factory with large tongs. Two men are standing by the window in the background, one dressed i...
Photograph

Returning Prisoners of War

Date: 11 25 1918
Description: Verdun-Etain Road, about two weeks after the armistice, showing returning prisoners of war. This photograph was probably taken by Victor Morris, in whose w...
Photograph

Russian Prisoners

Date: 11 16 1918
Description: Released Russian prisoners near Stenay, France, shortly after the armistice.
Photograph

Women Volunteering for World War I Work

Date: 1917
Description: Volunteers signing up at the Red Cross office in New York to do hospital or other volunteer work. The woman in the white smock and dark hat is Mrs. Belmont...
Photograph

Drafted Men at Chicago & Northwestern Station

Date: 05 25 1918
Description: Elevated view of draftees at the Northwestern depot on their way to basic training and then France. Nearly 3,000 Madison men joined the war effort.
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War Damaged Agricultural Equipment

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldier posing in front of a piece of harvesting equipment destroyed by shelling in Sabac, Serbia.
Photograph

Wounded Soldier in the Mountains

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Description: German medics aiding a wounded soldier in the Carpathian mountains.
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Jerusalem Burial

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Description: Burial of a soldier in Jerusalem.
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Preparing Uniforms

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Description: Home workers working daily to prepare uniforms for the military.

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