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World War I Poster Wall

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Description: Wall of World War I posters.
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Joseph McCarthy During World War II

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Description: Candid portrait of Joe McCarthy wearing a pith helmet during World War II.
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Kohler During World War II

Date: 06 1943
Description: Snapshot of Walter J. Kohler, Jr., then a Navy lieutenant, taken somewhere in the South Pacific during World War II.
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Soldiers Departing for War

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Description: USS "Mt. Vernon" with soldiers aboard departing to fight in World War II.
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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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World War II Worker

Date: 04 26 1944
Description: An unidentified employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company during World War II.
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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...
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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.
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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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Consolidated War Work

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Laboratory development of a paper-based plastic laminate product by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper, during World War II. The product was used ...
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Gliders for the War

Date: 1943
Description: Close-up view of the construction of the glider floor manufactured by the Consolidated Paper Company as part of its war effort during World War II.
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Returning From World War II

Date: 1946
Description: A view of the ship upon which Lewis Arms traveled home after World War II. Arms does not appear in this image.
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War Worker

Date: 04 04 1944
Description: Henry Schmidt, an employee of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company, during World War II.
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Delegation of War Widow

Date: 1916
Description: Delegation of war-widow, war-orphans, and maimed war-heroes at the White House, Washington, D.C., appealing to President Wilson for an "embargo on all war ...
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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...
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Youth Machine Gun Training

Date: 07 1917
Description: Machine gun training on the grounds of Peekskill Military Academy in New York during World War I. The training was part of a state-sponsored military inst...
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Wartime Worker

Date: 1945
Description: Employee of the Consolidated Paper Company, probably its Plastics Division during World War II.
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Telegram from Kenneth Crawford

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Description: A Western Union telegram sent from London from Kenneth Crawford, a World War II correspondent, to Elizabeth Crawford.
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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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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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