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| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing a speech on Socialism by Emil Seidel, former mayor of Milwaukee. |
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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: | Poster featuring a drawing of a woman scraping pits from fruit into a barrel.Text reads "Stop. Save Prune pits Plum pits Cherry pits Date seeds Olive pits ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | United States Food Administration poster depicting a woman holding a crying infant on her shoulder with one arm, and her other arm around a young girl who ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | World War I United States Food Administration poster showing two soldiers in full gear running through snow with bayonets drawn. Text reads, "Victory is a ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | United States Food Administration World War I poster encouraging children to conserve wheat for soldiers and not to waste food. There is an image of a youn... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | United States Food Administration World War I poster urging citizens to eat less meat, wheat, fats and sugar in order to help fight starvation in Belgium. ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | World War I poster urging newly arrived immigrants to conserve food to aid the allied cause. People in ethnic costume being ushered into the United States ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | United States Navy recruitment poster. Depicts a woman in a naval uniform. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Recruitment poster for the United States Navy. Depicts Uncle Sam in a soldier's uniform pointing a gun at the German Kaiser, who is dressed in a crown and ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Advertisement featuring a painting by artist Henry Mosler, dated 1915, titled "The Stars and Stripes Forever." In the painting a young man dressed in cut-o... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | World War I poster depicting a young nurse extending out her right hand. In the background, wolves are approaching the front porch of a house, and howling ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster in Polish with an illustration of Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish military leader who fought with the Americans during the Revolutionary War. This... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of a man holding up a wounded soldier, with an artillery cannon in the background. Text reads: "Blood or Bread. Others are giv... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of refugees moving along a ruined street; one woman is wearing a nun's habit. Text reads: "They cannot fight & raise food at th... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of a man eating at a table in a restaurant and smoking a cigar. Food is still on the plates in front of him. Male waiters in th... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of a woman drinking out of a glass with a straw, while below her miniaturized ships labeled "ARMS," "FOOD," "SOLDIERS" and "SU... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of several men working in a shipyard. In the background is an American flag. The text at the bottom reads: "United States Ship... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a photograph of Charles Schwab overseeing men who are working in a shipyard. Text reads: "Charles M. Schwab, Director General of the Emerg... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of a man riveting a ship in a shipyard. Text at bottom reads: "United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation." |
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