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Charles W. Piper and his Two Sons

Date: 08 12 1944
Description: Charles W. Piper, veteran of World War I, discussing tactics of the two World Wars with his sons, Seaman Vincent on the left, and Marine Private Charles on...
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United States Navy Camp Wissahickon

Date: 1918
Description: A row of sailors stand in the barracks by their belongings for a clothing inspection. An officer stands on the left.
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Christmas Greetings To You In Service

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Description: Holiday card with a uniformed nurse standing under mistletoe, while a soldier and a sailor are walking towards her, presumably to kiss her. Inside a red bo...
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Christmas Greetings to You, Jackie

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a woman and a sailor. She is wearing a gold dress suit, a fur cape and a hat. He is wearing a sailor's uniform. She is throwing a garland...
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Fargo Family and Friend

Date: 02 1918
Description: From left, Frank B. Fargo, Jr. posing with his parents, Louise Mears and Frank B. Fargo, and Edw. Webster near the porch of the Fargo family home. Webster ...
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Forest Middleton

Date: 1918
Description: Forest Middleton, in his U.S. Navy dress blues uniform, posing and standing on a metal railing on the platform of a tall structure, possibly a lighthouse o...
Poster

South America. Come Along

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of two sailors enjoying themselves in a colorful (and apparently South American) village. One sailor is riding a llama, an...
Poster

Follow The Boys In Blue for Home and Country

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a line of men in civilian clothing heading toward a battleship. In front of them are sailors in naval uniforms, who are...
Poster

India. Shove Off. Go Somewhere, See Something, Learn Something.

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of three sailors riding an elephant, while sailors and Indians stand nearby. In the background is a battleship. Poster tex...
Poster

Clear-the-Way!!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a naval gunner crew preparing a deck gun. Above them is Miss Columbia in a gauzy dress, with an American flag behind he...
Poster

Knights of Columbus Three Million War Fund

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a priest holding a crucifix and looking skyward. The priest is surrounded by kneeling soldiers and sailors, and has his...
Poster

The Spirit of War Camp Community Service

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of an older woman sitting at a table holding a pen and paper and surrounded by soldiers and sailors. The table is covered ...
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Sailor Rowing on the Danube with Two Women

Date: 1914
Description: An Austrian sailor and a woman are rowing a boat in the Danube River during World War I. Another woman is sitting in the front of the boat.
Poster

Fighting In France For Freedom. — Are You Helping at Home?

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of a group of men, sailors and soldiers standing in the back of a truck in New York. Man of the men are dressed in suits. Tex...
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The Bosporus Straits

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Description: Boats at dock in the Bosporus.
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Feast Day in Cattaro

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Description: The Mornarica (naval) defense corps parading on February 3rd to celebrate the feastday of Saint Tryphon, the patron saint of Cattaro, Montenegro.
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Serbian Prisoners

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Description: Serbian prisoners being loaded onto ships in the bay, Montenegro and Albania.
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Clinton DeWitt in Navy Uniform

Date: 1918
Description: Dressed in his U.S. Navy uniform, Clinton DeWitt is posing for a portrait in front of a house. Caption reads: "Clinton DeWitt."

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