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| Date: | 09 24 1945 |
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| Description: | Man pointing to a chart of Tennessee's industrial expansion compared with eight other southern states for 1938 and 1939. The photograph was taken for Wisco... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A group of children walking up a grassy hill together, with text that reads: "The health of the child is the power of the nation," and "Children's Year." C... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A female factory worker standing with her arms upraised, holding a miniature airplane in one hand and a bombshell in the other. In the background is the YW... |
| Date: | 03 1966 |
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| Description: | Army recruiting office. The picture was probably taken by a member of the staff of the National Coordinating Committee Against the War in Vietnam, which wa... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | "If You Can't Go Across With A Gun Come Across With Your Part Of The Red Cross War Fund." Poster depicting a man, wounded and bleeding with his arm in a sl... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Political cartoon of General Douglas MacArthur and Trygve Lie entitled "Please, here's the towel" and captioned "The UN voting machine ratifying the Americ... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Body of a Viet Cong sympathizer who had been painting anti-government propaganda banners to hang in a South Vietnamese border village. Some of the banners ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration imitating Archibald Willard's "The Spirit of '76," here with the three men carrying food. Text reads: "The World Cry, Food, Kee... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster with cartoon depicting three men armed with bayoneted rifles, standing in front of a pillar, with factory buildings in the background. The men are w... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a cartoon illustration of three men riding on a bomb. The bullet is labeled: "Industrial Co-operation," and the men are Uncle Sam, a Wage ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of Columbia, personification of the United States, standing on a globe and holding an American flag and a sword. A small p... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a photograph of a group of Marine recruits posing with their rifles. Some are holding signs that read: "IF YOU DONT [sic] KNOW YOU GET KIL... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a young woman whose headscarf has slipped down onto her shoulders, holding out her hands to the viewer. Poster text rea... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a large version of the Liberty Loan button with the Statue of Liberty and the words: "I Own a Liberty Bond." An arrow directs the viewer f... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster depicting a pair of German boots (with Prussian eagle), which are dripping with blood. Poster text reads: "Keep these off the U.S.A. Buy more LIBERT... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster depicting a woman in shadow (possibly representing Columbia) adding a point to a five-pointed star that is labeled "Victory." Poster text reads: "Vi... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a small child, naked except for socks and shoes, standing in front of the Torch of Liberty. Poster text reads: "Save Yo... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster depicts a small child, naked except for socks and shoes, standing in front of the Torch of Liberty. Poster text reads: "Save Your Child From Autocra... |
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