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Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian Father and Sons

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Description: Wisconsin Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians Foster DeCorah and sons. Foster and son Robert served in Co. D of the 128th Infantry and were killed in WWI.
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Children Dressed up for War

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length portrait of two children, about 6-7 years old, posed in a studio in front of a painted background. On the left the young boy is costumed as a s...
Poster

Halt the Hun!

Date: 1918
Description: United States government bonds poster in the Third Liberty Loan series. Depicts a German soldier holding a firearm is standing above a crouching woman crad...
Poster

Remember Belgium. Buy Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan

Date: 1918
Description: United States government bonds poster in the Fourth Liberty Loan "B" series. Depicts in silhouette a German soldier running and dragging a girl against a b...
Poster

Enlist in the Navy

Date: 1917
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 ...
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Allied Soldiers

Date: 1916
Description: Allied soldiers gathered near an entrance to an unknown establishment. A sign in French above the entrance is not legible, but there is an image of a crick...
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Trench Warfare

Date: 1917
Description: Soldiers with their weapons in a trench.
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Back Our Girls Over There

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring a woman in a navy blue uniform working at a switchboard that has the symbol of the Y.W.C.A abpve it. Outside the window behind...
Poster

If I Fail He Dies

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring two nurses in white gowns and hats. One of the women is behind a table preparing bandages, and the other woman is cradling a w...
Poster

Every Business Has Three Partners

Date: 1918
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...
Poster

Team Work Will Win the War!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon panel in which Uncle Sam is riding on a wagon pulled by two horses, with text that reads "— Over Here —, and on the right near s...
Poster

Nelson R. De La Ronde Memorial

Date: 1919
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of Columbia as a woman holding a piece of paper and knighting a kneeling soldier. Behind her is a large American flag, and...
Poster

And They Thought We Couldn't Fight

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a smiling, bloody and bandaged soldier holding two war helmets by their chinstraps in his left hand; with his right he ...
Poster

All Slackers to the Front!

Date: 1917
Description: Hand-drawn poster. At the bottom is a soldier with a pack and a rifle on his back, carrying a US flag, embracing a woman. At the top is a general with the ...
Poster

Comment ils écrivent L'Histoire

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting three soldiers resting on a battlefield. One soldier is smoking a pipe, one soldier is writing a letter, and the third soldier is looking ...
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Turkish Soldier

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Description: Turkish soldier in front of a carriage.
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Training Before Mobilizing

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Description: Mobilization. Heading for the training ground.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees whose homes had been burned by Russian troops and who are living in railroad cars.
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Display of Captured Weapons

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Description: "Our victors." German soldiers, dressed in Belgian uniforms, displaying captured weapons.
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German Soldiers in Front of Refugee Train

Date: 1914
Description: German soldiers and Dutch officials in front of a neutral train transporting refugees back to Belgium.

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