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Poster

Food Will Win the War

Date: 1917
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 ...
Poster

Every Girl Pulling For Victory

Date: 1918
Description: Illustrated WWI poster featuring a woman in a sailor suit rowing a small boat. A blue star and the word 'Victory' appear on the stern of the boat. The post...
Photograph

Men Draining Water from Large Pot

Date: 1914
Description: Two men in a muddy yard are bending over and holding onto a large pot while draining water out of it into a trench in the ground. Behind them is a bicycle ...
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Men Carrying Supplies for Repairing Bad Roads in Enemy Territory

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers and civilians carrying supplies for repairing bad roads in enemy territory during World War I.
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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

All They Ask Is Your Old Clothes

Date: 1918
Description: Poster shows two open hands in front of the burning remains of a city across the water. Text reads "All They Ask Is Your Old Clothes. Send everything you c...
Poster

Side by Side Britannia!

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with an illustration of Uncle Sam arm-in-arm with Britannia. Uncle Sam has a sword, and Britannia holds a shield with the Union Jack and a triton. A...
Poster

Moo-che-we-in-es. Pale face, my skin is dark but my heart is white. For I also gave to Canadian Patriotic Fund

Date: 1916
Description: Poster depicts First Nations man holding a dollar bill and two coins in one hand and a letter in the other hand written in his language. A paper with the t...
Photograph

Water Wheel in the Desert

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Description: Water wheel in the Syrian desert.
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Washing Decks on the Sultan Javus Selim

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Description: Washing the decks on the battlecruiser Sultan Javus Selim.
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The Bosporus Straits

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Description: Boats at dock in the Bosporus.
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Drinking Camel

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Description: Arab rider letting his camel drink from a water hole in Syria.
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Reservists Washing Up

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Description: Reservists quartered in French Buchholz in Berlin. Morning wash-up.
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Delivering Flour

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Description: Delivering flour to Berlin on barges.
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East Prussian Refugees

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Description: East Prussian refugees in Berlin. Arrival station for refugees in Weissensee.
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Civilians Observe Russians

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Description: Civilian residents observing Russian troops on the heights across the Pruth River.
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Refugees Crossing the River

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Description: Unusual refugees. A flock of geese.
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Belgian Refugees

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees taking their belongings with them as they move from place to place.
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Habits and Customs of the Turks

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Description: Turkish men washing their footware at an outdoor fountain.
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Lake Garda

Date: 1915
Description: Summer guests 1915 on the Gardasee (Lake Garda).

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