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Samuel Banks

Date: 1915
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Samuel Banks, Wisconsin Executive Messenger and appointed by Governor Phillipp, President of the committee representing Wisc...
Photograph

Woman's Committee Window Display

Date: 02 1918
Description: A window display by the Woman's Committee of the LaCrosse County Council of Defense showing a nurse, an injured soldier, a skeleton and American flags. The...
Map or Atlas

Eau Claire County Road Map

Date: 1915
Description: Shows land ownership, roads, railroads, and highways. Includes significant manuscript annotations and table of Wisconsin Highway Commission members. "The r...
Photograph

Patriotic Pageant, Capitol Park

Date: 07 04 1918
Description: Outdoor group portrait of young men and women posing in costumes, which are mostly drapery suggesting a Greco-Roman style. One man is dressed as a Roman so...
Poster

The Child at Your Door

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a girl wearing a headscarf, looking directly at the viewer. Poster text reads: "The Child at Your Door. 400,000 Orphans...
Poster

Where the Victims Are

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a map of the near East, with countries demarcated. The poster title is red text reading: "Where the Victims Are." The rest of the text rea...
Poster

They Shall Not Perish

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of Columbia, who is brandishing a sword and protecting a young woman sitting beside her holding onto her legs. A flag is w...
Poster

Give or We Perish

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman clutching her coat around her and looking nervously to the right. Poster text reads: "Give or We Perish. Americ...
Photograph

Wisconsin Hospitality Committee

Date: 1919
Description: Four women and three men standing or sitting near a desk and table that are labelled "Wisconsin." Two of the women appear to be doing paperwork, and the me...
Poster

Comité Américain Pour les Régions Dévastées de France

Date: 1919
Description: Poster with an illustration of a woman holding a baby in her arms being presented a house by a woman on the American Committee for the Devastated Regions o...
Photograph

Group Portrait of Men in Business Suits

Date: 04 23 1913
Description: Outdoor group portrait of men standing in front of a brick building. "Safety Committee." A sign at the doorway reads: "Employment Office."

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