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The Southern Prisons of U.S. Officers

Date: 1865
Description: "The Southern Prisons of U.S. Officers: Scenes from life as a prisoner of war, with explanations--sketched by Lieut. & Top Eng'r O.R. Dahl, 15th Wisconsin ...
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General Order. Head Quarters, Department of Western Virginia."

Date: 09 17 1862
Description: Proclamation of amnesty by Confederate Major General Loring, offering "Christian charity" to citizens who have been armed by the Union if they surrender th...
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General Order. Head Quarters, Department of Western Virginia."

Date: 09 24 1862
Description: A proclamation by Confederate Major General Loring asserting the soundness of Confederate currency and encouraging citizens to use it in trade and accept i...
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Fond Du Lac Badger Boys, of the First Regiment, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1861
Description: A hand-drawn poster, produced by S.W. Martin's Writing Academy of Madison, listing the officers and men of the 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, ...
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Kickapoo Rangers of the Twelfth Regiment

Date: 1861
Description: Hand-drawn poster by S.W. Martin of the Civil War officers and men of the Kickapoo Rangers of the 12th Regiment, Company K. Above and to the left of the li...
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Martin's Regiment Record, Roster of the 31st Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers

Date: 1863
Description: Lithographed Civil War roster of the 31st Regiment, including insets of the Battle of Somerset or Millspring, Kentucky, and Pea Ridge, Arkansas.
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Military Memorial Poster

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Description: Commemorative poster honoring duties of the States and those that fought and lead the war.
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Military Memorial Poster

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Description: Commemorative poster honoring duties of the States and those that fought and lead the war.
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Comrades Attention!

Date: 10 29 1890
Description: Poster announcing General Lucius Fairchild speaking at Wautoma, Wisconsin on October 29, 1890.
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Kosciuszko, Pulawski, walczyli o wolnosc w Ameryce

Date: 1917
Description: Poster in Polish with an illustration of Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish military leader who fought with the Americans during the Revolutionary War. This...
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British Blood Calls British Blood!

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of soldiers with bayonetted rifles charging, while an officer is waving a pistol. Above the officer a British flag is rais...
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The War Of 1917. Dedicated To The Brave Men Who Answered The Nation's Call.

Date: 1917
Description: Memorial poster for the members of Company 6, First Wisconsin Infantry, who died during the war. Text reads: "Company 6, First Wisconsin Infantry . . . Bor...
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Is This Your Hand?

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting a caricature of General John Pershing, and a hand holding a piece of paper labelled WSS. Poster text reads: "Is this your hand? Yes! If yo...
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Keep 'Em Smiling Help War Camp Community Service

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring three smiling men: a soldier, an officer, and a sailor. The officer is in the middle with his arms around the other two, and the War Camp ...
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YMCA United War Work Campaign

Date: 1918
Description: World War I illustrated poster featuring a portrait of General Pershing. The YMCA logo is at the top left of the poster. Poster includes Pershing quote cab...
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Fighting In France For Freedom! — Are You Helping at Home?

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a man wearing a kilt with his arm in a sling. Soldiers are standing around him. There is a map and a broken window in t...
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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 ...
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Le Beau Régiment (No. 1)

Date: 1914
Description: Poster with an illustration depicting rows of German soldiers marching forward. One officer is sitting on a toy horse on wheels that is being pulled by a s...
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Wählt unsern Besten

Date: 1932
Description: German re-election poster with a portrait of Paul von Hindenburg. Text reads: "Wählt unsern Besten." Von Hindenburg was a German field-marshal and state...
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Mit ihm

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Description: Two hands grasping in foreground. Image of in background Von Hindenburg. Text reads "Mit ihm."

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