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Poster

Sow the Seeds of Victory!

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster promoting individuals to garden and can vegetables for the war effort. Produced by the National War Garden Commission.
Manuscript

Church Goods

Date: 01 28 1918
Description: Front cover of the Benziger Brothers Church Goods catalog advertising metal ware, vestments, statuary, and furnishings.
Photograph

Carrie Chapman Catt

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt, activist and leader of the women's suffrage movement.
Photograph

Kenosha County Equal Suffrage League Day Nursery

Date: 02 1914
Description: Thirteen children ranging from toddler-age to early elementary school-age are tended by several women in the playroom of a nursery run by the Kenosha Count...
Poster

The Health Of The Child Is The Power Of The Nation

Date: 1918
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...
Photograph

William Dempster Hoard

Date: 1912
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of William Dempster Hoard (1836-1918).
Postcard

Woman's Club Building

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of the Woman's Club Building, 240 West Gilman Street. Built from 1904 to 1908, the building was designed by J.K. Cady, architect. Caption reads: ...
Photograph

Dania Hall

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of Dania Hall.
Photograph

Kristiania Peace Meeting

Date: 08 01 1916
Description: Crowd gathered at the Kristiania Peace Meeting, where Louis Paul Lochner spoke through an interpreter.
Postcard

Madison Woman's Club Building

Date: 1914
Description: An exterior view of the Madison Woman's Club Building, 240 West Gilman Street. Built from 1904 to 1908, the building was designed by J.K. Cady, architect. ...
Postcard

Millioki Club

Date: 1910
Description: View from road toward a large building on a small hill above a road. Three posts are along the road, and small rails line the the sidewalk near a small dri...
Print

Madison Dry League Card

Date: 1914
Description: Card from Madison Dry League pledging support to those who seek to eliminate saloons in the city of Madison. The organization's slogan was, "A happy, sober...
Print

Council of Administrative Women in Education Dinner Menu

Date: 04 21 1919
Description: Front cover, menu, and back cover of program ("Conferring the Service Stripes") for a dinner at the Medford Hotel, with a deep rose hand-colored border wit...
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...
Photograph

National League for Women's Service Float

Date: 1917
Description: Parade float on which ten women are standing, some posing with knitting needles or behind a sewing machine. Two men and one woman are standing on the groun...
Photograph

Weighing and Measuring Campaign, Lincoln School

Date: 1918
Description: Seven women in white uniforms measuring five children, including one infant. Caption reads: "Lincoln School, Madison, Wis. Weighing and Measuring Campaign ...
Poster

United We Serve

Date: 1918
Description: Poster advertising the coalition of groups for the United War Work Campaign, which began in November 1918 and raised funds to support entertainment for Ame...
Poster

This Church is Behind the United War Work Campaign

Date: 1918
Description: Poster for display in a church, indicating cooperation with the United War Work Campaign, which raised funds for entertainment for the troops stationed in ...
Poster

Civilians

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a soldier with one hand raised up, standing in front of a group of other soldiers who are huddled together with their g...
Poster

See Him Through

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a man wearing a Knights of Columbus coat and hat, who is gesturing towards a marching soldier. Poster text reads: "See ...

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