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| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | "Make good the promise" is across the top of the poster with the Red Cross insignia between "good" and "promise." The poster reads: make good the promi... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The top half of the poster has the American flag in the background. On top of the flag there three faces of men in uniform. Left to right the names read Ha... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster with red text overlaying illustrations in blue. The top left illustration is of soldiers with cannons on battlefront. At the bottom right is an illu... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The poster has images representing armies, navies, aviation, and wealth. The poster reads: "Warning! No American Can, in Time of Peace, Oppose Reasonable P... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Across the top of the poster are portrait images of seven men. The poster is a blown up page from "The Journal." This particular article is about watching ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a a portrait of Emil Seidel. Text reads: Socialism and the War. War Destroys Life. Socialism Preserves Life. Come To Hear Emil Seidel, For... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a young boy and girl standing and leaning on each other. They are both wearing ragged clothing, and the girl is barefoo... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a woman standing and holding a baby. Below the woman is another child and three other people. Text reads: "Left Behind In Serbia. Send Mon... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with red and blue lettering. Text reads: "20,000 Tons of Clothing. Desperately Needed by Germany's Victims in Belgium and Northern France. Germany W... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of people outside of a bombed out town, looking up at a glowing image of Marian, Our Lady of Czenstochowa. Clouds frame th... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Text poster (typed and handwritten) reads: "Women's Institute Canning and Preserving. Let Nothing Go to Waste. Save Vegetables, Fruits and Left-Overs. Subj... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster text reads: "Dane County's Big Hoover Food Celebration. Capitol Building and Grounds. Friday Eve., Aug. 17. 6 P.M. Picnic lunch on the Capitol Groun... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with blue and red text. Text reads: "Cut-A-Cord. Wisconsin must cut more wood for next winter's fuel. Coal is scarce and getting scarcer. More and m... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Detailed poster covered in writing. Highlights of poster text reads: "An army of poultry will help win the war. Uncle Sam Says:... Raise more chickens - It... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Detailed poster covered in writing. Highlights of poster text reads: "Help supply your own table. Mr. Town 'Lotter'! - ... Plan first before you plant... A... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a large root vegetable. Highlights of text the reads: "An acre of roots will winter your stock... Why grow roots?... Why feed roots?... Bi... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a large grain silo. Highlights of text reads: "Build a silo... It will pay. Here are eight reasons why:... What crops can be put in the si... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a mother pig with six piglets and rows of pigs at the bottom of the poster. Highlights of the text reads: "Just one ext... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a photograph of a crowd of people in New York City walking in unity to show their support for the war abroad. Text reads, in part: "Fighti... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring a photograph of soldiers in an English town hustling back to their posts. Some of the soldiers are operating long ranged guns. Text reads,... |
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