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| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | "Terrific Engagement between the 'Monitor' and 'Merrimac.'" Battle scene of the Civil War battle produced by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. Smal... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 36, "Periscope." The poster features a Japanese battle ship under attack as seen through a periscope. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 33, "Periscope View - 4th War Loan." The poster features a Japanese battle ship under attack as seen through a periscope. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 29, "Wedding." The poster features two contrasting scenes. On the left is a dark naval battle commencing on stormy waters. On the right... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 26, "Invasion." The poster features ships landing on the coast and soldiers racing up the beach as explosions rain down around them. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 18, "PT Boat." The poster features a PT boat traveling on water. Text other than the main caption is customizable. Beneath the main cap... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | United States government bonds poster in the Fourth Liberty Loan "B" series. "Buy Liberty Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan." Depicts enemy aircraft bombing New Y... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of four Marine corpsmen on a beach, with one Marine holding an American flag and another Marine a Marines flag. The other ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of two marine corpsmen on a shoreline. One Marine is standing and signaling with a signal flag to two battleships just off... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of four Marine corpsmen running across a grassy beach. Two battleships are just off the shore in the background. Poster te... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster depicting enemy aircraft bombing New York, which is in flames. In the foreground, the Statue of Liberty has been attacked and its head has been seve... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a submarine emerging from the ocean. About seven men are rising out of hatches on the conning tower and deck and waving... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | British poster with an illustration of a sailor holding a telescope under his left arm while standing on a the deck of a ship looking out at stormy seas to... |
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