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Joyeux Noel!

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a soldier walking while carrying a child who is waving an American flag. The soldier is wearing a uniform and a campaign hat. Two childre...
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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

Save Your Child from Autocracy and Poverty

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a small child, naked except for socks and shoes, standing in front of the Torch of Liberty. Poster text reads: "Save Yo...
Poster

Save Your Child from Autocracy and Poverty

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicts a small child, naked except for socks and shoes, standing in front of the Torch of Liberty. Poster text reads: "Save Your Child From Autocra...
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Footwear for Troops

Date: 1914
Description: Men and children are standing around a cart which has a large pile of footwear on it for troops on the battlefield.
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Celebrating Armistice

Date: 11 1918
Description: View from sidewalk towards a parade of mostly men and boys walking down a street. A few people are carrying American flags. Caption reads: "Kilbourn, Nov. ...
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Sergeant Killigrow with French Children

Date: 11 04 1918
Description: Sgt. J.W. Killigrow, 311th Ambulance Co., 78th Division, socializing with French children who remained in Authe during the German occupation.
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Daycare

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Description: Daycare for the children of soldiers. Children are cared for and given food daily, without charge, by volunteer aids.
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Daycare

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Description: Daycare for the children of soldiers. Children are cared for and given food daily, without charge, by volunteer aids.
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Daycare

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Description: At a daycare facility for the children of soldiers.
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Serbian Refugee Child

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Description: Serbian boy walking through town leading a horse down a muddy street, with soldiers standing and watching from the sidewalk in the background.
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Serbian Refugees Passing Through Sabac

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Description: Serbian refugees walking through muddy streets with wagons and goods.
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National Women's Service

Date: 1914
Description: National Women's Service. The indigent and refugees from East Prussia receiving free shoes, clothing, and underwear.
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National Women's Service

Date: 1914
Description: National Women's Service in Berlin. The indigent and also refugees from East Prussia receiving free shoes, clothing, and underwear.
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Belgian Refugees Brewing Coffee in the Morning

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees making coffee in the refugee camp every morning, with their children sitting on their laps.
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Refugee Suffering

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees sitting at the back of a wagon that has become their home.
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Belgian Refugees Leaving Messages on Signboards

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees using every wall space to write messages and addresses in order to inform their relatives of their location.
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Refugee Suffering

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees posing in front of their hut as they are preparing for another long day.
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Wagon Shelter for Belgian Refugee Family

Date: 1914
Description: A wagon is serving as an emergency shelter for a refugee family.
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Belgian Refugees in Holland

Date: 1914
Description: Refugees feeling themselves welcome in Holland.

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