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| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Motor Corps of the National League for Women's Service. The corps performed errands and other services for all organizations engaged in war activities, ans... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Uniformed soldiers marching in a World War I homecoming parade. Many men are carrying flags, and the street is heavily decorated with U.S. flags. The soldi... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Members of Minneapolis Chapter No. 1 of "World's War Disabled American Veterans" (World War I) posing with musical instruments in a city street in front of... |
| Date: | 04 1917 |
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| Description: | Children working in an urban community garden. Original caption reads: "Scene in Harrison Street Community Garden showing each plot staked off. Up to 1917 ... |
| Date: | 05 25 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of draftees at the Northwestern depot on their way to basic training and then France. Nearly 3,000 Madison men joined the war effort. |
| Date: | 07 16 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the departure of the drafted soldiers at the Menomonie railroad station, with a crowd present to see them off. |
| Date: | 09 02 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Labor Day parade on the Capitol Square, at King Street, featuring a float that has the words "Win The War For Freedom" on the front. |
| Date: | 12 1918 |
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| Description: | Post Office advertising the sale of War Savings Stamps. A sign above the entrance reads: "Do Your Christmas Shopping Here." Snow is on the ground. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | International Harvester branch house. Railroad tracks are near the building. A flag hangs in the window with a small cross shape, stars and "100%" printed ... |
| Date: | 08 08 1919 |
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| Description: | Elevated view up the Milwaukee River from Wisconsin Avenue bridge. A World War I submarine travels down the Milwaukee River. A crowd is gathered at the riv... |
| Date: | 11 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Armistice Day ceremony, looking down State Street, with a drum and bugle corps on the left and other veterans in uniform standing at attention near the cen... |
| Date: | 09 28 1918 |
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| Description: | Soldiers parade with guns bearing American flags past Schuette Brothers clothing store at the corner of S. 8th and Jay Streets as spectators look on. There... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | "If You Can't Go Across With A Gun Come Across With Your Part Of The Red Cross War Fund." Poster depicting a man, wounded and bleeding with his arm in a sl... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | World War I poster urging newly arrived immigrants to conserve food to aid the allied cause. People in ethnic costume being ushered into the United States ... |
| Date: | 10 04 1919 |
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| Description: | Front view of a welcoming arch for the returning war veterans of Sussex County. The arch lists major battle sites on the left, and shows the county's honor... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Group of people and automobiles gathered around a train station at a stop of the "Union Pacific Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Group of men gathered with automobiles across the street from a hotel, small cafe and other town buildings. The men are gathering for an event associated w... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A group of children and women standing in what is probably a "war garden" in an urban area. Several commercial buildings are in the background, one painted... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Group of women gathered at 2nd (now 7th St.) and Mitchell wearing light-colored dresses and hats. Each woman holds a U.S. flag. There is a sign to the righ... |
| Date: | 02 1918 |
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| Description: | A window display by the Woman's Committee of the LaCrosse County Council of Defense showing a nurse, an injured soldier, a skeleton and American flags. The... |
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