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W.W. I Disabled Veterans Group with International Motor Coach

Date: 1925
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...
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Submarine in Milwaukee River

Date: 08 08 1919
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...
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Armistice Day Rites

Date: 11 11 1949
Description: A community service to observe Armistice Day at the State Street's entrance to the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Flag bearers and a crowd of people sur...
Poster

The Red Cross War Fund Poster

Date: 1914
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...
Poster

Food Will Win the War

Date: 1917
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 ...
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Men and Automobiles in Central Business District

Date: 1917
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...
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Group of Children in Garden

Date: 1918
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...
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World War Monument and County Clerk's Office

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Description: View of a World War I Monument outside of the County Clerk's Office. To the left of the colonnaded Clerk's Office, the Old Courthouse, built in 1895, can ...
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Friends of the Polish Companies in the U.S. Army

Date: 1918
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...
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World War I Artillery Piece

Date: 1962
Description: Field artillery piece of the First World War pointing across the Rock River from the grounds of the American Legion post.
Poster

That Liberty Shall Not Perish From the Earth

Date: 1918
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...
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Statue of Jeanne d'Arc

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View of a man standing and posing near the statue of Jeanne d'Arc. Caption reads: "The most famous statue of Jeanne d'Arc, who visited Reims in the height ...
Poster

That Liberty Shall Not Perish From the Earth

Date: 1918
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...
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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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Ruined Church in Sabac, Serbia

Date: 1914
Description: A man is driving a team of two horses pulling a wagon on a street in front of a ruined church. Rubble is piled in front of another building on the right.
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Street in Valjevo, Serbia

Date: 1915
Description: Houses along a street in Valjevo, Serbia in World War I.
Poster

Cathédrale de Reims

Date: 1919
Description: Poster with an illustration of the ruins of the Cathédrale de Reims. A ghost image of the undamaged cathedral is in the background. Red poppy flowers are g...
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Folgaria Hotel

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Description: Soldiers relaxing in front of the Folgaria Hotel in Italy. The men are standing around horse-drawn wagons and carts, and other men are walking down a stree...
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Panorama of Ismid

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Description: Panorama of Ismid.
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Rachel's Tomb

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Description: Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem.

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