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Boxed Artillery Cart Ready for Shipment

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Boxed 240 mm mortar cart ready for shipment to the U.S. military from International Harvester's McCormick Works. Includes a trench mortar barrel. A man is ...
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Observation Balloon

Date: 08 1917
Description: A training ascension of a captive observation balloon. During their training, soldiers learned how to correctly estimate the effectiveness of artillery on ...
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Crated Machine Gun Cart at McCormick Works

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Crated "U.S. Machine Gun Cart" outside in factory yard.
Poster

This Town Is Your Home

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with two cartoon panels. In the first, silhouetted figures are working in the yard in front of a large house with a public school and a factory with...
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War Metals Collection Point

Date: 1914
Description: Collection point for gold, silver, copper, and other metals in Berlin.

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