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| 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: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A studio portrait, presumably of Brad Robinson, his son and grandson. The eldest wears a badge of the Grand Army of the Republic, identifying him as a Civ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Men pose with two fire engines parked outside the open doors of the fire station at Camp Travis, named in 1917 after William B. Travis. The station sign re... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Army soldiers stand at attention near the United States flag and their tents at Camp Bowie. Military buildings are visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Men stand outside the Post Exchange Store at Camp Upton, built in 1917. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A view of four uniformed men on horseback, two of which hold flags. The soldiers are seen riding across a plain at Camp Travis, named in 1917. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the parade grounds at United States Navy Camp Wissahickon. Men stand in formation on the parade grounds, and to the the right, a flag wav... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Two rows of sailors hold flags during a semaphore drill at the United States Navy Camp Wissahickon. |
| 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: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Large group of men, including railway workers, standing beside a locomotive. Original caption reads: "U.P. Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign. Farm pre... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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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| Description: | Holiday card with a uniformed nurse standing under mistletoe, while a soldier and a sailor are walking towards her, presumably to kiss her. Inside a red bo... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of a window, looking outward from the inside of a house. On the sill is an American Eagle on a Federal Shield over a swag of holly and ribbon,... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a nurse in uniform peering through a wreath she is holding. The card has a thin red border. The text below reads: "Christmas Greetings to... |
| 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: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Soldiers mailing letters home at the Red Cross L.O.C. canteen in France. |
| 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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