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For Every Fighter a Woman Worker, Care For Her Through the YWCA

Date: 1918
Description: A female factory worker standing with her arms upraised, holding a miniature airplane in one hand and a bombshell in the other. In the background is the YW...
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Men Standing on Manure Pile in Railroad Yard

Date: 1918
Description: Men hold a sign that says "Car No. 1 Manure Secured by Y.M.C.A. for Eighth Ward War Gardens" while standing on top of a manure pile in a railroad yard.
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Caring For American Soldiers in England

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a man in a uniform walking on the left side. Behind him is the Red Cross insignia is in the top left side of the poster...
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The Bridge Where Uncle Sam Stopped the Hun

Date: 1919
Description: Poster with an illustration of the town of Château-Thierry, France from the bank of the Marne River, with two small boats in the foreground. A broken bridg...
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Verdun, Road to Y.M.C.A. Canteen

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration of a road with a view through an archway towards a town, with rubble in the foreground on the left. There are pedestrians and a...
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Germans Released From French POW Camps

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Description: German Red Cross officers and men who had been released from French PoW camps in conformance with Geneva Convention rules.
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Released German PoWs

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Description: German Red Cross officers and men who had been released from French PoW camps in conformance with Geneva Convention rules.
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Turkish Soldiers at Rest During March

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Description: Turkish column at rest in the desert with a Red Crescent flag.
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Red Crescent

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Description: Turkish Red Crescent unit resting in the desert.
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Red Crescent with Supplies

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Description: Caravan of Red Crescent soldiers traveling through the desert with supplies.
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Red Crescent in the Desert

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Description: Caravan of Red Crescent soldiers traveling through the desert with supplies.
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Red Crescent Caravan

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Description: Caravan of Red Crescent soldiers traveling through the desert with supplies.
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Female Red Cross Volunteers

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Description: Female Red Cross volunteers cheering reservists passing by the Reichstag.
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Red Cross Sisters

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Description: Red Cross sisters in front of the Reichstag building.
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Red Cross Troops

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Description: Red Cross troops leaving Berlin passing by the Wilhelmstrasse and the Siegesallee.
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Red Cross Troops

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Description: Red Cross troops leaving Berlin passing by the Wilhelmstrasse and the Siegesallee.
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Red Cross

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Description: Red Cross leaving Berlin.
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Red Cross

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Description: Red Cross leaving Berlin.
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Red Cross Soup Kitchen

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Description: Red Cross soup kitchen with a crowd at the entrance. For 10 pfennigs one can obtain a hearty lunch.
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Red Cross Vehicle

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Description: Red Cross truck on the way to the front carrying packages for the troops and returning with wounded soldiers.

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