Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 28

Photograph

Clearing Trenches

Date: 06 1917
Description: British troops clear German trenches that were destroyed in battle in the Messine Ridge, Flanders.
Print

Delegation of War Widow

Date: 1916
Description: Delegation of war-widow, war-orphans, and maimed war-heroes at the White House, Washington, D.C., appealing to President Wilson for an "embargo on all war ...
Postcard

Avec Vous Place Dans Votre Coeur Pour Nous?

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday postcard of a girl seated on stones, with a boy resting his head on her lap. Burned-out buildings along a street can be seen behind them. The image...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Warships Near Cape Gloucester

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Elevated view, perhaps from an American Cruiser, of warships leaving the base heading for the bombardment of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, New Guinea (pres...
Poster

GEE!! I Wish I Were A Man. I'd Join The Navy. Be a Man and Do It

Date: 1917
Description: United States Navy recruitment poster. Depicts a woman in a naval uniform.
Poster

Halt the Hun!

Date: 1918
Description: United States government bonds poster in the Third Liberty Loan series. Depicts a German soldier holding a firearm is standing above a crouching woman crad...
Poster

Remember Belgium. Buy Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan

Date: 1918
Description: United States government bonds poster in the Fourth Liberty Loan "B" series. Depicts in silhouette a German soldier running and dragging a girl against a b...
Poster

Pour Le Suprême Effort. Emprunt National. Société Générale

Date: 1918
Description: French poster advertising loans for the war effort, sponsored by the Société Générale, a large French bank. Depicts a French soldier strangling the German ...
Photograph

Trench Warfare

Date: 1917
Description: Soldiers with their weapons in a trench.
Photograph

Bombed Street in Fismes, France

Date: 1918
Description: Street in Fismes, France destroyed during the Battle of Fismes. The badly damaged town hall can be seen near the center, with rubble from other buildings i...
Poster

Motherless, Fatherless, Starving

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman wearing clothing with the Red Cross insignia on it. She is standing in the middle of a crowd of children. Anoth...
Poster

The Greatest Mother in the World

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a monumental woman cradling a wounded man. She is wearing a Red Cross hat, and the Red Cross insignia behind her on the...
Poster

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...
Poster

The Queen of Belgium Appealed to the Red Cross to Aid in Saving the Children

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman and two children standing together. The woman is wearing a Red Cross hat. There Red Cross insignia is in the up...
Poster

Eight Million Patriotic Red Cross Workers Have Made 291,004,000 Necessary Articles For War Purposes

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman wearing a hat with the Red Cross insignia on it. Details are about the contributions that women have made towar...
Poster

Warning!

Date: 1918
Description: The poster has images representing armies, navies, aviation, and wealth. The poster reads: "Warning! No American Can, in Time of Peace, Oppose Reasonable P...
Poster

Which of the Men You know is a German Agent?

Date: 1918
Description: Across the top of the poster are portrait images of seven men. The poster is a blown up page from "The Journal." This particular article is about watching ...
Poster

Socialism and the War

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a a portrait of Emil Seidel. Text reads: Socialism and the War. War Destroys Life. Socialism Preserves Life. Come To Hear Emil Seidel, For...
Poster

Save Clothes For Belgian Children

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a young boy and girl standing and leaning on each other. They are both wearing ragged clothing, and the girl is barefoo...

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: