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Captured German Submarine

Date: 1919
Description: Captured German submarine, possibly the U-C97, with men on deck. United States flags are flying and several men are gathered on top of the submarine. Anoth...
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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

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...
Poster

Four U.S. Marine Corpsmen with a U.S. Flag, Marine Corps Flag

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of four Marine corpsmen on a beach, with one Marine holding an American flag and another Marine a Marines flag. The other ...
Poster

U.S. Marines

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of two marine corpsmen on a shoreline. One Marine is standing and signaling with a signal flag to two battleships just off...
Poster

U.S. Marines. “Soldiers of the Sea”

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of four Marine corpsmen running across a grassy beach. Two battleships are just off the shore in the background. Poster te...
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...
Poster

They Kept the Sea Lanes Open

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a submarine emerging from the ocean. About seven men are rising out of hatches on the conning tower and deck and waving...
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Hospital Ship

Date: 1914
Description: Barge on the Danube River fitted out as an Austrian Hospital Ship to support troops in the invasion of Serbia.
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Unloading Stones for Road Improvements

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian soldiers are unloading bags of stones from a ship on a river to improve bad roads in Serbia during World War I. There is a bridge in the backgroun...
Poster

The Watchers of the Seas

Date: 1915
Description: British poster with an illustration of a sailor holding a telescope under his left arm while standing on a the deck of a ship looking out at stormy seas to...
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Washing Decks on the Sultan Javus Selim

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Description: Washing the decks on the battlecruiser Sultan Javus Selim.
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Turkish Torpedo Boats

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Description: Turkish torpedo boats on the Bosporus.
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The Bosporus Straits

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Description: Boats at dock in the Bosporus.
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Armed Launch on the Bosporus

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Description: Armed launch on the Bosporus.
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Bombardment of Novorossisk Harbor

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Description: Bombardment of the harbor of Novo Rossijsk (Novorossisk) by the light cruiser "S.M.S. Breslau, now the "Midilli." The white smoke in the center is from an ...

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