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The Secretary of The Treasury, Washington, D.C. [A Message From]

Date: 1918
Description: Poster reprinting a letter from Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo. The letter reads: "American does not intend to become spoil for the ...
Poster

Comment ils écrivent L'Histoire

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting three soldiers resting on a battlefield. One soldier is smoking a pipe, one soldier is writing a letter, and the third soldier is looking ...
Photograph

Wounded Soldiers Writing Letters Home

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin. Soldier in left foreground has to write with his left hand since his right hand was wounded.
Photograph

Wounded German Soldiers

Date: 1914
Description: Wounded German soldiers writing quick notes home before the departure of the train. A sign on the far left reads: "Annahme von Handgepäck."
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Scribe in Damascus

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Description: Scribe (for the illiterate) on the streets of Damascus.
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Turkish Reservist Writing a Letter Home

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Description: Turkish Landsturmann (reservist), holding a note in his hands, writing a letter home.
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Scribes in Damascus

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Description: Scribes in the streets of Damascus writing letters to the parents.
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Tiroler Landesschuetzen

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Description: Tiroler Landesschuetzen (territorial troops from the Province of Tyrol) resting in a forest on the southern battlefront.

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