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American Red Cross Recruiting Poster

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Description: World War II-era recruiting poster for the American Red Cross showing an armed U.S. soldier in a trench smiling and holding a cup of coffee. A male and a f...
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Wanted: 25,000 Student Nurses

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Description: Poster recruiting student nurses to aid in the war effort. Depicts a young woman, in a nurse's uniform, with her right hand raised to her heart. Behind her...
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"He'll Be Home Sooner... Now You've Joined the WAVES"

Date: 1944
Description: WAVES Unnumbered Design, "Mother and Daughter." The poster features a proud mother with her arm around her daughter, who is in naval uniform. In the backgr...
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"Man Those Idle Machines!"

Date: 1943
Description: War Manpower Commission Design No. 2, "Uncle Sam." The poster features Uncle Sam pointing his thumb at the people working at machines behind him. The subti...
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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.
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Enlist in the Navy

Date: 1917
Description: Recruitment poster for the United States Navy. Depicts Uncle Sam in a soldier's uniform pointing a gun at the German Kaiser, who is dressed in a crown and ...
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If You Want To Fight! Join The Marines

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman in a Marines dress uniform. Behind her, several soldiers are gathering, and holding an American flag and a Mari...
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Ruth Law Wants to Fly With U.S. Marines

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of a woman in a flight suit, sitting in an airplane. She is surrounded by four men standing wearing dress uniforms, one of wh...
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I Want You For The Navy

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a young women in a naval dress uniform with her hands in her pockets, looking at the viewer. Poster text reads: "I W...

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