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Forest Poster

Date: 1943
Description: A photographic copy of a World War II era poster which extols the value of forest products in the American war effort. There are vignettes illustrating the...
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 ...
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Trench Warfare

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

Espanoles

Date: 1936
Description: Espanoles: ¡Acudid en ayuda de las victimas del fascismo en las regiones invadidas!
Poster

Le Castillan

Date: 1936
Description: Text at top reads: "La guerre d'Espagne contre le Fascisme international".
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The Kaiser, Hindenburg, and Ludendorff planning "The Final Drive"

Date: 1916
Description: Kaiser Wilhelm II with Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff, commanders on the World War I western front, planning military strategy.
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Kiss for a Soldier

Date: 08 25 1944
Description: An American soldier receives a kiss in gratitude for the liberation of Paris during World War II.
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War Time Factory Work

Date: 1944
Description: Workers drilling on a section of a military airplane cowling at an International Harvester factory.
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Group Portrait of Holocaust Survivors

Date: 1945
Description: Group portrait of Holocaust survivors in quarantine after World War II; Smalands Anneberg, Sweden, Summer.
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Prisoners of War in a Truck Bed

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: A work shift of German prisoners at a prisoner of war camp are being loaded onto a truck to be conveyed to work at a local cannery.
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German Prisoners of War and American Officers near Barracks

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Two German prisoners and two American officers discussing some papers while standing outdoors. In the background, German prisoners of war are lined up for ...
Poster

And They Thought We Couldn't Fight

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a smiling, bloody and bandaged soldier holding two war helmets by their chinstraps in his left hand; with his right he ...
Poster

Knights of Columbus Three Million War Fund

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a priest holding a crucifix and looking skyward. The priest is surrounded by kneeling soldiers and sailors, and has his...
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Hospital in Ruins of Church

Date: 1918
Description: View of a hospital for U.S. wounded set up in the ruins of a church in Neuville, France.
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Wounded Austrian Soldiers in Vienna

Date: 1915
Description: Wounded Austrian soldiers in the Vienna Rotunde waiting for leave certificates.
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International Truck Carrying Female Employees

Date: 1918
Description: International G-1(?) truck carrying International Harvester Company women workers during World War I. The truck is decorated with flags and shields bearing...
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John Cookson

Date: 1937
Description: Posed portrait of Wisconsin man John Cookson wearing a helmet and holding a radio headset to his ear. This was during the Spanish Civil War.
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World War I Chaplains

Date: 04 15 1948
Description: Six World War I veterans at a "Red Arrow" veterans dinner honoring Bishop William P. O'Connor who was a chaplain of Wisconsin's 32nd division in World War ...
Poster

The Red Cross War Fund Poster

Date: 1914
Description: "If You Can't Go Across With A Gun Come Across With Your Part Of The Red Cross War Fund." Poster depicting a man, wounded and bleeding with his arm in a sl...
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Woman Buying War Bond from Santa Claus

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Woman buying a war bond from Santa Claus, who was helping other Manchester employees wait on crowds of purchasers at the bonds-only sale on the store's mai...

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