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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 ...
Photograph

War Relief Services

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief services. Man washing milking equipment.
Photograph

War Relief Work

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief work. Man pitching hay.
Photograph

Man Working on Armature

Date: 1944
Description: A man works on an armature at Fuller & Johnson, 52 North Dickinson Street. Fuller&Johnson produced war material during World War II.
Photograph

Man Operating Drill Press

Date: 1944
Description: Man operating a drill press at Madison-Kipp Corporation, 201 Waubesa Street, producing war materiel during World War II.
Photograph

VVAW in Philadelphia

Date: 1976
Description: Demonstration by members of the Philadelphia chapter of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, one year after the war ended.
Poster

Every Pound Invested in National War Bonds

Date: 1918
Description: British poster featuring an illustration of a warship under construction. Text reads: "Every Pound Invested in National War Bonds Means More Ships More Foo...
Photograph

Civil War Re-Enactor

Date: 09 1994
Description: A Civil War re-enactor in Greenbush.
Photograph

Soldiers Crossing the Floating Bridge over the Save River

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers crossing the floating war bridge over the Save River during World War I.
Poster

Keep 'Em Smiling Help War Camp Community Service

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring three smiling men: a soldier, an officer, and a sailor. The officer is in the middle with his arms around the other two, and the War Camp ...
Photograph

War Volunteer Unit in Training

Date: 1914
Description: Officers training a Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in Schmargendorf near Berlin.
Book or Pamphlet

War With Germany Pamphlet

Date: 04 04 1917
Description: Speech of Robert M. La Follette in the Senate of Wisconsin regarding the war with Germany.
Poster

Your War Savings Pledge

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicts Uncle Sam with his arms around a soldier and a man in a suit. The man in the suit is holding a piece of paper labelled W.S.S. for War-saving...
Photograph

War Worker

Date: 04 04 1944
Description: Henry Schmidt, an employee of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company, during World War II.
Photograph

Consolidated War Work

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Laboratory development of a paper-based plastic laminate product by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper, during World War II. The product was used ...
Poster

World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Poster promoting the collection of scrap metal for use in war production. Includes an illustration of a farmer and International Harvester dealer dumping a...
Poster

Six Million Victims Anti-War Poster

Date: 11 1972
Description: Vietnam anti-war poster proclaiming that the human cost of the war has been six million people under Nixon's term as President. Features a picture of Presi...
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

Civil War Reenactment

Date: 09 07 1997
Description: "Civil War Re-enactor."
Photograph

World War II Worker

Date: 04 26 1944
Description: An unidentified employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company during World War II.

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