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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: Two members of the Oregon Veterans of Foreign Wars drill team and some of the crowd gathered at Forest Hill Cemetery during services to dedicate a marble m...
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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.
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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 ...
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War Volunteer Unit in Training

Date: 1914
Description: Officers training a Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in Schmargendorf near Berlin.
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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 ...
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Volunteer Unit

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Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
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Austrian Soldiers on a Railroad Car

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Description: Through Bosnia and the Herzegovina during the war.
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Volunteer Unit

Date: 1914
Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
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Alvin Reis

Date: 1918
Description: A portrait of Alvin C. Reis of Madison during his service in World War I. During the war, Reis commanded several observation balloon squadrons. Later, he b...
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Back The Boys, Do it Now

Date: 1918
Description: Poster promoting a war fund drive in Marathon County, bordered by American flags and logos for the "Marathon County War Fund, Back the Boys," featuring an ...
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World War I Group

Date: 03 1918
Description: World War I soldiers at Camp Custer seated on Winchester rifle crates.
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Austrian War Minister Krobatin

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Description: His Excellency Count Alexander von Krobatin served as the Imperial Austro-Hungarian War Minister from 1912 to 1917.
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Observation Balloon

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Description: A World War I observation balloon held Gulliver-like by its airship company. During World War I, balloons were positioned near the front so that observers ...
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Soldiers Repairing Railroad Tracks

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers repairing railroad tracks in Serbia during World War I.
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Volunteer Unit

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Description: Deutschwehr (war volunteer) unit in training.
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World War I Soldier

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Description: Gus Sharlow, a Native American Indian World War I soldier from Hayward, Wisconsin.
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Back Our Girls Over There

Date: 1918
Description: World War I poster featuring a woman in a navy blue uniform working at a switchboard that has the symbol of the Y.W.C.A abpve it. Outside the window behind...
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The Spirit of War Camp Community Service

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of an older woman sitting at a table holding a pen and paper and surrounded by soldiers and sailors. The table is covered ...
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Soldiers in WWI

Date: 1918
Description: African American soldiers during World War I playing trombone music.
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Warning!

Date: 1918
Description: The poster has images representing armies, navies, aviation, and wealth. The poster reads: "Warning! No American Can, in Time of Peace, Oppose Reasonable P...

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