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Food Conservation Window Display
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Window display in an unknown storefront featuring American flags, and silhouettes of Uncle Sam and Kaiser Wilhelm II and asking the question "Are you eating to please Uncle Sam or the Kaiser?"
1917
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Food Conservation Window Display
1917
Display in an unknown storefront urging food conservation. The display features small figures made out of vegetables.
Victory Garden Window Display
1917
Display in the window of John J. Blied & Sons promoting victory gardens and featuring seed packets, hoes, and watering cans.
Boys And Girls! You Can Help Your Uncle Sam Win The War
1918
Poster with an illustration featuring Uncle Sam holding a piece of paper labelled W.S.S. [War Savings Stamps]. A young woman is sitting on his arm, and a young man is standing and looking at him. P...
Boys And Girls! You Can Help Your Uncle Sam Win The War
1918
Poster depicts Uncles Sam holding a piece of paper labelled W.S.S. [War Savings Stamps]. A young woman is sitting on his lap, and a young man is looking at him. Poster text reads: "Boys and Girls! ...
Woman's Committee Window Display
February 1918
A window display by the Woman's Committee of the LaCrosse County Council of Defense showing a nurse, an injured soldier, a skeleton and American flags. The display is in the window of Doerflinger's...
Uncle Sam Plowing
Man wearing an Uncle Sam costume plowing with a team of horses for an agricultural extension demonstration. It is likely the event took place during World War I to publicize the importance of agri...
