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- 1778-1783. America owes France the most unalterable gratitude : 1917- -- . French Comrade your children shall be as our children.
- Black and white drawing of a soldier saluting the grave of another soldier. A weeping boy and a girl kneeling in prayer are at his sides. In the sky to the upper right there is a faint drawing of a row of soldiers standing guard and a commander on horseback.
- 2me Emprunt de la Défense Nationale : en avant, armée de l'épargne, c'est pour la patrie.
- A crowd of people hands money to a woman draped in a blue, white, and red French flag and wearing a helmet. The woman stands in front of a winged statue of liberty ("La Marseillaise"). The stairs around her are littered with bills, coins, and money bags. A small cherub figure in a helmet sits near the woman's feet.
- 3e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale, Crédit Lyonnais : souscrivez.
- A soldier holds a flag that says "LIBERTE" over a large globe as if to plant the flag on France. Red liquid drips from Europe and down the exterior of the globe to the ground.
- 3e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale : souscrivez : pour la France qui combat! Pour celle qui chaque jour grandit.
- A bearded man in a blue coat and helmet holds a young child in his arms. In front of him, a mother is seated and breastfeeding an infant. The man and child are illustrated in color, while the image of the mother and infant is a black pencil drawing.
- 4e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale : les souscriptions sont reçues sans frais à la Banque Privée ....
- In the forefront is a drawing of a drummer boy marching with a look of surprise on his face. Hovering above and behind him is a female figure in a long dress. In the background are soldiers carrying tattered flags.
- American Library Association, Library War Service
- Poster showing numerous scenes of activities sponsored by the American Library Association Library War Service, including interiors and exteriors of facilities, and military personnel reading and studying.
- Americans all!: Victory Liberty Loan.
- Painting of a woman in a yellow gown, with left arm raised holding a laurel wreath. With her right hand she grasps a large U.S. flag which is hanging behind her.
- And they thought we couldn't fight: Victory Liberty Loan.
- Color illustration of a wounded yet smiling soldier. His uniform sleeves are tattered, and he is bloodied and bandaged; he wears a helmet and carries three enemy helmets in his hands, in addition to his rifle. A barbed wire fence and the ruins of a building can be seen in the background.
- [Battle field on Argonne]
- Postcard with an illustration of the battlefield at Argonne.
- Be patriotic: sign your country's pledge to save the food.
- Color poster of a woman with her hands extended toward the viewer. She is wearing an dress that appears to be made from a draped U.S. flag, and a cap of a stars-and-stripes motif.
- Beat back the Hun with Liberty Bonds
- Poster depicts a German solider with blood-stained fingers and bayonet.
- Building for health : Bureau of Social Education, Y.W.C.A.
- Color poster of a woman holding an infant. The woman has dark hair worn in a bun, and wears a long yellow dress. In the background is a blue inverted triangle (YWCA symbol) with a caduceus (medical symbol) and book.
- Buy bonds : Third Liberty Loan
- Window decal advertising the Third Liberty Loan.
- Buy Liberty Bonds.
- Color poster with picture frame drawn as border. Profile of a bust of Abraham Lincoln is in center.
- He can win! : the Federal Board provides training : consult the local Red Cross Home Service Section.
- Color poster of a soldier in uniform, sitting at a desk holding a pipe in one hand and a pencil in his other hand. On the desk are drafting tools, an ink pot, and a paper with drawings. A large Red Cross symbol appears in the top right corner of the picture. (There is a large white spot on the soldier's forehead; Library of Congress catalog describes him as "injured".)
- Cardinal Mercier has appealed to the Food Administration for more food for starving millions.
- A color image of Cardinal Mercier's head and shoulders is centered on the top half of the poster. He has gray hair and blue eyes, and wears a red garment with a white collar. The bottom half of the poster is all text.
- Le Cardinal Mercier protège la Belgique.
- Illustration of Cardinal Mercier in a gold cape and mitre (headdress). He holds a staff in his left hand. A fallen man is slumped over at his feet and there is a crowd of people behind him, most of whom appear to be women. The Cardinal is depicted in color and the other people are depicted in black & white.
- Comptoir National D'escompte de Paris : Emprunt National 1918 : pour hâter la Victoire, et pour nous revoir bientôt, souscrivez!
- Color poster of two women smiling. The woman on the left is wearing a large black Alsatian headdress ("coiffe alsacienne"). She is raising one arm in the air as if to salute and has her other arm around the shoulder of the other woman. The woman on the right is holding flowers. She wears a white bonnet and a shawl, typical of the region of Lorraine. Both women wear blue-white-and-red rosettes on their headwear. A bird flies at the lower left side of the picture. (Alsace-Lorraine was a part of France ceded to the German Empire in 1871. It was reverted to France at the end of the First World War.)
- Crédit Lyonnais : souscrivez au 4e Emprunt National.
- Naked man wearing sword belt and helmet lunges to the right with sword extended against an eagle and pulling a French flag from its beak.
- [Dead mans hill]
- Postcard of a hill with very little grass, the text at the bottom reads, "Dead Mans Hill Verdun."
- An die deutschen frauen!
- Instructions to the women of Germany, urging them to provide assistance and support in the war effort. Text is in a medieval-style font.
- [Don't forget me]
- Postcard to Mrs. Louise Carper, 818 Austin St., Houston, Texas from M.S.E. John Carper, Signal Corps. The front of the postcard has a quote that reads, "Don't forget me little girlie no matter where I roam, but think of the day the band will play when Johnnie comes marching home." The handwriting on the back of the card reads, "June-16-18. I'm well and like France very much, but oh, you U.S.A. Jack."
- Eat more corn, oats and rye products-- ... : eat less wheat, meat, sugar and fats, to save for the Army and our allies.
- Color poster depicts a variety of foods on a table: a whole fish on a plate, a bowl of fruit, vegetables, a basket of corn, poultry, and a loaf of bread. The table is brown and the poster background is green.
- Emprunt de la Libération : on les a : souscrivez à la London County & Westminster Bank (Paris) Ltd.
- Lithograph of 3 soldiers in battle. One is wearing a Scottish uniform with kilt. A tall soldier with a mustache wears a French uniform and holds his helmet in the air. Another in the background wears an olive/khaki uniform (British or U.S.) with helmet, and is pointing a rifle. An explosion can be seen in the background on the left.
- [Entrée des Français à Forbach]
- Blank postcard with a photograph of a gathering of military men in France.
- [Envelope addressed to Joel D. Wrotan in Greenville, MS]
- Envelope addressed to Joel D. Wrotan in Greenville, MS, labeled "Conditions in Vicksburg 1941," from the State Historical Collection at North Texas State Teachers College in Denton, Texas.
- [Federal Food Administration - Dallas Texas]
- A blank food administration pledge card.
- Feed a fighter : eat only what you need-- waste nothing-- that he and his family may have enough.
- Charcoal drawing of a soldier sitting in a trench, drinking out of a cup. Other soldiers can be seen in the background. At the top right corner of the poster is the round seal of the U.S. Food Administration (shield with flag motif surrounded by wheat stalks).
- [Field service postcard]
- A pre-printed field service postcard. The postcard has explicit instructions on how to fill out, saying the postcard will be destroyed if extra information is added, and to include only a date and signature. The handwriting at the bottom of the postcard is signed by John H. Carper and dated August 16, 1918. Carper has crossed out generated sentences, stating he is quite well and has received someone's letter dated July 18, 1918. On the back of the postcard, the addressee is Mrs. John H. Carper at 818 Austin St., Houston, Texas.
- Fight or buy bonds : Third Liberty Loan.
- Color poster depicts a woman dressed in a white gown and holding a U.S. flag in the air. Troops march in the background, also carrying a U.S. flag.
- Food will win the war : you came here seeking freedom, you must now help to preserve it : wheat is needed for the Allies, waste nothing.
- Color poster of people standing on a boat or shoreline near the sea. They appear to be European immigrants. In the foreground, a man appears to be pleading with a woman holding a basket of food. In the background can be seen part of a large ship, the Statue of Liberty, and a rainbow stretching across the New York skyline. A man waves his cap in that direction.
- For home and country : Victory Liberty Loan.
- Color image of a happy military family. A soldier holds his young son in one arm while embracing his wife with the other. A helmet hangs on a long cord around the soldier's neck. The child smiles and embraces the soldier while the wife admires a medal attached to the soldier's uniform.
- "Good bye, Dad, I'm off to fight for Old Glory, you buy U.S. gov't bonds" : Third Liberty Loan.
- Color illustration of a young man, in uniform holding a rifle, shaking the hand of an elderly man with white hair and beard wearing matching gray pants and vest and a white shirt with a bow tie. There is a landscape of farms in the distance. There is a blue border around the picture.
- Halt the Hun! : buy U.S. government bonds, Third Liberty Loan.
- Drawing of an Allied Forces soldier pushing a German soldier away from a frightened woman who is holding a small child in her lap. The German soldier has blood on his hands. Red flames rise from the ground in the background.
- [Hello, just got back]
- Postcard from the Jewish Welfare Board and the United States Army and Navy, with an illustration of a solider coming back on United States soil. The pre-printed text reads, "Hello - Just got back. Am Feeling great, will write soon again" with a blank space labeled "Going to Camp ___."
- Help our town win this flag, 4th Liberty Loan honor roll of subscribers
- Poster showing flag of four vertical blue stripes on a white ground with a wide red border, with spaces below numbered 1 to 100 to record names of bond purchasers.
- Help yourself : get up in the world by steady saving.
- All lettered poster with text in black, encouraging the public to save by buying War Savings Stamps, Treasury Savings Certificates, and Liberty Bonds.
- "Hey Fellows!" Your money brings the book we need when we want it : American Library Association, United War Work Campaign, Week of November 11, 1918.
- Poster showing one soldier in green holding a book and calling out, and a sailor in white sitting on the ground reading. The background is orange. There are silhouettes of 3 soldiers behind them.
- Honor roll, the following patriotic men and women in this organization have invested in the Victory Liberty Loan
- Poster showing a flag of blue "V" on white field with a wide red border, and spaces numbered 1 to 100 for listing bond purchasers.
- Keep him free, buy war savings stamps issued by the United States Treasury Dept.
- American eagle with war planes taking off from its nest.
- Keep it coming ... : waste nothing.
- Color poster shows a convoy of green food-supply trucks driving through snow. A soldier in a long coat and helmet appears to be directing the trucks. In the lower left corner is the seal of the U.S. Food Administration.
- [Letter from a Army Wife to a Adjutant of the Army]
- A letter from an unidentified army wife, self-described as "World War Wife" to a Adjutant of the Army where her husband is stationed, circa 1918. In the letter she is requesting the money that her husband is making while in the army to afford clothing and food for her family.
- [Letter from Chaplain J. E. Doherty to Miss Shafford, October 13, 1918]
- Letter from Chaplain J. E. Doherty to Miss Shafford, October 13, 1918. In the letter, Doherty is inquiring about their friend in the war and their well-being. Writteno on the envelope reads "Letter, 1918, With U.S. Flag On it, Concerning the well-being of a friend of Miss Shafford in World War".
- [Letter from Haskell E. Dishman to his Mother, November 8, 1918]
- Letter from Haskell E. Dishman to his Mother, November 8th, 1918 from somewhere in France. Dishman writes to his mother that he is mobile again after being bed-ridden for two weeks.
- [Letter from Haskell E. Dishman to his Mother, November 8, 1918]
- Letter from Haskell E. Dishman to his Mother, November 8, 1919, written from somewhere in France. In his letter, Dishman tells his mother that he is getting around after two weeks in bed.
- [Letter from Lt. Mack, B. Hodges to his parents, July 2, 1919]
- Letter from Lt. Mack B. Hodges to his parents, July 2, 1919, letting his parents know that he is fine and doing well and that he will write them more letters.
- [Letter from Mrs. A. F. Smith to Dr. J. E. Stover, December 2, 1918]
- Letter from Mrs. A. F. Smith to Dr. J. E. Stover, December 2, 1918, in regards to a picture of her son, and wanting the picture returned.
- [Letter from Sam T. Williams to his Mother and family, November 6, 1918]
- Letter from Sam T. Williams to his Mother, Ida Williams and family, November 6, 1918. Envelope addressed to Mrs. Ida Williams, 1919-01-06.
- [Letter from Sergeant B. F. Loveless to Ed Bradley, December 22, 1918]
- Letter from Sergeant B. F. Loveless to Ed Bradley discussing what the war is like for Loveless.
- [Letter to Mr. Ed Bradly, April 16, 1919]
- Letter to Ed Bradley discussing the unknown author's time overseas during World War I.