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  • Subject is exactly "World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States"

Keep 'em going! Every bad locomotive is a Prussian soldier.

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Poster shows German Emperor Wilhelm II being hunted by a US locomotive. Poster includes quote from Director General of Railroads, William Gibbs McAdoo, to the railroad shopmen at Altoona, Pennsylvania, on September 12, 1918: "Every bad locomotive is…

For information regarding employment, call at the local bureau

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Poster showing a soldier holding his "Honorable Discharge," crossing a welcome mat to pass through door of "Bureau for Returning Soldiers and Sailors." Other versions of this poster have the title "Jobs for fighters" and subtitle: "If you need a job,…

"The child at your door"

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Text continues: "400,000 orphans starving, no state aid available--Campaign for $30,000,000." Poster shows a child wearing a scarf on her head.

The American Committee for Relief in the Near East (founded as the American Committee for Armenian and…

Workers lend your strength to the red triangle

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Text continues: "Help the "Y" help the fighters fight - United War Work Campaign - November 11 to 18." Poster showing a mason lifting a stone, "YMCA," with the silhouette of a soldier in the background.

Halt the Hun! Buy U.S. Government bonds, third liberty loan

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American soldier halting German soldier, who is standing over woman holding child.

While there have obviously been veterans as long as America has fought wars, World War I can be seen as a watershed moment in public attitudes toward veterans. On…

Over the top for you - Buy U.S. gov't bonds, Third Liberty Loan

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Poster showing a soldier clutching an American flag.

World War I was fought primarily from entrenched positions. Soldiers from opposing armies dug deep, complicated fortifications on either side of a barren "no man's land," battling back and forth…

The spirit of '18--The world cry, food--Keep the home garden going

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Even before the United States entered the World War I in 1917, American relief organizations were shipping food overseas. On the home front, it was hoped that Americans would adjust their eating habits in such a way as to conserve food that could…

Don't let up--Keep on saving food

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Poster showing an American man, with clenched fists, standing firmly over a collapsed German soldier.

Little Americans do your bit

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Text continues: "Eat oatmeal, corn meal mush: save the wheat for our soldiers: leave nothing on your plate."

Poster depicting a young boy saluting and looking up at bowl of cereal, with the text appearing below the image.