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GERMANY

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Die Betlehem Steel-Company in Amerika

Print shows an old man (Woodrow Wilson?) in a hood,

wearing slippers, and carrying two bells with deaths-head clappers.

The handles of the bells are crucifixes.

1915

Published in:

Kriegszeit Künstlerflugblätter. Berlin : Verlag Paul Cassier, no. 49, 28 July 1915.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Unser Kaiser an sein Volk / E. Kaempster.

Poster shows St. George slaying a dragon.

Text, under heading

"Our Emperor to his people"

is a proclamation issued by Kaiser Wilhelm II on July 31, 1914,

concerning the advent of war, the coming struggle,

and the need to pray for God's help for the soldiers.

Poster was issued for the benefit of the Red Cross.

Kaempster, Edward, 1859-, artist

Breslau : Verlag von Wilh. Gottl. Korn, 1914

(Breslau : Steindruck von Richard Speer, 1914)

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Bulgaren-Held;

Zigarettenfabrik Menes, Wiesbaden

Poster shows a German soldier smoking.

Poster is an advertisement

for cigarettes produced by Menes Cigarette Factory, Wiesbaden, Germany.

Hohlwein, Ludwig, 1874-1949, artist

Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner

München : Fritz Maison

1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Bis zum letzten Hauch ...

Poster showing an eagle perched on a German flag.

Text encourages people

to donate to the war fund on the anniversary of the Battle of Tannenberg.

Bernhard, Lucian, artist

Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner

Berlin : Hollerbaum & Schmidt

1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Volkspende für die deutschen Kriegs-und Zivil-Gefangenen

Poster shows a soldier standing next to prison bars;

in background a large red heart.

Text:

People's Fund for German War and Civil Prisoners

Hohlwein, Ludwig, 1874-1949, artist

Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Volkspende für die deutschen Kriegs-und Zivil-Gefangenen ...

Poster shows a soldier standing next to prison bars;

in the background a large red heart.

Text:

People's Fund for German War and Civil Prisoners.

Collection days: July 1 - 7, 1916.

Hohlwein, Ludwig, 1874-1949, artist

Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner

München : Fritz Maison

1916

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Der Amerikanische Weihnachtsmann

Print shows a skeleton, draped in the American flag,

handing ammunition from a box marked Bethlehem Steel Company

to African and Indian soldiers firing at German soldiers.

 In the lower right corner a vignette showing a grieving German mother

holding her child.

Surrounding them is a laurel wreath with Iron Cross;

below, a cemetery with crosses and German helmets.

A poem by H. Vogel accompanies the picture.

1915

Print is a magazine illustration.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Der deutsche Schmied, ein vaterländisches Spiel ...

Poster shows a blacksmith with a raised hammer.

Text is advertisement

for a play to benefit the War Aid, organized by Berlin Military Headquarters.

Location, performance days, times, performers and other details are given.

Oppenheim, Louis, artist

Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner

Berlin : Kunstanstalt Weylandt,

1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Zum Besten der Kriegsnotspende ...

drei mittelalterliche Volksspiele ...

Spiel vom Sündenfalle,

Totentanz,

Theophilus der Urfaust ...

Poster shows head of a man wearing a medieval head covering and a robe.

Text is advertisement

for a theatrical performance of three popular medieval plays

The Fall from Grace;

Dance of Death;

and Theophilus the pre-Faust,

 to benefit the War Emergency Fund.

Additional details are given.

Lehmann, H., artist

Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner

Leipzig : Kunstanstalt H.F. Jütte,

1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Ausstellung Bayerischer Kriegsbeute zu gunsten des Roten Kreuzes

Poster shows an armor breast plate and helmet;

 in background a display of flags marked RF (Républque Franc̦aise).

Text announces an exhibit of Bavarian war spoils to benefit the Red Cross.

Stuck, Franz von, 1863-1928, artist

Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner

München: Kunstanstalt Klein & Volbert,

1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Der Britleu

Print shows a small sea-lion,

representing Great Britain, wrapped in the American flag.

The cartoon refers to the British defeat by Turkey in the Dardanelles campaign, 1915.

Gaul, August, 1869-1921, artist

Published in:

Kriegszeit Künstlerflugblätter. Berlin : Verlag Paul Cassier, no. 27, 17 Feb. 1915.

1915

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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L'Entente Cordiale 1915

Depiction of Britain as a spider, German eagle sitting overhead,

Uncle Sam and two others tied up in web in background.

The Entente Cordiale was a diplomatic agreement

signed in 1904 by France and Great Britain

which adjusted the colonial disputes between the two countries,

and paved the way for Anglo-French co-operation against German expansion

in Europe and in the colonial world.

Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner

s.n., 1915

Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Altonaer Kriegshilfe Blumentag

Poster showing two cherubs decorating a German helmet with garlands of flowers.

Text:

Altona's War Relief Flower Day.

Poster also announces opening of the Flower Exhibit at the Kaiserhof.

Battermann, Wilhelm, 1872-, artist

Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Ausstellung für Kriegsfürsorge, Cöln,

August-September 1916;

Kriegsbeschädigten-fürsorge, Berufs-Ausbildung und Umbildung

Poster shows two wounded German soldiers,

one with arm in a sling, the other with a crutch.

Text announces an exhibition in Cologne to raise money for wounded veterans.

Hoeltz, Ilse, artist

Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner

Köln : M. Dumont Schauberg, 1916.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Aufwärts, Oberbayerische Flugspende

Poster shows the profile of a German pilot.

Text: Onwards, Upper Bavarian Aviation Fund.

Erler, Fritz, 1868-1940, artist

Rehse Archiv für Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, DLC, former owner

München : Dr. C. Wolf u. Sohn

1916

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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