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Agitation which delays our war industries is "made in Germany"

Let us all pull together to win the war quickly / / Phifer.

Poster showing a man "Agitator" shaking hands with and receiving

an Iron Cross from the Kaiser in "Plot Alley."

A tiny bird comments, "He'll get the double cross from him later."

1917

Title continues:

In the first seven months after America's entrance into this war

for human freedom, enemy agitators in our midst caused

283,402 workers to lose 6,285,519 days of production.

Our war industries were heavily handicapped by this unpatriotic strife.

Issued by the National Industrial Conservation Movement,

30 Church Street, New York City.

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

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Thousands of German trophies from the front at the U.S. gov't war exposition

Philip Lyford ; Illinois Litho. Co., Chicago.

Poster showing an American soldier examining German helmets.

Lyford, Philip, 1887-, artist

Actual Army and Navy battles, tanks in action, flying battle planes,

trench warfare, captured German aeroplanes and guns.

1917

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

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Shoot ships to Germany and help America win

Poster showing two ships at sea, the larger one painted in camouflage,

with text quoting Charles M. Schwab.

Treidler, Adolph, 1886-1981, artist

Text continues:

At this shipyard are being built ships to carry to our men "over there" - food, clothing, and the munitions of war.

Without these ships our men will not have an equal chance to fight.

The building of ships is more than a construction job

it is our chance to win the war.

He who gives to his work the best that is in him does his bit as truly

as the man who fights.

Delay means danger.

Are you doing your bit?

Are you giving the best that is in you to help your son, brother,

or pal who is "over there"?

Philadelphia : Publications Section, Emergency Fleet Corporation,

1917

Baltimore : Thomsen-Ellis Co.

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

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Teufel hunden, German nickname for U.S. Marines Devil dog recruiting station, 506 Fifth Street 

Poster showing a bulldog wearing a Marine helmet,

chasing a dachshund wearing a German helmet.

1917

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

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Columbia calls

Enlist now for U.S. Army

designed by Frances Adams Halsted ;

painted by V. Aderente.

Print shows Columbia holding a flag and a sword while standing

on North America on top of a globe.

Includes text of a poem by Halsted in the lower right corner.

Caption label from exhibit "World War I ...":

Frances Adams Halsted (designer) and Vincente Aderente (painter)

Create Columbia Calls.

Convinced that war with Germany was inevitable,

Frances Adams Halsted wrote her poem, Columbia Calls, in 1916.

After America entered the war on April 6, 1917,

Halsted donated both her poem and accompanying image design

to the U.S. War Department.

Three months later, the New York Times announced plans to print 500,000 copies as a poster, intending to use the proceeds to establish

a home for orphaned children of American soldiers and sailors.

Painter Vincent Aderente, who executed Halsted's design,

had emigrated from Italy at age six, studied at the Art Students League

in New York City, and served as an assistant

to muralist Edwin Howland Blashfield.

Aderente, Vincent, approximately 1880-1941, artist

Halsted, Frances Adams, designer

1916

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

Columbia calls

Awake! ye men from dreams of Peace
Nor sleep when danger’s near,
But flight Old Glory to the breeze
There are no cowards here!

Our fathers fought; like heroes died,
For years their blood they gave
That honor, home and Peace be ours:
Awake! Thy country save!

Our flag for honor ever stands
To lift the weak, to lead the free.
America, our blessed land,
Is calling, calling thee.

From North to South; from Sea to Sea
I hear the answering cry;
‘Thy sons forever shall be free
For thee will live and die!’

Then flight Old Glory to the main
Beneath her stars enroll,
For cowardice shall never stain
The glory of her folds.

The Stars and Stripes shall lead us on
A mighty host for right –
That Peace shall reign forevermore
And war from Earth take flight.

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Save Serbia our ally.

Send contributions to Serbian Relief Committee of America

Views of Serbian soldiers and civilians as they migrate into the mountains.

The remains of the Serbian nation, approximately 700,000 people,

who after their severe defeat by the Austro-German army,

fled to the mountains of Albania in the winter of 1915

with many thousands perishing along the way.

Steinlen,

Théophile Alexandre, 1859-1923, artist

Paris : Lapina,

1916

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

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Verboten!

Flapper balancing on one leg on foot stool in her apartment;

cover of "Pro-German Number."

1916

Color halftone repro. of drawing by Ralph Barton.

Illus. in: Puck, 1916 Sept. 23, cover.

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

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

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Easy to work

Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935, artist

1916

Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

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Devil doffing top hat to Kaiser Wilhelm

Herford, Oliver, 1863-1935, artist

1917

Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress)

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Root Beer Rich in the Liberty Barrel

1917

Source of Photograph: National Archives, RG-165, Medical Dept. - Hospitals.

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An Irish goose step

Political cartoon listing

Irish-Americans who allegedly sympathize with Germany in World War I:

Joseph MacGarrity, Phila; John P. Keating, Chicago, and Jeremiah O'Leary.

1916 Oct.

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

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Germany watches!

The war ends quickest with the Liberty Loan soonest sold

Do your bit and do it now!

Poster showing a German helmet with a question mark superimposed.

1917

Any bank, banker or trust company will furnish full details and accept your subscription.

Or, ask your employer how you can subscribe your share.

Or, the folder of complete information will be mailed free by the Liberty Loan Committee,

Third Federal District, 108 South Fourth St., Philadelphia.

Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection

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

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In the White House attic, a find

Bradley pictures Wilson sitting in a cob-webbed White House attic,

rummaging through a trunk full of memorabilia belonging to former President Theodore Roosevelt.

He pulls out Roosevelt's famous "Big Stick" from the trunk exclaiming,

"Just the thing for my new Knock-Him-Down policy!"

Other memorabilia includes a framed portrait of the former president,

a copy of Roosevelt's book of essays and addresses entitled,

The Strenuous Life (1900),

a tennis racket, a sword, spurs, a sign marked "Delighted," and other paraphernalia.

Bradley, Luther Daniels, 1853-1917, artist

Satirical portrayal of President Woodrow Wilson

getting tough with his foreign policy toward Germany.

While most of Europe was involved in war,

the United States was still trying to maintain a policy of neutrality.

1916

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

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