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The cover of a supplement to Electrical World magazine depicts Lady Liberty standing in a large graveyard with her arms outstretched. Below the image are the last lines in the poem, "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae.

An advertisement for the twenty-third annual Illinois Farmers' Institute and Department of Household Science in Bloomington.

A World War I advertisement details how Americans can "Help Our Brave Ally" by sending funds to the Italian War Relief Fund.

A World War I German propaganda poster shows a man holding a sword in one hand and his wife and child in the other: "War Loan Help the Protectors of Your Happiness."

An American Committee for Relief in the Near East poster depicts a woman and child walking in a ruined city. The Near East was a nineteenth century term for much of the area comprising today's Middle East.

An advertisement for women to attend the Summer Conference of the World Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) at College Camp, Lake Geneva, WI in 1918. Established in England in 1885 to advocate for social and economic improvement for women, the…

Italian General Armando Diaz, Lieutenant General Baron Jacques of Belgium, British Admiral David Beatty, American General John J. Pershing, and Vice President Calvin Coolidge gather for a photo op at the ground breaking ceremony for the construction…

Two men look upon the ruins of the Church of Lucy-le-Bocage in France.

A Navy recruit uses a jackknife to carve a piece for a model ship.

Two gentleman practice aeroplane instruction on models at an unknown location.

Sailors receive naval training.

Sailors smile from atop American submarines stationed at San Diego Bay, California. With German submarines, called U-boats, reeking havoc on Allied Forces and merchant vessels at the beginning of World War I, the United States and other countries…

Returning American troops receive treatment at Debarkation and Convalescent Hospital Number Five in New York City.

American soldiers learn proper pack organization, for carelessness in one thing leads to carelessness in others.

A German procession marches to the parade ground in Berlin.

Soldiers in France work to complete a pontoon bridge.

An advertisement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture offers valuable "information on the raising and care of poultry and eggs."

A soldier stands above the grave of Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States (1901-1909). Quentin flew for the 95th American Aero Squadron in World War I, finally meeting his demise in…

An advertisement from the American Red Cross pleads to Americans to join and help the Allied forces "fighting our fight" during World War I.

A World War I promotion of the Fourth Liberty Loan bond campaign depicts a German soldier abducting a young woman as a town burns in the background.

Navy recruits learn to tie knots.

View of a American submarine in dry dock.

Soldiers in training at Camp Dix, New Jersey, enter mock trenches for tear gas exercises.

An advertisement from the American Red Cross honors the ultimate sacrifice made by three World War I soldiers. Merle David Hay, Thomas Francis Enright, and James Bethel Gresham were the first American soldiers killed in action in France during World…

An advertisement for women to apply for membership in the World Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Land Service Committee. Established in England in 1885 to advocate for social and economic improvement for women, the YWCA became the largest…