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

Navy recruits learn to tie knots.

Navy recruits form to create a live version of their base insignia and to celebrate reaching 100,000 recruits trained at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station during World War I.

Sailors undergo diving training.

Girls drum corps marches in formation while being reviewed by Navy personnel.

Soldiers onboard a transport ship.

1st Illinois Cavalry, Troop L, in saber drill at Brownsville, Texas.

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

An advertisement from the U.S. government calls on women to preserve material and save money to help the country during World War I.

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.

A World War I advertisement calls on those who are not serving their country to fulfill their duty by purchasing War Saving Stamps.

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.

This book details the efforts made during World War I to send reading materials to soldiers, sailors, and marines fighting overseas. The author, Theodore Wesley Koch, a librarian in the Library of Congress during World War I, assisted in the efforts…

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

An advertisement from the American Red Cross seeks aid from the people of Sangamon County for "Our boys at the front" during World War I.

A World War I poster depicts a soldier leaving to fulfill his duty to his country.

A World War I poster extols the dedication of African American soldiers.

A Navy press release that chronicles a Navy Custom, "Christmas Cheer for the Kiddies!"

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

An advertisement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture asks people to do their share and help feed themselves during World War I.

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

An advertisement promoting pastor Paul Rader and his famous World War I address. Rader was an evangelist and Harvard graduate whose Chicago pastorates included, Moody Memorial Church (1915-1921), and Chicago Gospel Tabernacle (1922-1933).

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

An advertisement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture offers valuable information on poultry raising in the fall and winter seasons.

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."