American eyewitness accounts of World War I graphics collection, 1917-1919.

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American eyewitness accounts of World War I graphics collection, 1917-1919.

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The collection consists of photographs, broadsides, cartoons, sheet music, and posters concerning World War I. Includes, Abian A. Wallgren's book, Wally: His Cartoons of the A.E.F. (Paris?: Stars and Stripes, 1919), 2 copies; silk broadside: When war clouds hover o'er the land we read of heroes brave (1917 or 1918); a felt wall hanging: "Uncle Sam has our boy," with a silk flag and cabinet card (photographer, A. Hausold, Pittsburgh, Pa.); overpainted photograph of a soldier in uniform (on verso, Mrs. E. Mackley, Weissport, Pa.). Also, handkerchief: Greetings, Camp McClellan, Ala., with a flag border; three broadsides from the U.S. Committee on Candy Conservation; one broadside advertising smileage coupons, which gave soldiers free admittance to theatrical productions that came to National Army and National Guard camps, from the U.S. War Dept. Commission on Training Camp Activities; a two-sided poster: Boy Scouts of America, Help, Our Country Calls, buy Liberty bonds; American Red Cross poster: Put Fighting Blood in Your Business (illustrated by Dan Smith; designed and printed by Thomsen-Ellis Company, Baltimore and N.Y. Also, U.S. Food Administration poster: Save 1 Wheat, use more corn, 2 Meat, use more fish & beans, 3 Fats, use just enough, 4 Sugar, use syrups, and serve the cause of freedom (W.F. Powers Co., Litho., N.Y.); and poster: This synagogue is behind the United War Work Campaign for the boys over there.

14 items (1 box + 3 folders)

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Wallgren, Abian A. (Abian Anders), 1891?-1948

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Wallgren drew cartoons for "The Stars and Stripes," the official newspaper of the American troops in France during World War I, for the American Legion magazine, and for several syndicated comic strips. From the description of Collection, 1917-1947. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122465036 Abian A. Wallgren was an enlisted soldier in the Marine Corps. He was a cartoonist for the Stars and Stripes newspaper for the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E...

Mackley family

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Boy Scouts of America

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The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States of America and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with more than 2.4 million youth participants and nearly one million adult volunteers. The BSA was founded in 1910, and since then, more than 110 million Americans have been participants in BSA programs at some time. The BSA is part of the international Scout Movement and became a founding member organization of the World Or...

Smith, Dan, 1865-1934

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W.F. Powers Co.

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United States. War Dept. Commission on Training Camp Activities.

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United War Work Campaign, Inc.

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United War Work Campaign, an American private organization, coordinated fundraising for World War I war work with American servicemen. The Campaign did fundraising for seven welfare societies: National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations, War Work Council of the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Associations, National Catholic War Council (Knights of Columbus), Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp Community Service, American Library Association, and the Salvation Arm...

Hausold, A.

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United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

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Historical Note American Expeditionary Force The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was the U.S. military force in Europe during World War I. Although a division commanded by General John J. Pershing was sent to France in June 1917, most of the AEF was manned as a result of passage of the Selective Service Act (40 Stat. 76) by the U.S. Congress on 18 May 1917, creating the Selective Service System. The Act gave the president the p...