Snapshots of the Past

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395 historic pictures in the Military collection, in 13 sections, part of Subjects. Each one can be ordered as a print or licensed, and the collection is a starting point for telling stories about the past.

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Red Cross YMCA

Think what you can afford to give, then double it--A life may depend on it, do you dare do less? All of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief.Think what you can afford to give, then double it--A life may depend on it, do you dare do ([1917])Help the Red Cross / Herman Roeg.Help the Red Cross / Herman Roeg. ([1917])In the name of mercy give! / Albert Herter.In the name of mercy give! / Albert Herter. ([1917])Wilson, Taft, Roosevelt and other national leaders indorse [sic] Y.M.C.A. work [...] / J. F. Butler ; Globe Lithographing Company, New York.Wilson, Taft, Roosevelt and other national leaders indorse [sic] Y.M.C.A. work [...] / J. ([1917])General Pershing cables No other organization since the world began has ever done such great constructive work with the efficiencyGeneral Pershing cables No other organization since the world began has ever done such gre (POS - WWI - US, no. )At the sign of the red triangle--The Y.M.C.A. keeps the home ties from breaking Help take the red triangle to our boys--Many will give their lives--All can give their money / John F. Butler ; Globe Lithographing Company, New York.At the sign of the red triangle--The Y.M.C.A. keeps the home ties from breaking Help take ([1917])War-zone home for our boys over there"--Always at the service of our brave troops Help keep these home fires burning--Some are giving thousandsWar-zone home for our boys over there"--Always at the service of our brave troops Help kee (LC-USZC4-8377 (color)The last evidence that anybody cares" says a soldier "over there" of the Y.M.C.A. dugout The Y.M.C.A. is our boys' "Big Brother" [...] What will you give to show them that somebody cares - that you care?/ John F. Butler ; Globe Lithographing CompanyThe last evidence that anybody cares" says a soldier "over there" of the Y.M.C.A. dugout T ([1917])While someone gives his life, what are you giving? Think a minute All of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief.While someone gives his life, what are you giving? Think a minute All of the Red Cross War ([1917])A little starving child brought back to life, because you went without some luxury All of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief.A little starving child brought back to life, because you went without some luxury All of ([1917])If you knew a day's pay would save a life, would you give one day a month? All of the Red Cross War Fund goes for war relief.If you knew a day's pay would save a life, would you give one day a month? All of the Red ([1917])Will you help? The Red Cross counts on you / Woodward, St. Louis.Will you help? The Red Cross counts on you / Woodward, St. Louis. ([1917])Read these facts about your American Red Cross Its purpose, to care for our soldiers and sailors [...], to shorten the war [...], to lay foundations for an enduring peace [...].Read these facts about your American Red Cross Its purpose, to care for our soldiers and s ([1917])The greatest mother in the world / A. E. Foringer.The greatest mother in the world / A. E. Foringer. ([1917])Third Red Cross roll call / Haskell Coffin.Third Red Cross roll call / Haskell Coffin. ([1918])Verdun, road to Y.M.C.A. canteen / A.K.S. ; sketched on spot by Y.M.C.A. sec[retar]y ; Coquemer imp. Paris.Verdun, road to Y.M.C.A. canteen / A.K.S. ; sketched on spot by Y.M.C.A. sec[retar]y ; Coq ([1917])Facing the future Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service--See that your man takes it--Ask the Red Cross / C. F. Chambers.Facing the future Uncle Sam offers training to every man disabled in the service--See that ([1919])

1812

Perry's victory / T. Birch.Perry's victory / T. Birch. ([ca. 1814])Battle of Lake ErieBattle of Lake Erie (c1911.)The Battle of Lake Erie, Commodore O.H. Perry's VictoryThe Battle of Lake Erie, Commodore O.H. Perry's Victory

Battlefields - Battles

InvincibleInvincible (c1887.)Death of a carrier.Death of a carrier. (c1944.)

French Indian

Attack of the Seminoles on the block houseAttack of the Seminoles on the block house ([Charleston, S.C. : )The siege of New Ulm, Minn. / painted by H. Aug. Schwabe.The siege of New Ulm, Minn. / painted by H. Aug. Schwabe. (c1902.)

Mexican

Battle of New OrleansBattle of New Orleans (c1890.)The Long Island Railroad: Pain's Great War Spectacle, Siege of Vera Cruz posterThe Long Island Railroad: Pain's Great War Spectacle, Siege of Vera Cruz postermexican american war postermexican american war poster

World War II

[2 patriotic slogans c1942 by Alfred Anderson: We'll always remember Pearl Harbor"; same as 49724 but without the "Vs" and with more white lilies]"[2 patriotic slogans c1942 by Alfred Anderson: We'll always remember Pearl Harbor"; same aAvenge December 7 / Bernard Perlin.Avenge December 7 / Bernard Perlin. (Washington, D.C. : O)Remember Dec. 7th! / Allen Saalburg.Remember Dec. 7th! / Allen Saalburg. (Washington, D.C. : O)ERP. Marshall-plan neues leben für EuropaERP. Marshall-plan neues leben für Europa ([between 1947 and 19)Taxis to hell - and backTaxis to hell - and back (1944)Remember last December! - that free peoples may not perish from this earth" Enlist in your Navy today / John Falter USNR."Remember last December! - that free peoples may not perish from this earth" Enlist in your ([19]42.)Soldiers marching beneath a giant American flag in a paradeSoldiers marching beneath a giant American flag in a parade[Winston Churchill, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / /Elliott & Fry, London.[Winston Churchill, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front] / /Elliott & Fry, London. (1919)

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