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Women of US Navy Lot 10944-1 (20243992491)

Women of US Navy Lot 10944-1 (20243992491)

Lot 10944-1: “A Sailor’s Farwell”. Sailor was going to USS Recruit. Recruit was a wooden mockup of a dreadnought battleship constructed by the U.S. navy in Manhattan, New York City. Used as a recruiting tool... More

US Navy in World War I Lot 10944-2 (19617312143)

US Navy in World War I Lot 10944-2 (19617312143)

Lot 10944-2: Norman Louis Martinson - Young Sailor Martinson was on USS Recruit. Recruit was a wooden mockup of a dreadnought battleship constructed by the U.S. navy in Manhattan, New York City. Used as a re... More

Miss O. Harriman and young sailors on board USS Recruit, New York, 1917-1920 (20212162496)

Miss O. Harriman and young sailors on board USS Recruit, New York, 191...

Lot 10944-5: Miss Harriman and young sailors on board USS Recruit. Recruit was a wooden mockup of a dreadnought battleship constructed by the U.S. navy in Manhattan, New York City. Used as a recruiting tool ... More

Acetylene welding on cylinder water jacket., 1918 - NARA - 530779

Acetylene welding on cylinder water jacket., 1918 - NARA - 530779

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 544 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

American Protective League to U. S. Food Administration re, Carl A. Rink - NARA - 295923

American Protective League to U. S. Food Administration re, Carl A. Ri...

Scope and content: This letter was received by the California Food Administrator from the American Protective League. The League was a patriotic organization that spied on individuals and businesses and report... More

American Protective League to U. S. Food Administration re, Frank J. Foran - NARA - 295922

American Protective League to U. S. Food Administration re, Frank J. F...

Scope and content: This letter was received by the California Food Administrator from the American Protective League. The League was a patriotic organization that spied on individuals and businesses and report... More

American Protective League to U. S. Food Administration re, Henry Voss - NARA - 295926

American Protective League to U. S. Food Administration re, Henry Voss...

Scope and content: This letter was received by the California Food Administrator from the American Protective League. The League was a patriotic organization that spied on individuals and businesses and report... More

American Protective League to U. S. Food Administration re, J. W. Riess - NARA - 295928

American Protective League to U. S. Food Administration re, J. W. Ries...

Scope and content: This letter was received by the California Food Administrator from the American Protective League. The League was a patriotic organization that spied on individuals and businesses and report... More

American Protective League to U. S. Food Administration re, Rice Sales - NARA - 295925

American Protective League to U. S. Food Administration re, Rice Sales...

Scope and content: This letter was received by the California Food Administrator from the American Protective League. The League was a patriotic organization that spied on individuals and businesses and report... More

American Protective League to U. S. Food Administration re, The Java Restaurant - NARA - 295924

American Protective League to U. S. Food Administration re, The Java R...

Scope and content: This letter was received by the California Food Administrator from the American Protective League. The League was a patriotic organization that spied on individuals and businesses and report... More

Building ships for the U.S. Navy at Hog Island, Pennsylvania. Group Number 1 from tower. U.S. Shipping Board., 04-29-191 - NARA - 533741

Building ships for the U.S. Navy at Hog Island, Pennsylvania. Group Nu...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 540 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Celebrations for soldiers. Kalamazoo, Michigan. (African American) troops leaving. - NARA - 533611

Celebrations for soldiers. Kalamazoo, Michigan. (African American) tro...

Public domain image related to the United States participation in World War One, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conserving food. Combing the wilds of Northern Michigan for wild game is one method of conservation employed in that... - NARA - 533645

Conserving food. Combing the wilds of Northern Michigan for wild game ...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 571 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

English women in munition factory. Women and men working in storage shed for large shells. In most of the munition cente - NARA - 522871

English women in munition factory. Women and men working in storage sh...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 547 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Food for France Fund booth at Connecticut State Fair, Hartford, Connecticut, week of September 3, Housewives' Army... - NARA - 512431

Food for France Fund booth at Connecticut State Fair, Hartford, Connec...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 569 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Girl bootblack, Hotel McAlpin, New York. - NARA - 533757

Girl bootblack, Hotel McAlpin, New York. - NARA - 533757

Public domain image related to the United States participation in World War One, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Girls deliver ice. Heavy work that formerly belonged to men only is being done by girls. The ice girls are delivering... - NARA - 533758

Girls deliver ice. Heavy work that formerly belonged to men only is be...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Has eleven sons in service. Ike Sims of Atlanta, Georgia, 87 years old, has eleven sons in the serv . . . - NARA - 533583

Has eleven sons in service. Ike Sims of Atlanta, Georgia, 87 years old...

Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: Has eleven sons in service. Ike Sims of Atlanta, Georgia, 87 years old, has eleven sons in the service. General notes: Use War and Conflict Num... More

Home Again. Returning soldiers on the Agamemnon. Hoboken, N.J. Troops arriving from France, circa 1919, ca. 1900 - 1982 - NARA - 530793

Home Again. Returning soldiers on the Agamemnon. Hoboken, N.J. Troops ...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 716 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Honoring men about to leave. (African American) women open a club for their men in the service, New . . . - NARA - 533535

Honoring men about to leave. (African American) women open a club for ...

Scope and content: The full caption for this item is as follows: Honoring men about to leave. [African American] women open a club for their men in the service, Newark, New Jersey. General notes: Use War and ... More

Mother escorting her son to train, who is bound for camp. Newark, New Jersey. Mayor's Office, Newark., ca. 1918 - NARA - 533735

Mother escorting her son to train, who is bound for camp. Newark, New ...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 437 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Nebraska State Council of Defense. Townsend Studio, ca. 1918 - NARA - 533710

Nebraska State Council of Defense. Townsend Studio, ca. 1918 - NARA - ...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 505 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Patriotic old women make flags. Born in Hungary, Galicia, Russia, Germany, Rumania. Their flag-making instructor, Rose R - NARA - 533657

Patriotic old women make flags. Born in Hungary, Galicia, Russia, Germ...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 504 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Photograph of Women Suffragettes - NARA - 533765

Photograph of Women Suffragettes - NARA - 533765

Scope and content: Original caption: Women suffragettes enrolling their willingness to aid their country when hostilities broke out between Germany and the United States.

Potatoes in Iowa become "the newest fighting corps" on the domestic front - NARA - 283501

Potatoes in Iowa become "the newest fighting corps" on the domestic fr...

Scope and content: An imaginative store window display of "The Potatriots;" includes three signs with slogans, flags, and anthropomorphic potatoes.

Riveter at work at Hog Island Shipyard. Pennsylvania, 1918. Kadel & Herbert., 1917 - 1919 - NARA - 533745

Riveter at work at Hog Island Shipyard. Pennsylvania, 1918. Kadel & He...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 534 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

School children holding one of the large heads of cabbage raised in the War garden of Public School 88, Borough of Queen - NARA - 533646

School children holding one of the large heads of cabbage raised in th...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 562 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Soldiers and sailors tearing up a flag carried by Socialists during their peace demonstration in Boston - NARA - 533641

Soldiers and sailors tearing up a flag carried by Socialists during th...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Some of the employees. All wear bloomers. Hope Webbing Company., ca. 1918 - NARA - 533661

Some of the employees. All wear bloomers. Hope Webbing Company., ca. 1...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 546 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Stage Women's War Relief. Peggy O'Neil has supplied hundreds of American children with yarn and knitting needles to knit - NARA - 533752

Stage Women's War Relief. Peggy O'Neil has supplied hundreds of Americ...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 550 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Tacking up U.S. Food Administration posters at Mobile, Alabama., ca. 1918 - NARA - 533644

Tacking up U.S. Food Administration posters at Mobile, Alabama., ca. 1...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 566 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

The "Human Squirrel" who did many daring "stunts" in climbing for benefit of War Relief Funds in New York City. He is sh - NARA - 533754

The "Human Squirrel" who did many daring "stunts" in climbing for bene...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 521 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

These guns will soon be spouting the fire of victory. Right now they are being placed into position for review at... - NARA - 512435

These guns will soon be spouting the fire of victory. Right now they a...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 458 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Twenty five Indians from the Carlisle Indian College, Pennsylvania, are learning to build ships in the greatest shipyard - NARA - 533744

Twenty five Indians from the Carlisle Indian College, Pennsylvania, ar...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 537 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

U.S. Food Administration sign, Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1917-18., 1917 - ca. 1920 - NARA - 512432

U.S. Food Administration sign, Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1917-18., 19...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 568 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Women electric welders at Hog Island shipyard. These are the first women to be engaged in actual ship construction, in t - NARA - 533763

Women electric welders at Hog Island shipyard. These are the first wom...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 536 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Women of Boston are lending a helping hand in the drive for peach stones, which are being used by the Government in... - NARA - 533787

Women of Boston are lending a helping hand in the drive for peach ston...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 570 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Women taking place of men on Great Northern Railway at Great Falls. Montana, circa 1918. Great Falls Commercial Club., 1 - NARA - 533760

Women taking place of men on Great Northern Railway at Great Falls. Mo...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 543 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Women workers in ordnance shops, Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company, Nicetown, Pennsylvania. Hand chipping with pneumati - NARA - 530774

Women workers in ordnance shops, Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company, N...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 545 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Display of canned goods created by the Boys and Girls World War I Canning Clubs

Display of canned goods created by the Boys and Girls World War I Cann...

Title: Display of canned goods created by the Boys and Girls World War I Canning Clubs.

Ceremonies - New York - Greatest of American Red Cross parades marching down 5th Ave., N.Y.C. Oct. 4, 1917. Parade passing the New york Public Library, 42nd Street and Fifth Ave - NARA - 23923257

Ceremonies - New York - Greatest of American Red Cross parades marchin...

Scope and content: Date Taken: 10/4/1917. - Photographer: Kadel & Herbert

Ceremonies - New York City - 350 Belgian soldiers visited N.Y. City enroute from Russia where they have been fighting, and paraded down Fifth Avenue - NARA - 23921901
Ceremonies - New York City - Mayor Hyland of New York City reviewing the 350 Belgian soldiers who visited the city on their way home from Siberia - NARA - 23921873
Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New Jersey - Men from Cap Dix get their send off - NARA - 26423267

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New Jersey - Men from Cap Dix get t...

Scope and content: Original Caption: Men from Cap Dix get their send off. Send off day for the men from New Jersey stati1d at Camp Dix was celebrated by a parade held in Newark, New Jersey Sat., April 27, 191... More

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New Jersey - Send Off Day for the men from New Jersey stationed at Camp Dix, was celebrated by a parade held in Newark on Saturday April 27, 1918 - NARA - 26423285

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New Jersey - Send Off Day for the m...

Scope and content: Original Caption: Send Off Day for the men from New Jersey stationed at Camp Dix, was celebrated by a parade held in Newark on Saturday Apr. 27, 1918. They are here seen going up Main Stree... More

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York - Aliens parade through the streets of New York City to show their loyalty to the United States - NARA - 26423707

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York - Aliens parade through th...

Scope and content: Photographer: Kadel & Herbert Public domain photograph of procession, parade in New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York - Aliens parade through the streets of New York City, New York, to show their loyalty to the United States - NARA - 26423705

Ceremonies - Salutes and Parades - New York - Aliens parade through th...

Scope and content: Original Caption: Aliens parade through the streets of New York City, New York., to show their loyalty to the United States. Thousands of aliens paraded through the streets of New York city... More

Industries of War - Field Kitchens and Filing Equipment - ROLLING KITCHEN. Rolling kitchens manufactured by the Magor Car Corporation, Passaic, New Jersey., "somewhere in France" - NARA - 31488239

Industries of War - Field Kitchens and Filing Equipment - ROLLING KITC...

Scope and content: Photographer: Kadel & Herbert.

Industries of War - Flags - MAKING AMERICAN GLAGS. Stitching of stars - NARA - 31488348

Industries of War - Flags - MAKING AMERICAN GLAGS. Stitching of stars ...

Scope and content: Date Taken: 1917 Photographer: Kadel & Herbert.

Liberty Over All, Governors Island, N. Y., World War I (NYPL b12647398-74401)

Liberty Over All, Governors Island, N. Y., World War I (NYPL b12647398...

Postcard series number: 72038 Last of the regular Detroit Publishing Company issues.

Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Philadelphia Navy Yard - NARA - 197007

Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Philadelphia Navy Yard - NARA - 197007

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Philadelphia Navy Yard - NARA - 197007

Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Philadelphia Navy Yard - NARA - 197007

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Liberty Steak Cartoon during World War I

Liberty Steak Cartoon during World War I

Cartoon making reference to the renaming of "hamburger" as "Liberty steak" during the Great War. Still from "So They Tell Me", silent cartoon film by U.S. cartoonist Warren H. Brown making commentary on current... More

Popular Mechanics 1917 during World War I

Popular Mechanics 1917 during World War I

The cover of POPULAR MECHANICS magazine, February, 1917. Bird Millman is performing an exhibtion to raise government bonds for WWI.

Walter Reed General Hospital (Washington, D.C.) - Reeve 004272

Walter Reed General Hospital (Washington, D.C.) - Reeve 004272

Reconstruction: occupational therapy, Walter Reed General Hospital (Washington, D.C.). Selected by Scott.Reeve 004272

First News of Peace! Confetti thrown by happy crowds. Liberty sings. Flags waved. Nov. 11-1918. (12795375585) (cropped)

First News of Peace! Confetti thrown by happy crowds. Liberty sings. F...

World War I-era photographs shows crowds filling streets surrounding City Hall in celebration of Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. Photograph shows replica Statue of Liberty, which was unveiled on April 6, 191... More

First News of Peace! Confetti thrown by happy crowds. Liberty sings. Flags waved. Nov. 11-1918. (12795375585)

First News of Peace! Confetti thrown by happy crowds. Liberty sings. F...

World War I-era photographs shows crowds filling streets surrounding City Hall in celebration of Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. Photograph shows replica Statue of Liberty, which was unveiled on April 6, 191... More

Artists - American Artworks (Wartime Cartoons) - Art inspired by the war. The Murder of Edith Cavill by George Bellows - NARA - 20807464
Military caravan en route to L.A. to show auto's value (1916)

Military caravan en route to L.A. to show auto's value (1916)

Red Cross Car Which Will Join Military Motor Caravan Upon Arrival in Los Angeles. Standing on Running Board, Miss Emeleen Childs; Seated in Front, Mrs. A. S. C. Forbes, Hospital Orderly Seventh Regiment, N. G.... More

Victory-Cigar-Congress-Passes-DST

Victory-Cigar-Congress-Passes-DST

Poster titled "VICTORY! CONGRESS PASSES DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL" showing Uncle Sam turning a clock to daylight saving time as a clock-headed figure throws his hat in the air. The clock face of the figure reads "O... More

George Benjamin Luks - Tricots pour les soldats

George Benjamin Luks - Tricots pour les soldats

Picryl description: Public domain photo of American art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

US Troops guarding Hoosac Tunnel circa 1917-1918

US Troops guarding Hoosac Tunnel circa 1917-1918

Postcard photo of US Army troops guarding the Hoosac Tunnel in western Massachusetts after the US entered World War I. The tunnel was a key point of traffic for goods to and from the West and was considered i... More

United States Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels with female munition workers from New York State, 1919

United States Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels with female munit...

The Secretary of the Navy with female munnition workers from New York, 1919. Español: Trabajadoras de una fábrica de municiones de Nueva York con el ministro norteamericano de marina, 1919.

Ceremonies and Parades - Victory Chest Fund Parade Cleveland, Ohio, May 18, 1918. Photo shows war mothers on the march - DPLA - 5b05d3a6dfa532bf02374daf1cd68148

Ceremonies and Parades - Victory Chest Fund Parade Cleveland, Ohio, Ma...

Date Taken: 1918. - Photographer: R. P. Dorman, Newspaper Enterprise Association

Ceremonies and Parades - Parade in honor of returning heroes at Cleveland, Ohio. 332nd Infantry on Euclid Ave., at E. 14th - DPLA - 6b2fa1fed3f151b10b60c3b1be46e123 - cropped

Ceremonies and Parades - Parade in honor of returning heroes at Clevel...

Date Taken: 1919. - Photographer: Louis Bans; Clev. Plain Dealer

Ceremonies and Parades - Parade in honor of returning heroes at Cleveland, Ohio. 332nd Infantry on Euclid Ave., at E. 14th - DPLA - 6b2fa1fed3f151b10b60c3b1be46e123

Ceremonies and Parades - Parade in honor of returning heroes at Clevel...

Date Taken: 1919. - Photographer: Louis Bans; Clev. Plain Dealer

Thanksgiving 1918

Thanksgiving 1918

Thanksgiving cheer distributed for men in service. New York City turned host to the boys in service today and cared for every man in uniform. Ca. 1918. Underwood & Underwood. (War Dept. ) Exact Date Shot Unknown .

Troops assemble at the Dexter Training Ground in Providence on July 25, 1917

Troops assemble at the Dexter Training Ground in Providence on July 25...

Troops assemble at the Dexter Training Ground in Providence on July 25, 1917, as they prepare to depart for Europe and World War I. (The Providence Journal)

Raymond Oscar Evans, photo by William Shewell Ellis - NARA - 20807344 (cropped)
Wasco County Agricultural Council of Defense, 1917 (5763638242)

Wasco County Agricultural Council of Defense, 1917 (5763638242)

Original Collection: Extension Bulletin Illustrations Item Number: P020:1374 You can find this image by searching for the item number by clicking here. Want more? You can find more digital resources online. ... More

Camp Martin Doughboys on Tulane Campus New Orleans

Camp Martin Doughboys on Tulane Campus New Orleans

New Orleans: Solidiers at "Camp Martin", a temporary military post set up on the campus grounds of Tulane University in the later part of World War I.

Défilé le 14 juillet 1918 au Mans des troupes Américaines

Défilé le 14 juillet 1918 au Mans des troupes Américaines

DescriptionDéfilé le 14 juillet 1918 au Mans des troupes Américaines.gif Défilé du 14 juillet 1918, des troupes Américaines au mans. Date 14 July 1918 Source collection personnelle Author R.Barbier... More

Edgewater Boro Hall end WW I - A crowd of people standing in front of a building

Edgewater Boro Hall end WW I - A crowd of people standing in front of ...

Edgewater Boro Hall with bunting and celebrating crowd at end of WW I

Montgomery Alabama WWI parade during World War I

Montgomery Alabama WWI parade during World War I

World War I victory parade for the 167th Infantry regiment on Dexter Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama.

Plaque commémorative 1914-1918 pour les troupes Américaines dans la Sarthe

Plaque commémorative 1914-1918 pour les troupes Américaines dans la Sa...

plaque commémorative 1914-1918 au Mans pour rappeler le passage et le séjour dans la Sarthe, des troupes Américaines qui ont dépassé le chiffre de 1 650 0000 hommes.

3rd Ave Ave and Union St, ca 1917 (SEATTLE 568)

3rd Ave Ave and Union St, ca 1917 (SEATTLE 568)

On verso of image: Corner at Post Office during war time. WWI 3rd and Union Subjects (LCTGM): Street railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Street lights--Washington (State)--Seattle Subjects (LCSH): Th... More

Group of men with sign "Kaiser Bill's gone", Seattle, ca 1917-ca 1920 (SEATTLE 4267)

Group of men with sign "Kaiser Bill's gone", Seattle, ca 1917-ca 1920 ...

PH Coll 513.244 Sign says, "Kaiser Bill's gone | Who's next" so this is presumably after 9 November 1918.

Preparedness Parade, June 10, 1915 (SEATTLE 1497)

Preparedness Parade, June 10, 1915 (SEATTLE 1497)

Caption on image: Preparedness Parade, Seattle, June 10, 1915 Subjects (LCTGM): Preparedness--Washington (State)--Seattle; Street railroad tracks--Washington (State)--Seattle; Street lights--Washington (State)... More

Carry On (periodical) (1918) (14767444561)

Carry On (periodical) (1918) (14767444561)

Identifier: CarryOnAug1918_851 (find matches) Title: Carry On (periodical) Year: 1918 (1910s) Authors: Office of the Surgeon General, United States Army Subjects: reconstruction rehabilitation therapy vocat... More

Hans Halle and the bomb he intended to destroy a ship 1914

Hans Halle and the bomb he intended to destroy a ship 1914

Hans Halle and the bomb he intended to destroy a ship

To-everyone-in-this-plant-image

To-everyone-in-this-plant-image

image from File:"To Everyone in This Plant- This plant is engaged upon government work every person here owes The United States A duty t - NARA - 512480.jpg

Christian Science War Time Activities - Welfare First

Christian Science War Time Activities - Welfare First

“Welfare First,” a boat used by Christian Science War Relief workers to service U.S. Navy vessels in the United States.

Christian Science War Time Activities - Welfare Second

Christian Science War Time Activities - Welfare Second

“Welfare Second,” a boat used by Christian Science War Relief workers to service U.S. Navy vessels in the United States.

Atlantic City 1917 Strand Coca Cola

Atlantic City 1917 Strand Coca Cola

View at Atlantic City, New Jersey, Boardwalk, 1917. Shown are pedestrians and people being pushed in wicker sight-seeing carts. Billboards advertise Bevo and Coca-Cola, remind not to waste food (this was dur... More

PSM V88 D232 Traditional male occupations performed by women during the war

PSM V88 D232 Traditional male occupations performed by women during th...

Traditional male occupations performed by women during the war