Series V: Relief Appeals
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Series V: Relief Appeals, includes posters requesting aid for foreign countries, children, soldiers and their families, and animals. United War Work Campaign materials are included.
Subseries V.1: Relief for Foreign Countries
Build the Jewish Homeland now / Palestine Reconstruction Fund $3,000,000
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scene in Palestine
2 Million / Starving / Armenian Syrian Women Children / 17 cents a day will / Save a life!, 1918 (?)
Your intelligence is your / Biggest asset / Enlist / A call / Recruiting station / the college Christian Association, President's office / for Armenian and Syrian Relief Committee, 1 Madison Ave, NY, 1917 (?)
Starving / Help now, 1917 (?)
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distraught woman over dead baby
The fatherless / Children of France, 1917 (?)
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Lady liberty offering aid to war-torn children and adults
Italy / Defending / Freedom / and Art / Send your check to the / Italian War Relief Fund / of America 347 Madison Ave. NY / Room 2011
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Italian soldier before landscape with Roman ruins
Printed message of handwriting "Your little friend in Bible Lands / Shushan"
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Head of child
"You won't let me starve will you?" / The opportunity for your Sunday School / 17 cents a day $5.00 a month $60.00 a year will save a life!
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Tinted photo of child named Shushan
You saved them in 1917 / Will you let them starve now? / Here is the beginning of American Jewry's 1918 answer, 1918
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two helpless children / bombed out village near
(?) Message in Hebrew
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Scene of Palestine (same as poster: "Build the Jewish Homeland Now")
Lest they perish
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Middle Eastern woman with baby tied to back
Wanted / 2,000,000 / Garments / For Destitute men, women, and children in / Occupied northern / France and Belgium / Under Auspices or American Red Cross
"The Child at your door" / 400,000 Orphans starving / Campaign for $30,000,000
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portrait of Near Eastern Child
The children of Syria / "Christmas Land" / Appeal for aid to / Presbyterian Sunday Schools
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photo of Syrian children; drawing of man on camel in desert
Don't let them die / You can save them / send contributions to the / Women's Apparel Association / 132 West 42nd Street / New York City / J. Wise, Treasurer, 1918
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Old woman with child in one arm, dead child on lap
Help us to help them / American Women's Hospitals / Campaigh for Serbia / and the Near East
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A.W.H. soldier ministering a child with baby in arms
Play the game / It is our duty to respect the / Property of our allies.. .. / Remember! / They have not only lost all / Their possessions but have also / Suffered untold misery
Help a Greek child / to survive / Contribute to Friends of Greece, INC, 52 East 57th St, NYC
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A bleary -eyed Greek child
President Wilson speaks / for America: / "I welcome and opportunity / to express the satisfaction / I have felt in / the progress / of the Zionist / Movement in the United States"
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profile figure of Wilson
British American War Relief / Headquarters / 5 East 59th St. (pasted on) / New York
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Lady Liberty knitting (copyright LC Whitridge)
Where the victims are / Save the survivors
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Map of Near East with statistics of no. of square miles; no. of non-Moslems in area; no. of dead
For the boys and girls of Syria and Persia / A Christmas offering / From our Sunday schools
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map of Near East; 2 red arrows; our Syria Mission (pointing to Jerusalem); our Persia mission (pointing to Teheran)
Lest we perish / Campaign for $30,000,000 / American Committee / For Relief in the Near East
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Middle Eastern girl asking for aid
Keep me alive / 400,000 / Children starving / in Bible Lands
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tinted photo of child
Give or we perish / American Committee / for Relief in the Near East / Armenia Greece Syria Persia
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Near Eastern woman's torso
Erin's appeal to America / "Help my Irish / Disabled"
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Wounded soldier with girl's arm around him asking for helf from Statue of Liberty / NY skyline rear
American Women's Hospitals / Help women physicians / Fight disease and death / In Serbia and the Near East
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Female MD strangling snake to protect child; dying people in rear
Tired of giving? / You don't know what it is to be tired
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woman and child on bombed out rubble (also: "Courtesy of NY Tribune")
Polish Day / At hero land / December 4th, 1917 / Polish Christmas Festival in the afternoon / Pagent of Poland in the evening, 1917
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war scene: woman with dead daughter (or sleeping) and boy (possibly weeping) in lap
Subseries V.2: Relief for Soldiers, Sailors, and their Families
New York Catholic / and Knights of Columbus / War Camp Fund / to help the government with the war
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Soldiers before K of C barracks with sign "everybody welcome"
Proclamation / Ball and Bat fund / Now / For a / "Sacrifice" / for the / boys in the / trenches
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Uncle Sam at bat
War Infromation / No Charge
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Uncle Sam in uniform, holding pencil, "ready to give advice"
Knowledge wins / Public Library / Books / Are / Free
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soldier with pile of books on varying subjects; Manhattan skyline in rear
A million dollars / for / a million books / for / a million soldiers / Camp Library Week / Sept 24 30
A necessary part / of your equipment / at you camp library
Get "Smileage Books" / Inside
Buy "Smileage Books" / Now / they mean / happy offduty hours for / those who fight for us
What are you doing for / our boys over there / "We must fire all / we can to Northampton's / War Chest Fund", 1918
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2 soldiers, 2 sailors, nurse with war chest filled with coins
Why not advance / Books will help especially those about / the war and the training necessary to win it
They signal / "Send Books"
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soldiers / sailors and semaphore flags
Empty! Sammy's "SOS" / "Send Over Smokes". / Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund, 25 West 44th Street, NYC
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soldier with empty cigarette tin
Cover design of the book of the hour / The Defender of Democracy / To be sold by the Militia of Mercy for the benefit / of the needy families of our soldiers of the sea
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soldier, sailor (both wounded) sharing sword; nurse looking after them; heraldic fondo frame
American / Godmothers League / for the American Soldiers / in France
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a Godmother carrying Red Cross packages; soldiers sitting on hillock near ocean
Philadelphia's sons by the thousands / are going "over there" / to be united sing / "Music and entertainment are as essential to the soldier / as food and sleep" Pershing, 1918-05-02
Books / for our / soldiers and sailors / leave them here
Give to the / American / Chocolate / Fund for / US Soldiers / in France
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Tubby soldier smiling and patting his tummy
Books for our soldiers and sailors / a million needed at once
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American eagle holding a book
Books / for our / soldiers and sailors / Leave them here / or take them to / the Public Library
ABFB / Permanent Blind Relief War Fund / 590 Fifth Ave
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Blind soldier
While he is doing this for us / we must do this for him / that's why / New York Infirmary / for Women and Children needs / $200,000. / 321 E. 15th St / NYC / Campaign Headquarters, Hotel McAlpin
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1. Soldier in battle; 2. Nurses tending sick babies and woman in infirmary
Send Sammy Smileage / $1.00 / Let your soldier see camp shows as your guest / Send him "Smileage"
The Militia of Mercy / 4 West 49th St, NYC / Authorized by / the Hon. Josepitus Daniels, Secty of the Navy / and by / Commodore RP Forshew / Commanding the Naval Militia of State of NY / to care for the families of the Naval Militiamen
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Naval militiaman with wife and 2 kids
Smileage Books / are passes to camp theatres / Buy one here
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Soldier pointing to crowd; soldiers awaiting entry to Liberty Theatre; hand removing $5.00 Smileage cupon book from enevelope
This is "Soldier's Smoke Week!" / Send a kit of cheer to a lonely / American soldier in France! / Address your contributions to / "Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund"
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Soldier smoking cheroot (?) cigar; etherial image of female behind him
Hold on to / Uncle Sam's Insurance / the strongest, safest and cheapest insurance in the world / Keep it up after you are back in civil life
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soldiers, sailor holding US Treasury Dept Certificate of War Risk Insurance
Now for / some / music / Draft your / Slacker Records / They will go to camp / or overseas through / the National Phonograph Records Recruiting Corps.
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soldiers smiling over large record and phono player
American British French Belgian / Permanent Blind Relief War Fund / for soldiers and sailors / American Saction under the patronage of / Pres. Woodrow Wilson / Headquarters, 590 Fifth Ave, NYC
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nurse guiding blind soldier
Subseries V.3: Children's Relief
The health of the child / Is the power of the nation / April 1918 / Children's Year / April 1919 / for every soldier lost over there , save a baby over here, 1918
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Band of healthy children on country hill
Know Where Your Community Fails / Bad Housing / Crowded Schools / Bad Working Conditions, 1919
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1. Tenaments, 2. Crowded classroom, 3. Factory setting
Know What Your / Community Does / For Babies / For Young Folks / For Everyone, 1919
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1. Baby health care centre, 2. The city playground, 3. The community centre
Home is the First / School of Citizenship, 1919
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woman and child laundering clothes
Good Citizens at School, 1919
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chldren in classroom
The Good Citizen Plays Fair, 1919
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children playing basketball
The good citizen / Does not / Play ball in the street / Uncover sewers.. .. / Break glass.. .. / Use a BeanShooter / Tease Animals, 1919
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kids on street doing these no-nos
"In God We Trust" / Washiongton at Valley Forge, 1919
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GW praying in forest (from the Bronze on the Sub-Treasury, NY)
We Cannot have privileges / without responsibilites, 1919
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scales of justice; Rights and Privelidges balancing Duties and Responsabilities
School Gardens / Turn / Spare Time / Idle Land / Surplus Energy / into / Good Times / Good Things to Eat / Good Health, 1919
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school garden with children working in it
This is hard on the motorman / It may prove hard on you, 1919
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2 children dodging trolley; hitching aride at rear of trolley
Back to school / drive / Children back in schol / means / soldiers back in jobs / Children's Year / April 6, 1918 / April 6, 1919, 1919 - 1918
The Children's Year / April 6, 1918 to April 6, 1919 / Fathers and Mothers of America! Uncle Sam asks, Are your children / up to standard in their / height and weight?, 1919 - 1918
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baby on scale; boy being measured for height
Avoid danger / Look both ways / .. .. Cross only at the crossing, 1919
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child on curb preparing to cross street
Protect Public Property, 1919
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schoolboy carving initial on desk
Save Money to / Help Yourself and Others / Save for Worthwhile Things / Such As / Travel, Education, Tools, a Bicycle, a Watch, 1919
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boy buing tickets for bat trip for himself and a friend on crutches (trip up Hudson to West Point, Newburg, Pughekeepsie, or Albany)
Make Your Quarter / Buy a Quarter's Worth, 1919
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"boy" with head of quarter buying merchandise
"Waste is Worse than Loss" / Thomas A. Edison, 1919
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woman in kitchen; all three burners aflame on stove; water pouring from sink spigot; 1/2 loaf of bread dumped into garbage
Your City is Your City / Keep it Clean / Find the Good Citizen, 1919
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man spitting; man tossing paper; boy dumping orange peels; boy throwing bananna peel into garbage bin
Cleanliness / "Begins At Home", 1919
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boy swatting flies; girl washing dishes
Everyone respects a tidy / Girl and boy, 1919
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boy shining boots; girl whisking curtains
Your Body / Is Your Mind's House. / Keep it Clean, 1919
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boy washing at sink
Do You Know / What Place This Is? / Who Works Here? / What is Done Here?, 1919
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US Capitol Building
Children's / Year / Send aid / to the Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense, 1919 - 1918
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Big smiling baby; NY waterfront rear
Know the History / of / Your Country, 1919
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3 "rings:" 1. Past conditions / history, 2. Present problems / cures, 3. Future reforms / ideals
A Knowledge of English / is the Gateway / to / American Life / American Citizenship / American Ideals, 1919
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family of immigrants opening door marked "English Language" to scene of America
The good citizen / Works for public health, 1919
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children quaranteened at home; "measles here" sign on door
The good citizen / Is careful with matches, 1919
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firemen at burning building
Be a Good Neighbor / Cover the Garbage / Tie Up Papers, 1919
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man entering a bakery; papers strewn on sidewalk; flies on uncovered bin of garbage
Subseries V.4: Animals' Relief / American Red Star Animal Relief
"Help the Horse / Save the soldier" / Please join / The American Red Star Animal Relief / National Headquarters, Albany, NY
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Soldier hugging wouldned hosrse before bombed out house; picture labeled "Good-bye, Old Man"
American / Red Star / Animal Relief
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Red star
Help him to help us! / Help the / horse to / save the / soldier /The American Red Star Animal Relief / National Headquarters, Albany, NY
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Uncle Sam leading a horse; red star
Subseries V.5: United War Work Campaign
For / your /boy / United War Work Campaign / November 11 18, 1918
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2 soldiers resting over coffee; YMCA sign rear
If you only knew! / How much joy your / dollars bring "over there" / You'd give and give / and give!!! / United War Work Campaign, Nov 11to 18, 1918
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Soldeir with hot coffee, sandwich / logos of different participating organizations
A Club Dinner / The Spirit of / War Camp / Community Service / United War Work Campaign
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Sailors at dining tables; Chinese scrolls on walk-rear
Songs of today / And yesterday / The Spirit of / War Camp / Community Service / United War Work Campaign
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Sailors around elderly lady playing the piano
Every girl pulling / For victory / Victory Girls / United War Work Campaign
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Woman rowing a boat
Back our Girls over there / Y.W.C.A. / United War Work Campaign
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Wman in unifrom at switcboard; troops in rear
See him through / Help us to / help the boys / National Catholic War Council / Knights of Columbus / United War Work Campaign Week of November 11, 1918, 1918
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Man in K of C uniform; soldiers in battle
Workers / Lend your strength / to the red triangle / heltp the "Y" help the / fighters fight / United War Wrk Campaign November 11 18, 1918
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Laborer carrying slap labeled YMCA; fighting soldier rear
When the boys come home / While I was over there / what were you doing here? / Students of America / How will you answer him? / United War Work Campaign Nov 11 1 8, 1918
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Soldier facing student wearing mortarboard
Jewish Welfare Board / United War Work Campaign / Week of November 11, 1918, 1918
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Soldier carrying Torah, hebrew books; box on his shoulders with music and violin
I gotta make that train! / Nix on the / A.W.O.L. / Oh, you hospitable New Yorkers don't let / your uniformed guests overstay their passes / New york War Camp Community Service, 5 East 40th Street, Murray Hill 8210.
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Soldier running to make his train
A million boys behind / a million fighters / Every American boy / should enroll in the / Victory Boys / United War Work Campaign November 11 18
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Soldier with bayonet; boy behind him with arm on his shoulder
Civilians / when we go / through this / we need all the / help and comfort / you can give / the Jewish Welfare Board / United War Work Campaign, Week of Nvember 11, 1918, 1918
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Soldier in battle; Jewish star
(Tribute to YMCA) I wish unreservedly to commend its work for the army / Pershing / United War Work Campaign, Nov 11 18, 1918, 1918
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Portrait of Pershing; YMCA's red triangle
The Jewish Welfare Board / United War Work Campaign, Week of November 11, 1918, 1918
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Soldiers welcoming Jewish family into Jewish Welfare building
Home hospitality / the Spirit of the / war camp / community service / United War Work Campaign
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Soldiers at meal with a civilian family
Invitations to homes / and entertainments / the spirit of / war camp community service / United War Wrok Campaign
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Soldiers and sailors surrounding a lady at a table writing notes
Oh, Boy! / That's the girl! / The Salvation Army Lassie Keep her on the job / United War Work Campaign Nov 11 18, 1918
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Salvation army woman distributing doughnuts to soldier
New York will give / "One / Day's / Pay" / To the United War Work Campaign / "Leave it to Little Old New York!" / New York's share is $35,000,000. / United War Work Campaign, 1918
"Hey Fellows!" / Your money / brings the / book we / neeed when / we want it. / American Library Association / United War Work Campaign Week of November 11 18, 1918, 1918
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Sailor reading; soldier distribuiting books
7 in 1 / Our / boys / health / then / home
This Synogague / is behind / the United / War Work / Campaign / for the boys / over there
United / we / serve / YMCA / National Catholic War Council / K. of C. / Jewish Welfare Board / War Camp Community Service / American Library Service / Salvation Army
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Number 170 at corners of 'plaque' with above listing
7 in 1 / United War Work Campaign
United War Work Campaign / Honor Roll
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Honor Roll of 100 numbered lines / War Work logo above
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Huge 7
Our war workers bring the only / touch of home comforts to the / boys over there GIVE! / United War Work
7 in 1 / Give! / One year / to get our / boys home / keep them well
Doesn't your heart tell you to make a / little sacrifice toward helping over / there? Obey the impulse now! / United War Work
7 in 1 / Give! / To keep / our /boys / clean / and /healthy / then / home
Take your place in the great / crusade! Give until you experi / ence the joy of giving!! GIVE NOW! / United War Work
All the money you will take with / you into the next world is what / you give in this one GIVE NOW / United War Work
Can't you see the boys over there amidst / the mud and blood and hell of war, the cold / and fatigue and homesickness? You can furnish some relief / Give all you can! / United War Work
Turn your dollars into saviors! / Buy good influences for the / boys over there! GIVE! / United War Work (printed upside down)
Mere dollars are turned into golden / sunshine in the hearts of the boys / over there by our war workers GIVE / United War Work
Their very souls cry out for a little / taste of home. You can supply it / through our war workers GIVE! / United War Work
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Every cent you give helps bring some / home comforts to our boys overseas / The Bronx quota is $650,000 / Lets double it! / Give in the Bronx / Give where you live / United War Work Campaign
Victory award / Pledged / Amount paid
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"thermometer" with slogan "watch it go up" (triangular shape)
This Church / is behind / the United / War Work / Campaign / for the boys / over there
Your dollars will buy loving kindness kelp / fullness, sympathy, warmth, good cheer for / the boys over there in the trenches GIVE / United War Work
Give! / United War Work Campaign
My patriotic duty / Is / Red Cross work / At the / ___ on ___ / If / I fail / He dies, 1918
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2 RC nurses and a wounded soldier