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  • U.S. Navy : "Here he is, sir." We need him and you too! Navy recruiting station

    U.S. Navy : "Here he is, sir." We need him and you too! Navy recruiting station

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    Prints, advertising; Image of Uncle Sam shaking a woman's hand as her son holds her other hand in a scene regarding her son's enlistment; the poster encourages enlistment in the United States Navy during World War I.

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  • The empire needs men! The overseas states : all answer the call. Helped by the young lions the old lion defies his foes. Enlist now

    The empire needs men! The overseas states : all answer the call. Helped by the young lions the old lion defies his foes. Enlist now

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    Prints, advertising; Image of a large male lion standing on a rocky outcropping surrounded by several younger lions; the poster encourages enlistment in the British armed forces during World War I.

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    Official correspondence, copies

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    Copies and extracts from letter books: Officers' Letters; Letters to Officers of Ships of War; Letters of the Brazil Squadron; Papers Relating to the Brazil Squadron, and others, 1853-1884. Copies concern a controversy relating to the sue of the Episcopal liturgy by the Navy; in the hand of Captain Roswell Randall Hoes, Chaplain, U.S.N.

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  • Enlist : on which side of the window are you?

    Enlist : on which side of the window are you?

    Visual Materials

    Prints, advertising; Image of a civilian man wearing a suit and bow tie in a darkened room looking out a window at ranks of servicemen in military uniform marching past; a large American flag waves above the troops; the poster encourages patriotism and enlistment and was used as an United States Army recruitment poster during World War I.

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  • Joan of Arc saved France: women of America save your country buy war savings stamps

    Joan of Arc saved France: women of America save your country buy war savings stamps

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    Prints, advertising; Image of woman in chain mail and plate armor (Joan of Arc) with a sword raised in one hand; the poster encourages women to support their country by buying United States war savings stamps during World War I.

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  • Louis M. Goldsborough Flag Officer U.S. Navy

    Louis M. Goldsborough Flag Officer U.S. Navy

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    Image of a full-length portrait of American Civil War Union Navy Flag Officer Louis M. Goldsborough (later promoted to admiral) standing on a ship deck in military uniform with hat in outstretched left hand and right hand resting on the pommel of the sword at his hip.

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