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- Description:
- World War I poster with the message, "Sir - don't waste while your wife saves. Adopt the doctrine of the clean plate - do your share." The poster has a red and black sketch of a heavy man who is seated at a table and is eating a full meal while busy waiters walk by in the background. The artist's name, "Crawford Young," is shown at the lower right corner of the sketch. Additional printed text along the bottom shows "United States Food Administration." Small printed text in the lower left corner of the poster shows "No. 20." Small printed text in the lower right corner shows "The W. F. Powers Co., Litho., N.Y."
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- World War I poster with the messages, "See Him Through" and "Help Us To Help The Boys." The poster shows a color drawing of a man who is wearing a Knights of Columbus service uniform and is pointing toward soldiers at the front lines. The artist's name, "Burton Rice," is shown at the lower right corner of the drawing. Additional printed text along the bottom of the poster shows "National Catholic War Council, Knights of Columbus" and "United War Work Campaign - Week of November 11, 1918." Small printed text at the center bottom edge shows "American Lithographic Co., N.Y." The blue union stamp of the "International Alliance of Bill Posters & Billers of America" is shown beneath the artist's signature.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sheet music for the fox trot "Smiling Sammy", by Arthur M. Kraus, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co. Cover illustration by Toni Sarg.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One postcard with a black and white head and shoulders photographic image of a young man in a World War I Army uniform. Handwritten black ink text on the verso shows "1st Lieut. R. L. Williams, Officers' Relief Corps, Fort Hancock, New Jersey." The accompanying envelope is addressed in handwritten black ink text that shows "Miss Margaret C. Maybury, Tampa, Florida, % Tampa Electric Co." The postmark is dated "Jan. 25, 1914."
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sheet music for the song "Yankee Doodle's in the Fight to Stay", words by Corp. W. H. Goodfellow Jr., music by Harry P. Guy, published by the Universal Music Co.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- World War I poster with the message, "Turn Your Dollars to Doughnuts Thru the Salvation Army." The color poster shows a drawing of a soldier who is eating doughnuts while standing next to a sign that shows "U.S.A. Soldiers and Sailors Rest Room, Welcome, S.A. [Salvation Army]." The artist's name, Hazel Frazee, is shown near the lower left corner of the drawing. Printed text in the lower right corner shows "United War Work Campaign, November 11-18, 1918."
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Poster, "Naval Aircraft Factory Poster No. 7," printed in black and white on paper. Dated April 2nd, 1918. The poster shows a drawing of the first Naval Aircraft Factory flying boat in the water, with eleven people shown working on the aircraft. Text underneath reads "The We Boat not the U-Boat will WIN this Wr." Text along the bottom of the poster reads "The first N.A.F. Boat was shipped yesterday / ALL TOGETHER, MEN!"
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Breakfast menu card from the Hotel Pontchartrain, dated January 20, 1918. The recto lists fruit, beverages, cereals, eggs, oysters, fish, specials, steaks and chops, and potatoes. The verso declares that the hotel is a member of the United States Food Administration, and urges the conservation of food for the war effort. Additionally, a disclaimer on the verso cautions that the management declines responsibility to damage to clothing caused by accidents in the dining room.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sheet music for the one-step "The Canteen Canter", a dance by Oscar Duryea, composed by Case White, published by Jerome H. Remick & Co.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Poster, printed in black on cardboard and mounted on linen. The poster prominently features a print of a sketch of a docked World War I U.S. war ship with several planes flying overhead, copyright 1918 by "Joseph Pennel. Del" and printed by "Heywood Strasser & Voigt Litho. Co. N.Y." Text at bottom reads "Provide the Sinews of War / Buy Liberty Bonds."
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
