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War Effort Collection (#6)

"Unwavering Unity: The Power of the War Effort" In times of great turmoil, a nation's strength lies in its collective determination

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farrar, 15 Apr 1918. A concert by soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) which was part of the Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York Public

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Helen Kenyon, 13 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Helen Kenyon, 13 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Helen Kenyon, 13 Apr 1918. Helen Kenyon (1884-1978) who helped organize the Vassar Training Camp for Nurses during World War I

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Farrar sells bonds, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Farrar sells bonds, 15 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Farrar sells bonds, 15 Apr. A concert by soprano opera singer Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) which was part of the Women's War Relief Association's Liberty Theater in front of the New York

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Packing for Christmas Ship, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Packing for Christmas Ship, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Packing for Christmas Ship, 1914. People packing Christmas gifts to put on the U.S.S. Jason which sailed from New York on November 14

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Berlin, knitting for soldiers in Doctor's anteroom, between 1914 and c1915

Berlin, knitting for soldiers in Doctor's anteroom, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Berlin, knitting for soldiers in Doctor's anteroom, between 1914 and c1915. Women knitting things for soldiers in Berlin, Germany during World War I

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Henrietta Mielke giving iron ring to contributor, 22 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Henrietta Mielke giving iron ring to contributor, 22 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Henrietta Mielke giving iron ring to contributor, 22 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). Henrietta Mielke (b. 1897) giving a ring to a man

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Miss Mielke, 22 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Miss Mielke, 22 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Miss Mielke, 22 Oct 1914. Henry Mielke (b. 1871) his daughter Henrietta (b. 1897) and another man. Henry Mielke was a store owner and member of the "Gold for Iron" (Gold fur Eisen)

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Peasant giving drink to French soldiers, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Peasant giving drink to French soldiers, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Peasant giving drink to French soldiers, between c1914 and c1915. A woman giving water to French soldiers at the beginning of World War I

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Dr. Mary Crawford, 11 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Dr. Mary Crawford, 11 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Dr. Mary Crawford, 11 Oct 1914. Dr. Mary Crawford of Brooklyn, New York who was part of a group of doctors who went to help at the American Ambulance Hospital in Paris during World War I

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Doctors & families going to war zone, 10/17/14, Dr. Mary Crawford, 17 Oct 1914

Doctors & families going to war zone, 10/17/14, Dr. Mary Crawford, 17 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Doctors & families going to war zone, 10/17/14, Dr. Mary Crawford, 17 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). A group of American doctors including Dr

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Henryk Sienkiewicz et les membres du Comite general de secours pour les victimes... 1916

Henryk Sienkiewicz et les membres du Comite general de secours pour les victimes... 1916. Creator: Leon Kaufmann
Henryk Sienkiewicz et les membres du Comite general de secours pour les victimes de la guerre en Pologne, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Crown Mother with Exhibit of Dolls, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Crown Mother with Exhibit of Dolls, 1915. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Crown Mother with Exhibit of Dolls, 1915
Crown Mother with Exhibit of Dolls, 1915. First World War - sign reads: Contributions Gratefully Received

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Food Administration, U.S. War Kitchen, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Food Administration, U.S

Food Administration, U.S. War Kitchen, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Food Administration, U.S. War Kitchen, 1917
Food Administration, U.S. War Kitchen, 1917

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Seal of The United States - Stamping Bonds, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Seal of The United States - Stamping Bonds, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Seal of The United States - Stamping Bonds, 1917

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Store Interior - Waste No Food, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Store Interior - Waste No Food, 1917 or 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Store Interior - Waste No Food, 1917 or 1918
Store Interior.'Waste No Food, 1917 or 1918. Wartime poster: Household Waste about 700 Million Dollars...Food is wasted when anything edible is allowed to go to the garbage pail or allowed to

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Thomas Riley Marshall, John Austin Moon, Champ Clark Buying War Savings And Thrift Stamps, 1918

Thomas Riley Marshall, John Austin Moon, Champ Clark Buying War Savings And Thrift Stamps, 1918
War Savings Stamps - Thomas Riley Marshall, John Austin Moon, Champ Clark Buying War Savings And Thrift Stamps, 1918. Marshall, Governor of Indiana, 1909 -1913; Vice President of The United States

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Pour servir Aussi; Les Franciscaines a la Moisson, 1914. Creator: J Simont

Pour servir Aussi; Les Franciscaines a la Moisson, 1914. Creator: J Simont
Pour servir Aussi; Les Franciscaines a la Moisson, 1914. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919: Volume I". [L'Illustration, Paris, 1926]

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Les vaillans de l'Interieur; L'ouvrier tourneur Narcisse Magot, age de 80 ans, travaillant

Les vaillans de l'Interieur; L'ouvrier tourneur Narcisse Magot, age de 80 ans, travaillant pour la defense nationale. 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Visites de M Albert Thomas aux usines de guerre, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Visites de M Albert Thomas aux usines de guerre, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Visites de M Albert Thomas aux usines de guerre; M Albert Thomas devant le panorama d'une grande usine de guerre surgie du sol en huit mois: la nouvelle poudrerie de Toulouse, 1916

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Visites de M Albert Thomas aux usines de guerre; l'Exposition lyonnaise, 1914 (1916)

Visites de M Albert Thomas aux usines de guerre; l'Exposition lyonnaise, 1914 (1916). Creator: Unknown
Visites de M Albert Thomas aux usines de guerre; Aux ateliers de l'Exposition lyonnaise de 1914: le sous-secretaire d'Etat aux munitions parlant aux ouvriers du haut d'une tribune decoree

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Les ravitailleuses, 1916. Creator: L Sabattier

Les ravitailleuses, 1916. Creator: L Sabattier
Les ravitailleuses, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916"

Background imageWar Effort Collection: 'Pour nos soldats, s'il vous plait' ; Les Queteuses de la Croix-Rouge, 1916. Creator: L Sabattier

"Pour nos soldats, s'il vous plait" ; Les Queteuses de la Croix-Rouge, 1916. Creator: L Sabattier
"Pour nos soldats, s'il vous plait" ; Les Queteuses de la Croix-Rouge au passage des trains emmenant les Parisiens a la campagne ou a la mer, 1916

Background imageWar Effort Collection: National Emergency War Gardens Com. - Boys Picking Berries, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing

National Emergency War Gardens Com. - Boys Picking Berries, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
National Emergency War Gardens Commission - Boys Picking Berries, 1917

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden: Vigo County Canning Clubs, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden: Vigo County Canning Clubs, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
War Garden: Vigo County Canning Clubs, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden, between 1910 and 1920

War Garden, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
War Garden, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Mrs. Frank P. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio - 1st prize winner... between 1910 and 1920

Mrs. Frank P. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio - 1st prize winner... between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs
Mrs. Frank P. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1st prize winner of canned vegetables, Aug. 191[?]. First World War: woman with preseved food, and poster with personification of the USA

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden, between 1910 and 1920

War Garden, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
War Garden, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden, between 1910 and 1920

War Garden, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
War Garden, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: War Garden, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden, between 1910 and 1920

War Garden, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
War Garden, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Russell T. Edward, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Russell T

Russell T. Edward, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Russell T. Edward, between 1910 and 1920
Russell T. Edward, between 1910 and 1920. First World War: American civil servant typing a letter from the National War Garden Commission. A poster encourages people to grow their own food

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Nat'l Emergency War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Nat'l Emergency War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Nat'l Emergency War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Comforts Committee of Navy League, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Comforts Committee of Navy League, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Comforts Committee of Navy League, between 1910 and 1920. USA. First World War: women using circular knitting machines to produce socks for sailors

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Mrs. H.H. Rogers, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. H.H

Mrs. H.H. Rogers, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. H.H. Rogers, between 1910 and 1920
Mrs. H.H. Rogers, between 1910 and 1920. Woman using a circular knitting machine

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Mrs. Evans Seawell & Mrs. Henry Rogers, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs

Mrs. Evans Seawell & Mrs. Henry Rogers, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. Evans Seawell & Mrs
Mrs. Evans Seawell & Mrs. Henry Rogers, between 1910 and 1920. Women using knitting machines to knit socks

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Mrs. E. Seawell & Mrs. H. Rogers, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. E

Mrs. E. Seawell & Mrs. H. Rogers, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. E. Seawell & Mrs. H
Mrs. Evans Seawell & Mrs. Henry Rogers, between 1910 and 1920. Women using knitting machines to knit socks

Background imageWar Effort Collection: Miss Josephine Patton; Mrs. C.C. Marsh; Mrs. George D. Widener, between 1910 and 1920

Miss Josephine Patton; Mrs. C.C. Marsh; Mrs. George D. Widener, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Miss Josephine Patton; Mrs. C.C. Marsh; Mrs. George D. Widener, between 1910 and 1920. Women using knitting machines to knit socks




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"Unwavering Unity: The Power of the War Effort" In times of great turmoil, a nation's strength lies in its collective determination. This vintage World War II poster featuring a fedora and an Army helmet symbolizes the fusion of civilian and military efforts, as ordinary citizens donned their hats to support the cause. Down Lambeth Way, amidst the bustling streets, Lambeth Walk proudly purchases a Spitfire aircraft—a testament to their unwavering commitment towards defending freedom. Their contribution echoes throughout history as communities rallied together during wartime. The Recruitment Campaign "Teamwork Builds Ships, " published in 1917, showcases a vibrant lithograph that encapsulates the spirit of unity. It reminds us that every individual plays an integral role in constructing vessels that sail through treacherous waters. On Friday 2nd July 1915, at Carclew House in Cornwall, brave men joined the DCLI recruiting march. Their dedication exemplifies how patriotism transcends boundaries and inspires individuals from all walks of life to stand tall for their country. Amidst chaos and destruction during World War II, GWR staff transformed a humble parcel van into an ambulance—symbolizing compassion amid adversity. These unsung heroes loaded stretchers with care and hope while serving on the front lines. Vintage posters depicting bombs falling remind us of the sacrifices made by countless souls who faced unimaginable horrors with unwavering bravery. Each explosion serves as a stark reminder of our duty to protect what we hold dear. A poignant World War I poster portrays innocence shattered by conflict—a little girl sitting on her father's lap while a boy plays nearby. It evokes emotions that fuel our resolve never to let war rob future generations of peace and happiness again. As fighter pilots climbed into their airplanes during World War II, they embodied courage soaring above clouds filled with uncertainty. Their indomitable spirit continues to inspire us today—to face challenges head-on without fear.