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Includes message from publisher, Samuel Hemenway, Jr. concerning his Antimasonic causes.

A printed report from Governor John Wolcott Stewart (1825-1915) about the Burdett v. Estey & Co. case regarding a patent. The report was published as an extra from the Brattleboro Reformer, a newspaper in Brattleboro, Vermont.

A printed prospectus for a new weekly paper titled "True Democrat" in Burlington, Vermont. A.B. Bishop, listed as the subscriber, proposes that this newspaper be "devoted to the interests of the great Republican party, and the free and fearless…

Painting of a Russian soldier falling on Red Star with bomb exploding in the background. Issued by Russian War Relief, Inc.

American Red Cross membership drive poster showing a female public health nurse on horseback.

Sketch of a mechanic talking to a marine who is holding a sheet of paper with "Manila, Pearl Harbor, Guam, Wake, Midway" written on it.

Poster shows the head of a Marine above the Japanese Islands with an inset showing bomb falling on the Japanese flag.

Gordon Grant was a war correspondent and artist for Harper's Weekly and at the age of 24 was sent to South Africa to cover the Boer War. After the war, he joined the staff of Puck's Illustrated in New York City, and then joined the Army National…

Frederick Strothmann was a first generation American and son of two German immigrants, which makes for an interesting tension in this highly charged and racially tinged poster. Strothmann was already a working illustrator before the war and submitted…

Poster shows German Emperor Wilhelm II being hunted by a US locomotive. Poster includes quote from Director General of Railroads, William Gibbs McAdoo, to the railroad shopmen at Altoona, Pennsylvania, on September 12, 1918: "Every bad locomotive is…

Poster features an old man in glasses and a young woman, who is holding an infant. They stare directly into the viewer's eyes with a hopeful gaze.

Text continues: "Work where you're needed. Consult your U.S. Employment Service Office." Poster shows a dead soldier facedown on the ground.