First and sole edition of this memorial collection of writings by teacher, soldier, poet, and journalist, Arthur Hurt Taylor. Among Hart’s editorials printed here are..... Read More about Poems and Editorials of Arthur Hurt Taylor
Photo documentation of a little-remembered international Franco-American event. In 1927, special trains and ocean lines were chartered to bring almost 10,000 American Legionnaires to Paris..... Read More about Nine Real Photo Postcards from the American Legion Parade at the 1927 National Convention in Paris
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Unrecorded World War II military directive issued to employees of the Philadelphia Transportation Company on strike in protest against Black employees taking on non-menial jobs..... Read More about Labor Strikes against Black Americans] Notice to all employees of Philadelphia Transportation...
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A Poem by Cunard on the French Resistance during the Second World War. Derby [England]: Printed for Kenneth Hopkins, The Grasshopper Press, 1944. Limited to..... Read More about Relève Into Maquis. [Releve Into Maquis
Panoramic map of the Rhine Valley in Germany, from Mainz to Cologne, issued by the YMCA for American soldiers in occupied post-WWI Germany. The map..... Read More about Rhine Panorama. For the Men of the American Army of Occupation. Compliments of the YMCA 1919...
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Two immediate post-WW II American movie theater posters advertising and promoting the sale of U.S. Treasury bonds during the early presidency of Harry S. Truman..... Read More about Harry S. Truman:] Come On, Movie-Goers Let’s Finish the Job! [Two Post-Second World War...
An examination of the Versailles Treaty that ended the First World War with a particular focus on the “Armenia Question.” The author, Rayford Whittingham Logan..... Read More about The Senate and the Versailles Mandate System
Snapshot of Black lives in West Virginia in 1921–1922. Includes statistics and reports on population, agriculture, labor and industry, inter-racial relations, health, education, home ownership..... Read More about The Negro in West Virginia. Report of T. Edward Hill, Director Bureau of Negro Welfare and...
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With bold lettering, this ephemeral and off-the-cuff broadside brings a little levity during the second World War. “Who is the Most Popular Soldier at Aberdeen?”..... Read More about Aberdeen, Maryland:] “Ordnance Joe of the USO” [opening lines
A chronological and heavily-illustrated overview of the role of Black Americans in America’s military since the American Revolution all the way up the Afghanistan. “This..... Read More about Soldiers of Freedom. An Illustrated History of African Americans in the Armed Forces
War-time patriotic book offering insight into African Americans serving in the United States military. Chapters address military history and traditions of Blacks, “some important consideration..... Read More about The Negro in the Armed Forces
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WWI-era poster calling on operators and workers “to assume the burden of producing an ample supply of coal” to win the war: “The existing scarcity..... Read More about Mine More Coal, President Wilson Demands Coal to Win the War. [caption title
![Keep ‘em Flying! [Second World War homefront poster]. artist C C. Beall, author Jack Childs,...](/pictures/thumb/3728388_1.jpg?v=1548868044)
Patriotic Second World War poster, a superb example, by American illustrator C.C. Beall, issued by the United States Army Recruiting Service. The design of the..... Read More about Keep ‘em Flying! [Second World War homefront poster
First World War home-coming celebration program for the borough of Catasauqua in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The cover depicts a triumphal arch adorned with American flags..... Read More about Catasauquas’ Home-Coming Celebration for their Soldiers, Sailors and Nurses August 25 to...
A compelling World War II combat photograph depicting African-American troops at the front. The images captures members of a mortar company of the 92nd Infantry..... Read More about “Business is Booming in Italy, Members of a Negro Mortar Company of the 92nd Division Praise...
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World War I poems by English poet Alfred Noyes, finely printed and bound, published by the Book Committee of the Art War Relief in New..... Read More about The Avenue of the Allies and Victory [Zelia Hoffman; her copy
