136 results for: World War I, 1917-1918 (WWI)
Photograph
David Rodgers at Skinner & Eddy Corporation shipyard, Seattle, circa 1918
David Rodgers was a master shipfitter who is credited with revolutionizing the shipbuilding industry. Born 1865 in Carrickfergus, Ireland, he worked for noted shipyards in the Great Lakes area, San Francisco, and Vancouver, B. C. In Seattle Rodgers worked at the Puget Sound Naval Station and then Moran Brothers Company (later Seattle Construction & Drydock Company), overseeing the building of…
ID Number:2009.56.156
Date:Circa 1918
Poster
U. S. Army recruitment poster, 1917
The Men Wanted poster pictured here was issued by the U. S. Army recruiting office in March 1917, just a month before the U. S. declared war on Germany and entered the global conflict known as World War I, which had begun in 1914.
ID Number:2018.3.3.36
Date:1917
Ephemera
Third Liberty Loan advertisement, 1918
During World War I, the United States began selling war bonds called Liberty bonds or Liberty loans to support the allied cause. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the U. S. and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time. The Act of Congress which authorized the Liberty Bonds is…
ID Number:2018.3.3.37
Date:1918
Ephemera
Washington's Shield of Honor certificate, 1918
During World War I, the United States began selling war bonds called Liberty bonds or Liberty loans to support the allied cause. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the U. S. and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time. The Act of Congress which authorized the Liberty Bonds is…
ID Number:2018.3.3.38
Date:1918
Ephemera
Home card rationing advice, circa 1918
During World War I, America's food production industry was far removed from war-torn Europe, and America’s civilians had easy access to food while European civilians were victims of starvation. The United States Food Administration was established in 1917 to oversee the food reserves for the U. S. Army and its allies. Wide-scale rationing of food and commodities was introduced in…
ID Number:2018.3.3.124
Date:Circa 1918
Photograph
Base Hospital Number 50 officers and enlisted men at Camp Merritt, N.J., April 20,1919
Base Hospital No. 50 was created at the University of Washington in October 1917 as part of a mobilization of base hospitals at universities and civilian hospitals because the United States Army did not have an established medical corps when the country entered World War I in 1917. The Base Hospital unit consisted of medical staff, nursing staff, and civilian…
ID Number:2018.3.10
Date:1919
Music, notated
Beware the Military
The music and lyrics for "Beware the Military" were written by Oliver George Wallace (1887-1963), at the time a theater organist. In 1932 he began working for Disney Studios where he composed many film scores, including "Dumbo," for which he and Frank Churchill won an Oscar. "Beware the Military" was co-written by Harold Taylor Weeks (1893-1967), a sheet music merchant,…
ID Number:2018.3.2.1
Date:1918
Music, notated
Here At Home We're Backing You
The music and lyrics for "Here at home we're backing you khaki lads and blue clad Jackies," were written by John H. Lyons, a Y.M.C.A. song leader at Camp Lewis outside of Tacoma. The song was inspired by the Fourth Liberty Loan, which was issued on October 24, 1918, and sold in the United States to support the Allied cause…
ID Number:2018.3.2.3
Date:1918
Music, notated
Uncle Sammy Here's My Share
In 1917 and 1918, the United States issued Liberty Bonds to pay for World War I, raising some $21.5 billion through patriotic appeals and rallies. Funds were still needed after the war ended. John Henry Lyons, a YMCA song leader at Camp Lewis, wrote an official song for a Victory Loan campaign, urging citizens to keep giving, with the words…
ID Number:2018.3.2.11
Date:1919
Cartographic material
Seattle War Camp Community Service map, circa 1918
Once the United States entered World War I in 1917, numerous military personnel began to pass through Seattle. The Seattle War Camp Community Service group formed to provide support to these visiting servicemen and veterans. Among other things, they published a map of downtown Seattle that promoted the Seattle Soldiers and Sailors Club and the Hospitality Club. It noted their…
ID Number:2019.3.51
Date:1918