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Exhibitions and Resources
Poster from exhibition, Over Here: WWI and the Fight for the American Mind. New York Public Library
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African Americans and World War I (New York Public Library)Includes an excellent bibliography.
Social and Historical Context
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Daily Life During World War I
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This book examines the life of the ordinary soldier, sailor, airman, and civilian during World War I. -
This Fabulous Century: Sixty Years of American Life
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One volume for every decade 1900-1970 and a prelude volume covering the three decades prior to the 20th century. Good resource for popular culture. Includes illustrations. -
World War One Remembered byPublication Date: 1993
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Dressed for War
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Well illustrated, this book tells the stories of what people on both sides wore on the front line and on the home front through the seismic years of World War I.
This Fabulous Century: Sixty Years of American Life
Find sources in library catalogs:
World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects.
"Popular culture United States History 20th century"
Photos and Artwork
Plessis Castle. Ruins. Noyen. Oilse. France. 1917. World War One Color Photos
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Army Art of World War I (U.S. Army Center of Military History)Representative samples of the works of the eight artists officially commissioned to cover the activities of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in Europe.
Posters
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World War I Posters (Library of Congress)Huge collection of digitized posters. Includes bibliography of resources about posters.
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Answering the Call (Milner Library Illinois State University)Online collection of World War I posters.
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Picture This
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Mass-produced, full-color, large-format war posters were both a sign and an instrument of this historic shift in warfare. Most war posters were aimed particularly at civilian populations. This book examines the poster, within the specific national contexts of Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States.
Music
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Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War byPublication Date: 192012 volumes, profusely illustrated. Free eBook on Google Books. From any volume, scroll down to Bibliographic information and click on the title. This will pull a list of all the volumes. Vol 11 is Child's book of the war: its history and wonders told for young people. Includes songs popular with the soldiers of many countries, p. 335.
