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  • Collection: Advertising and WWI

Paramount 1.jpg
A woman is dressed in a wartime uniform as she stands before a cannon. The text is to the left of the photo.

Patriotic Shopping1.jpg
Text surrounded by an artistic border. The recommendation is for shoppers to buy their Christmas gifts early, so that they can be shipped early, guaranteeing prompt delivery.

Scotts Emulsion1.jpg
Small figure of a fisherman carrying a large cod on his back. Majority of advert is textual. Suggests that cod liver oil helped to build up tolerance in the training camps, and that continued use will protect one from colds, grippe (influenza),…

Picture Store1.jpg
Simple small advert of a frame around the text offering pictures of General Pershing for 30 cents.

Security Trust1.jpg
Small advert offering free safe deposit vault access for small holdings of Liberty Bonds.

The Metro1.jpg
Medium advert, all text, suggesting that a free service flag would be given to every mother who registers their boys name who is serving.

Stackpole-Moore-Tyron1.jpg
Two men standing together apparently smoking. The younger one seems to be in a uniform, the older one in dapper clothing. Text to the left.

Sugar1.jpg
Small advert offering to ship Vermont Maple Sugar and/or Maple Syrup to relieve the sugar shortage. They are sending tons of the sugar to the boys in France.

Tobacco Fund1.jpg
Advert requesting readers to volunteer to send in money for the purchase of tobacco to be shipped to the war for morale.

Wise Smith1.jpg
A medium to large advert promoting a department store which specialized in fur coats, toys, sleds and skates. There is a Americana shield which reads Free Souvenirs near the top left, and on the bottom right there is a figure of a child in a…
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