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1918: A Year in the Collections

1918 was a difficult and transitional year with the world deep in World War I and a deadly flu pandemic at home. Armistice came in November, "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month," and the horrors of the "war to end all wars" began to abate. A new creative spirit flourished as modernism swept into art and design. For more stories about this time, including home front efforts to rally support with music, art from soldier artists, related exhibitions, and more, visit our World War I Centennial pages.


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Munyon's Homeopathic Home Remedies Counter Display

Great War Victory Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post, 1918, (painting)

The Crisis Vol. 16 No. 2

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Woodbury Bag Loading Plant Employee ID Badge

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Venida Hair Net - Double Mesh Triple Strength, Auburn

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Meritol Hy-Pep-Sen

Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup for Dyspepsia

Dr. Guertin's Nerve Syrup

Tabulating Machine Company Card Punch Used at the Bureau of the Census

Electric Brand Bitters

Merrell's Digitalis For Infusion, No. 86

Marchant Model A Standard Calculating Machine

Monroe Model F Calculating Machine

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Photograph of Regina Egertion Wright with Colored Training School diploma

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