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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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John D. Rockefeller

Self-Portrait

The Union Jack, New York, April Morning

National Museum Closes for WWI Work

Louise Bryant

Red Guard

Struggle Gives Birth to Heroes

Hammer, Sickle, Cog, Floral Border

John Silas Reed

Henry Miller

The Roll Call

Jascha Heifetz

John Joseph Pershing

Charles Schwab

Editors of Conde Nast

Washington Square

January 23rd, Buffalo Deer Dance

The Supply Store

Cubist Still Life

Christmas Greetings 1918

The Thundershower

Wendingen: maandblad voor bouwen en sieren, Vol. 1, No. 2

Textile Design: Safety Pins

The Wind

(The Seven Ages of Man, portfolio) (Boy with Books)

Gwendolyn

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Wood Gaylor and Robert Ament in wedding attire, performing the wedding ceremony for the Penguin Club's strawberry festival

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Woodrow Wilson

Photograph of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in front of a tapestry

Photograph of Regina Egertion Wright with Colored Training School diploma


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