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Employees of Gossler Bros., Inc.--Notice!
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Poster is text only, printed on company letterhead. Text continues: Owing to the peculiar conditions of war possibilities between the United States and Germany, we must insist that all employees of this Corporation be Americans by heart, disregarding their place of birth, and absolutely refrain from using any other language than English, and also refrain from discussing war conditions. This country gives you a livelihood-be loyal! We, Gossler Bros., have never used any discrimination regarding nationality or religion in the past, nor will we now and the future. We are Americans! Gossler Bros., Inc. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

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Engineers Blaze the Trail for Education! The Engineers Can Place Men From 18 to 40 Where they Can Learn their Trade in the Army.
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U.S. Army recruiting poster showing a group of men carrying the tools of the engineering trades, also shown is a list of educational opportunities available to new recruits.

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England Expects Are You Doing Your Duty to-Day? 1805-1915
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Poster showing a sailor in 19th century uniform, with modern battleships at sea and a distant shore in flames. Design copyright Seargeant Bros. Ltd. Poster no. 101. Title from item.

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England Expects - and England Must Not and Will Not Be Disappointed. Recruits Wanted for the Royal Naval Division [...]
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Poster showing a tall masted ship. Text continues: ... to serve during the period of the war. Age 18 to 38 - Mean chest measurement 34 inches, height 5 ft. 3 1/2 inches. There are no expenses incurred in joining, free kits and food being provided. Men are paid at the service rate of 1/3 per day - Separation allowances are made to the families of married men. Apply to: The Royal Naval Division. Recruiting office: 112 The Strand, London, W.C. Title from item.

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[English Village Scene]
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Poster showing an idyllic English village scene, with poem by Samuel Rogers, "A wish, mine be a cot beside the hill..." Caption: The Underground Railways of London, knowing how many of their passengers are now engaged on important business in France and other parts of the world, send out this reminder of home. Thanks are due to George Clausen, R.A. for the drawing. Title devised by Library staff.

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Enlist
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Poster showing a woman, a passenger from the Lusitania, submerged in water cradling an infant in her arms. Title from item. Issued by The Boston Public Safety Committee. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 1998.

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Enlist in the Navy
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Poster showing Uncle Sam, in the uniform of a soldier, protecting a woman who has collapsed beneath a cross inscribed "Slavery" and "Barbarism." Uncle Sam also points a revolver at the Kaiser, who wears a crown and royal robes and brandishes a whip. Statue of Liberty visible in background. Caption: "Americans! Stand by Uncle Sam for liberty against tyranny!" Theodore Roosevelt. Copyright by the Century Co. Dutch artist Raemaekers produced a number of "patriotic cartoons" for Century Magazine. Title from item.

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06/19/2013
Enlist in the Navy Follow the Boys in Blue for Home and Country
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U.S. Navy recruitment poster showing civilian men in queue receiving their navy gear and boarding a battleship. Painted and presented to the U.S. Navy by George Wright.

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Enlist in the Signal Corps--Receive a Technical Education Free
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Poster showing a man in uniform with electrical equipment. Jobs and specialties are listed: Electricity, telephony, photography, line work, cable splicing, tel. construction, wireless, telegraphy, carrier pigeons, submarine cables, motorcyclists, chauffeurs, etc. Government Printing Office. No. 3-6914.

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Enlistment in the Regular Army. Height Now Reduced to Normal Standard for Infantry of the Line.
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Text continues: Conditions till further orders: Height - 5 ft. 3 ins. and upwards. Chest - 34 1/2 ins at least. Age - 19 to 38 years. Poster is text only. 5th November, 1914. W 7532-3692 50,000 11/14 HWV. Title from item.

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Enlist to-Day in the 69th Infantry Join the Famous Irish Regiment [...] Go to the Front with Your Friends [...]
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Poster is mostly text, with a small American flag. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

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06/19/2013
Enrolls for National Service Members
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Poster for Red Cross student membership drive, including blank spaces for the name of the school and the number of members enrolled, American and Red Cross flags, and portraits of Woodrow Wilson, Lincoln, and Washington. Caption reads: Instructions for Use. To the Principal or Teacher: Have the school children draw in the name of the school at the top of the poster after careful lettering under your direction. Exhibit the poster at the Lincoln's Birthday Exercise, and hang it in a prominent place during the enrollment period which ends on Washington's Birthday. At Washington's Birthday Exercise let some of the children, as part of the ceremony, paste in figures representing the number of children enrolled above the word Members.

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06/18/2013