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An impassioned attack on Abraham Lincoln and the human toll of the Union war effort. Columbia, wearing a liberty cap and a skirt made of an American flag, demands, "Mr. Lincoln, give me back my 500,000 sons!!!" At the right, Lincoln, unfazed, sits at a writing desk, his leg thrown over the chair back. A proclamation calling for "500 Thous. More Troops," signed by him, lies at his feet. He replies, "Well the fact is--by the way that reminds me of a Story!!!" The artist refers to the false report published by the "New York World" that Lincoln joked on the battlefield of Antietam. (See "The Commander-in-Chief Conciliating the Soldier's Votes," no. 1864-30.)|Signed: J.E. Baker del. (Joseph E. Baker).|Title appears as it is written on the item.|Weitenkampf, p. 140.|Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)|Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1864-34.

An emblem of an eagle supported by two American flags, illustrates the sheet music cover for a song by Josiah D. Canning. The eagle's wings are spread and its mouth holds a streamer with the composer's sobriquet "The Peasant Bard of Mass." The Library's copy was deposited for copyright on August 9, 1858.|Entered . . . 1858 by Firth, Pond & Co. |New York. Published by Firth, Pond & Co 547 Broadway.|Signed: Wakelam & Bros.|Title appears as it is written on the item.|Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1858-2.

A fond yet sardonic tribute to the aging Massachusetts statesman Daniel Webster, whose final bid for the Whig presidential nomination was defeated by Winfield Scott in 1852. The artist is wryly critical of the apparent Whig predilection for military candidates. The print seems to have appeared in the fall of 1852 (the Library's copyright deposit impression was registered on September 18), at around the time Webster, running as an independent candidate, withdrew, mortally ill, to his estate at Marshfield. He died on October 24, 1852. Webster is shown as a schoolboy, standing before the U. S. Capitol building, holding the hand of Columbia, a young girl with an American flag as a sash. In her free hand, she holds a pole topped with a Phrygian cap. Nodding coyly, Columbia says, "Though my Guardians at Baltimore won't let me have you--believe me, Daniel, I love and honor you for all your past devotion and services, and can never forget you. If you had neglected your "Books" and "Slate," and attended more to "Fencing" and "Gymnastics," you might have succeeded better." Webster stoically responds, "Notwithstanding the past, I am still your friend, and when you are in difficulty you may command my services." In the foreground lie his books, slate, and cap. In the background, two unidentified men are engaged in a fencing match.|Carter & Conant, Publishers, 4 Cornhill Court, Boston.|Entered . . . 1852 by Carter & Conant. |Signed with monogram: WC or "HC".|Title appears as it is written on the item.|Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)|Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1852-37.

Poster showing a worker and a soldier. Text continues: Every piece of work done in this plant has a direct bearing on the outcome of the war. Our finished product goes to France. The men who face for us weariness, hardships, death, depend upon us. Our work here, fits their work over there, like a cog in a giant machine. Without our product they are helpless. With it they are invincible. They fight with what we make. We are their resource and reliance, the American workman and the American soldier, the combination that will win the war. Committee on Public Information, Division of Pictorial Publicity. Title from item.

Poster showing a cheerful soldier shouldering a rifle and smoking a pipe. Caption: "The moment the order came to go forward, there were smiling faces everywhere." Extract from letter written in the trenches of the Aisne by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien. Poster no. 22. W. 422/405 10m. 4/15. Title from item.

Poster showing two sailors as tourists in South America, riding and feeding bananas to a llama. Caption: South America. Poster stamped at bottom: U.S. Navy Recruiting Station, Law Building, 9th & Market Sts., Wilmington, Dela[ware].

Poster shows a young boy in overalls with a shovel over his shoulder. Title from item.

Poster showing men, some wearing the Union Jack on their lapels, watching as soldiers march by. Title from item. Poster no. 74. W. 13481/369.

Poster showing a soldier standing on a map, reaching from France over the English Channel to take the hand of a civilian man standing on England. Poster no. 131. Paste-on: 21. W.9116. 25M - 9/15. Title from item.

Poster showing small portraits of President Poincare of France, President Woodrow Wilson, King George V of England, King Albert of Belgium, and Sir Douglas Haig. Title from item.

Poster showing new supplies as would be issued to a recruit, including uniform, boots, hat, overcoat, kit, and rifle. "Your arms, uniform and accoutrements are ready waiting for you." Lord Kitchener at Guildhall, July 1915. Poster no. 130. W. 9116 25M. 9/15. Title from item.

National Guard recruiting poster showing men in military uniform marching. Poster caption continues: All branches of the Army service are open to you. Issued(?) by: Committee of Public Safety, Department of Military Service, South Penn Square, Philadelphia.

Poster showing a U.S. soldier wielding a bayonet over a fallen German soldier. No. 8-B. Title from item.

Poster showing a dog holding a hat in its mouth, filled with coins and Red Cross membership receipts, against background of Red Cross flags.

Naval Reserve recruitment poster showing a navy cook at a stove; includes text promoting the position as a sea cook, as well as a list of the wages for various cook and mess positions.

American Red Cross poster showing a Red Cross nurse holding an infant and comforting a woman amid the destruction left by war. Issued(?) by: American Red Cross.