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Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

World War I propaganda photograph album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 457
Overview This collection consists of an album of German propaganda from World War I. The cover page is a leaflet encouraging American soldiers to stop fighting, arguing that they have nothing to fight for and “all the fine words about glory are tommy rot.” The remaining pages of the album are comprised of photographs of soldiers with facial injuries that have led to visible differences.
Dates: circa 1917-1918