Subject: World War I

A broadside promoting the Victory Liberty Loan, featuring an illustration of Miss Liberty holding the American flag and listing names of individuals from various nationalities on an honor roll. Published in 1919.

Original brass plaque from a park bench dedicated to Bernard M. Baruch on his ninetieth birthday in 1960. Located in Lafayette Park across from the White House, the bench served as a place where Baruch, advisor to five presidents, would dispense wisdom. The plaque, measuring 13.5" long, 6.5" high, and 1/2" thick, reads "ELDER STATESMAN'S BENCH, RESERVED FOR BERNARD M. BARUCH." This plaque was sold in the late 1980s before it was slated to be melted for scrap.

A hand-done calligraphic memorial broadside created by the Harvard Lodge No. 9, United Sons of Israel, on July 23, 1918. The broadside features the American and Israeli flags, an eagle, and a photograph of uniformed members. It describes a battle and is signed by lodge officers. The broadside includes a seal of Harvard. It was displayed at the Library of Congress Exhibit in Cincinnati (AJA) in 2005.

This archival item pertains to materials provided by the Jewish Welfare Board to Jewish soldiers during 1919. The exact nature of the materials is unspecified.

Brass and silver-washed artillery shell lamp decorated with Hebrew script and the date 1918. This example of trench art was reportedly made by a Brooklyn brass worker awaiting discharge from the military.

A color graphic recruitment poster in Yiddish for Canadian Jewish immigrants. The poster's theme is, "We have given you your freedom and now it is time to fight for it." This is one of a set of two; the English version is in a separate record. Very rare; possibly only three sets exist.

A color graphic recruitment poster for Canadian Jewish immigrants. The poster's theme is: "We have given you your freedom and now it is time to fight for it." This is one of a set of two posters; the other is in Yiddish (see 2006.12.26.00574). Published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; undated. Possibly only three sets exist.

This archival object comprises a World War I kit belonging to Joseph Gelt, a soldier trained at Camp Meade, Maryland, in Company 9 of the 79th Division. The kit, a 27-inch-long khaki pack with six pouches, contains a prayer book with scriptures in English and Yiddish, army pamphlets, a shaving kit, notebook, scissors, needles, thread, an army button, and pins. The kit was supplied by the Soldiers' Sailors' Welfare League, 24th Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and designed to be worn around the waist. This kit was exhibited at a Library of Congress exhibit in Cincinnati (sponsored by the American Jewish Archives) in 2005 and in the 2010-2011 core opening exhibit of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its completeness is considered unique among surviving examples.

A Yiddish-language broadside soliciting purchases of Liberty Loan bonds in denominations of $1000, $500, $100, and $50. Printed in red and blue on heavy cardboard, it measures 22 inches high by 14.5 inches wide. The only English text reads "Liberty Loan Committee of New England." The broadside shows some staining and slight wear to the bottom corners. Published in Boston, Massachusetts in 1918.