Rough seas
During World War I, German submarines, or U-boats, patrolled the North Sea, the English Channel, the Irish Sea, and their approaches. U-boats, such as the one...
Save Food!
During World War I, the U.S. Food Administration under Herbert Hoover urged Americans to conserve food. This photograph recorded one patriotic boy’s efforts to get...
Saving wheat, corn, rye, and barley
In May 1917 the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, wrote to Congressman John M. Morin urging prohibition to conserve agricultural products. During World War I,...
Shifting lines
This French map of Eastern France illustrates the often-disputed boundary between France and Germany. The map is part of the records of the American Expeditionary...
Suffragettes offer their aid
Suffragettes stand in line to show their willingness to aid their country in 1917 when hostilities broke out between Germany and the United States. In 1918 President...
Support the war!
American artist Howard Chandler Christy created this poster for the Third Liberty Loan war bond drive during World War I. Published in 1917 by Forbes of Boston, the...
Telegram decoded
In January 1917 the United States was neutral in the European War that would eventually be called World War I. An intercepted telegram between Germany and Mexico...