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Students of the Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.) in the mess hall at Knox College.

This home card advertising the U.S. Food Administration has a note written on its back that reads, "This card was put up in July 1917 and was one of the first, if not the first, to appear in a Hyde Park window, Chicago, Illinois."

The likeness of General John Pershing is used on this advertisement for War savings stamps (W.S.S.).

This art supplement and its companion article for the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign appeared in the Chicago Herald & Examiner.

This Christmas card featuring a little girl waving the flags of Allied nations in World War I was sent to someone's "Grandma."

A cheery drummer boy exhorts the recipient of this Christmas card to "Ring out the False, Ring in the True." The card is signed "Robert."

A cheerful soldier boy and nurse girl sing Christmas carols together on the front of this Christmas card.

This window flag indicated that one was a subscriber to Fourth Liberty Loan. One was only allowed to display window flags of this variety if one was a subscriber.

These window flags were distributed by the United States Treasury Department so individuals could indicate they subscribed to Liberty Loans.

This Liberty Loan window flag indicated the owner displaying the flag was an owner of a Third Liberty Loan Bond.

These tiny war stamps were issued during World War I.

This letter, addressed "To the Heads of Clubs, Lodges, Societies, Fraternal Bodies and All Similar Organizations," describes the purpose of Thrift and War Savings Stamps, the proposed modus operandi of War Savings Societies, and the means one might…

Clothing and home-oriented goods are requested in this memorandum asking people to send items to the Armory as soon as possible for French and Belgian relief.

Issued by the War Savings Committee for Illinois, a person could mark cards like this one in order to promise to purchase thrift stamps at certain intervals throughout the year and to get a specified number of other persons to purchase thrift stamps…

These tags were distributed so contributers could indicate that they had subscribed to the Fourth Liberty Loan in support of their country.