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Collection ID is exactly "40" AND topic contains "Military And Veterans"
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Matchbook Advertising Buying War Bonds, ca. 1943

Matchbook Advertising Buying War Bonds, ca. 1943
Date
1943 (circa)
Description
Matchbook encouraging the purchase of war bonds during World War II. The matches are shaped like aerial bombs with a note to "Strike on Backside," refering to both the striker on the reverse of the matchbook and the "backside" of German Chancellor Adolph Hitler, who is seen clutching the Earth.
Collection
Matchbook Advertising Buying War Bonds, ca. 1943

Matchbook Advertising Buying War Bonds, ca. 1943
Remember Pearl Harbor/Strike 'Em Dead Matchbook, 1942

Remember Pearl Harbor/Strike 'Em Dead Matchbook, 1942
Date
1942
Description
An anti-Japanese matchbook featuring matches printed with images of stereotypical Imperial Japanese soliders.
Collection
Remember Pearl Harbor/Strike 'Em Dead Matchbook, 1942

Remember Pearl Harbor/Strike 'Em Dead Matchbook, 1942
A Confederate Soldier Hanged as a Spy, pamphlet

A Confederate Soldier Hanged as a Spy, pamphlet
Date
1906
Description
Full title reads: "A Confederate Solider Hanged as a Spy at Barrancas, Florida, During the Civil War Had Narrow Escape. Was Saved by a Yankee Sergeant Who Throught They Had Wrong Man. Rev. J. T. Mann, of Fitzgerald, Ga., who is not in Pensacola, Reslates Story of his experience."
Collection
A Confederate Soldier Hanged as a Spy, pamphlet

A Confederate Soldier Hanged as a Spy, pamphlet
Advertisement for Northam Warren Sniff Kits, ca. 1942

Advertisement for Northam Warren Sniff Kits, ca. 1942
Date
1942 (circa)
Description
An advertisement for "The Sniff Kit" created and manufactured by the Northam Warren Corporation. The Sniff Kit, a civil defense preparatory kit, was designed to provide civil defense workers with an easy and safe method of identifying the five principal gases used in chemical warfare. Available in three styles, the kit contains five simulated gases: mustard, phosgene, chloropicrin, lewisite and tear gas.
Collection
Advertisement for Northam Warren Sniff Kits, ca. 1942

Advertisement for Northam Warren Sniff Kits, ca. 1942
Become a Nurse, Your Country Needs You Poster, ca 1942

Become a Nurse, Your Country Needs You Poster, ca 1942
Date
1942
Description
Poster encouraging women to become a nurse during World War II. Interested citizens should write to the Nursing Information Bureau in New York City.
Collection
Become a Nurse, Your Country Needs You Poster, ca 1942

Become a Nurse, Your Country Needs You Poster, ca 1942
Cartoon strips featuring Lieutenant Jane, Army Nurse, promoting salvage of waste fats, 1940s

Cartoon strips featuring Lieutenant Jane, Army Nurse, promoting salvage of waste fats, 1940s
Date
1940 (circa)
Description
Cartoon strips distributed by the War Production Board to newspapers promoting the salvage and recycling of waste fats. The strips feature a character named Lieutenant Jane, Army Nurse, who receives letters from home describing what friends and family were doing to cooperate with the waste fat salvage program.
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Cartoon strips featuring Lieutenant Jane, Army Nurse, promoting salvage of waste fats, 1940s

Cartoon strips featuring Lieutenant Jane, Army Nurse, promoting salvage of waste fats, 1940s
Certificate Appointing R.A. Gray as Captain in Quartermaster Corps of Army, 1918

Certificate Appointing R.A. Gray as Captain in Quartermaster Corps of Army, 1918
Date
1918-08-26
Description
Certificate Appointing R.A. Gray as Captain in Quartermaster Corps of Army, 1918
Collection
Certificate Appointing R.A. Gray as Captain in Quartermaster Corps of Army, 1918

Certificate Appointing R.A. Gray as Captain in Quartermaster Corps of Army, 1918
Certificate Commissioning R.A. Gray as Captain in Army Quartermaster Reserves, 1924

Certificate Commissioning R.A. Gray as Captain in Army Quartermaster Reserves, 1924
Date
1924-04-18
Description
Certificate Commissioning R.A. Gray as Captain in Army Quartermaster Reserves, 1924
Collection
Certificate Commissioning R.A. Gray as Captain in Army Quartermaster Reserves, 1924

Certificate Commissioning R.A. Gray as Captain in Army Quartermaster Reserves, 1924
Certificate Discharging R.A. Gray from the U.S. Army, 1919

Certificate Discharging R.A. Gray from the U.S. Army, 1919
Date
1919-01-30
Description
Certificate discharging Captain R.A. Gray from U.S. Army.
Collection
Certificate Discharging R.A. Gray from the U.S. Army, 1919

Certificate Discharging R.A. Gray from the U.S. Army, 1919
Circular letter from General Richard Keith Call

Circular letter from General Richard Keith Call
Date
1860
Collection
Circular letter from General Richard Keith Call

Circular letter from General Richard Keith Call
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
sle_government-and-politics_01Matchbook Advertising Buying War Bonds, ca. 1943Physical ObjectWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
World War, 1939-1945
Savings bonds -- United States
WWII		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/sle_government-and-politics_01.jpg
sle_government-and-politics_02Remember Pearl Harbor/Strike 'Em Dead Matchbook, 1942Physical ObjectUnited States -- Foreign public opinion, Japanese
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
World War, 1939-1945
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/sle_government-and-politics_02.jpg
flc_973.7_m281cA Confederate Soldier Hanged as a Spy, pamphletTextUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
United States -- History -- Civil war -- Secret service.		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_973.7_m281c.jpg
s419_b021_f02_x01Advertisement for Northam Warren Sniff Kits, ca. 1942TextChemical agents (Munitions)
Chemical warfare
Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use
World War, 1939-1945 -- Chemical warfare
Civil defense -- United States
World War II		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s419_b021_f02_x01.jpg
s1205_b001_f16_01Become a Nurse, Your Country Needs You Poster, ca 1942TextNursing
Manpower
Women in war		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1205_b001_f16_01.jpg
s419_b044_f07_x02Cartoon strips featuring Lieutenant Jane, Army Nurse, promoting salvage of waste fats, 1940sTextRecycling (Waste, etc.)
World War (1939-1945)
Glycerin
Civil defense		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s419_b044_f07_x02.jpg
m75-85_b005_f01_02Certificate Appointing R.A. Gray as Captain in Quartermaster Corps of Army, 1918TextWorld War, 1914-1918
World War I
Armed Forces--Officers		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/m75-85_b005_f01_02.jpg
m75-85_b005_f01_04Certificate Commissioning R.A. Gray as Captain in Army Quartermaster Reserves, 1924TextArmed Forces--Reserves/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/m75-85_b005_f01_04.jpg
m75-85_b005_f01_03Certificate Discharging R.A. Gray from the U.S. Army, 1919TextWorld War, 1914-1918
World War I
Armed Forces--Officers		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/m75-85_b005_f01_03.jpg
flc_br0023Circular letter from General Richard Keith CallTextSuccession--Florida
African Americans		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0023.jpg