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Coffin, William Haskell, 1878-1941 "Help Us Help Our Boys."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09813 Author/Creator: Coffin, William Haskell, 1878-1941 Place Written: s.l. Type: Poster Date: 1918 Pagination: 1 lithograph Height: 71 cm, Width: 53.3 cm Order a Copy

One lithograph printed during World War I. Depicts a smiling woman in a YMCA uniform pushing a poster on a wooden exterior that reads, "Help Us Help Our Boys." Below the woman is the text, "United War Work Campaign, Nov. 11th to 18th, $170,500,000."

Coffin, William Haskell, 1878-1941

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