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1914-1918
Keystone View Company
Feeding "Grannie"--Shell Hoisted into Position.
Soldiers use a pulley to load the twelve-inch howitzer, one of the largest guns used in the war, which they affectionately nicknamed, "Grannie".
GLC09584.136
Feeding "Grannie"--Twelve Men Lowering Shell into Breach
Twleve British soldiers use a pulley system to properly load the twelve-inch Howitzer, affectionately known as "Grannie".
GLC09584.137
circa 1915
Carver, George Washington, 1864-1943
The sweet potato as a flour substitute
Carver, a celebrated agricultural chemist at the Tuskegee Institute, offers advice and recipes regarding conservation of the year's unusually large sweet potato crop. Provides recipes for using sweet potatoes to make flour, bread, and biscuits.
GLC06172
1919
Jamieson, J.A., fl. 1919
Complete history of the colored soldiers in the world war: Authentic story of the greatest war of civilized times and what the colored man did to uphold democracy and liberty.
Signed by Sergeant J. A. Jamieson. With a forward by Sergeant John A. Jamieson, Sergeant G. I. Williams, Corporal H. White, Private Jack Allen, and Private John Graham. In the introduction, these men declare that they "the undersigned, 'Colored Boys...
GLC06129
1918
Renesch, E.G. (Edward George), fl. 1917-1918
Colored man is no slacker
Depicts an African American World War I infantryman parting with a woman in a blue dress. In the background, African American soldiers march; one soldier carries a United States flag. The couple stands on a walkway surrounded by flowers.
GLC06134
1917-1919
Shepp, William, fl. 1917-1919
WWI diaries of soldiers in Company A, 7th Engineers, with vivid battle details [Decimalized .01- .04]
The dates of the individual volumes are as follows: I. 3 June 1917-2 June 1918; II. 3 June-20 October 1918; III. 8 December 1918-12 April 1919; IV. ca. 20 April-5 August 1919.
Bound manuscripts housed in Primary: Range 3B, Shelf 1-2.
GLC06888
1915/03/22
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
to Editor of the Herald
Of the matter Roosevelt comments, "There is something cheap and unpleasant to high-minded Americans in seeing their fellow countrymen go abroad to look on at the agony." With Roosevelt's autograph underlinings and additions.
GLC06945
1915/07/10
to W. S. Rainsford
Writes of Creel: "He can only find inconsistencies precisely as he can find them in the writings of Washington or Lincoln- that is, an occasional honest and necessary change of mind and ...circumstances which necessitated a change on my part...
GLC06881
1918/06/19
to W.S. Rainsford
Misaddressed to "Ranisford." TR writes in part "I think vulgar boasting and vulgar depreciation of the courage and efficiency of our enemies represent the nadir of patriotism and good taste..." On stationery of the Kansas City Star. Corrected in T.R...
GLC06879
1919/05/20
Lincoln, Robert T., 1843-1926
to Isaac Markens re: enclosing a piece of Lincoln manuscript
"I am enclosing to you a piece of Lincoln mss which is not exciting but is characteristic. It was no doubt held in President Lincoln's hand when making the address to Mr. Molina..."
GLC07519.02
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