200,000 Wounded Soldiers want Books to Read
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| Title | 200,000 Wounded Soldiers want Books to Read |
| Coverage-Year | 1918 |
| Coverage-Spatial | |
| Description | Glass plate slide showing a handbill advertising the ALA's book drive for American service personnel. The ad features a picture of an interracial group of convalescent soldiers at Camp Dix base hospital positioned around a book cart, and the text admonishes, "Give them some for Christmas, the kind you'd give your boy. Send gift books to Free Public Library, December 14th to 20th." |
| Dimensions | 10.0 x 8.2 cm |
| Subject | |
| Theme | War Service Photographs and Slides, 1917-20 |
| Type | Still image |
| Digitized Material | Black and white lantern slides |
| Rights | Copyright Not Evaluated |
| Physical Location | RS 89/1/13, Box 1, Group 2 |
| Resource Identifier | ALA0000193 |
| Collection Title | American Library Association Archives Digital Collections |
| Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University Archives |
| Collection | American Library Association Archives Digital Collections |
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