Items | Digital Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

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Be a Cadet Nurse, the Girl With a Future
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Poster, color, 20 x 27.9 in., published by the United States Government Printing Office
Photograph of Mary Ann 'Mother' Bickerdyke
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A black and white photograph of Mary Ann Bickerdyke wearing a dark blouse with a shawl. On her blouse she is wearing two medals. Dimensions: 4.25"x6.5".
Letter from Charlotte Opler to Edwin Rolfe
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Letter from Charlotte Opler to Ed Rolfe, written January 30, 1944. Rolfe was a poet and journalist who began publishing newspaper artitcles attacking Nazism in 1934. He was the Lincoln Battalion's poet laureate and the American poet who did the most sustained work on the Spanish Civil War.
French airplane factory--Salinson
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white photograph, 4x7 inches. French caption reads "Usine francaise d'aviation - Salinson[.] Atelier des femmes, le fraisage
Making gas masks
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white photograph. Description in French reads, "Confection de lunettes contre les gaz asphyants.
Enlist in a proud profession!; Join the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Poster, color, 28 x 20 in., published by the United States Government Printing Office
Ours to fight for, freedom from fear
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Poster, color, 28 x 20 in., published by the United States Government Printing Office. (This digital image has been enhanced. The original had tape stains that were removed from the digital image.)
Detasselers During World War II
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A group of female detasselers during World War II at Funk's farm including Gretchen Gottschalk, Barbara Benjamin, Marcella Pierson, unknown, Bessie Gottschalk, Phyllis Bender, Mary Johnston, Betty Belle Alverson, Isabel Gottschalk, Barbara Zook, Louise Gottschalk, May Johnson, and Alice Johnston.
Photograph of Julia Ward Howe
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A sepia toned photograph of Julia Ward Howe, author of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." She is wearing a pleated blouse with a pin at the neck. Her hair is in a braided bun. Dimensions: 4.25"x6.5".
Women removing dents from helmets
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white photograph. Description in French reads, "Orleans Debosselage de casques.
Women loading coal
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white photograph. French caption reads, "En Meurthe et Moselle. Femmes chargeant du charbon. 20-4-17
Advertisement of Detasselers
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Advertisement and photograph of detasselers during World War II.
Become a Nurse, Your Country Needs You
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Poster, color, 28 x 22 in., published by the United States Government Printing Office
Illustration of work in the United States Arsenal at Watertown, Massachusetts
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Reproduction of the cover of Harper’s Weekly from July 20, 1861. Dimensions: 10"x15.5".
Photograph of Pauline Cushman
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A black and white photograph of Pauline Cushman wearing what appears to be a Union frock coat. Dimensions: 4"x6.5".
An engraving of Kady Brownell in Army Clothing
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A black and white engraving of Kady Brownell from the book: Moore, Frank. "Women of the War: Their Heroism and Self-Sacrifice." Hartford, Conn.: S.S. Scranton & Co., 1866. She is wearing an army costume with a sash at her waist and with her sword in her right hand. Dimensions: 5.5"x8.5".
Engraving of woman wearing a Zouave Neglige
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)with it is worn a shirt with plaited linen bosom, and fancy silk necktie. Tuscan braid hat trimmed in black velvet and straw. Taken from “Godey’s Lady’s Book,” vol. 63 (July, 1861). Dimensions: 5.5"x9.5".
Serve those who served
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Poster, color, 20 x 28 in., published by the United States Governmnet Printing Office
Queen Mary and Princess Mary at Coventry
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white photograph. Label text: 'Queen Mary and Princess Mary at Coventry. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Mary, visited Coventry on Tuesday, the visit being one of the series which Her Majesty had made to study the problems created by the great increase of female labour. PHOTO: A little 'grand stand' waiting for the Queen to pass. The kiddies' father is at the...
Fabrification of 155 shells
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Black and white photograph, 4 x 7 in. French caption reads "En Meurthe et Moselle. Fabrication des noyaux de 155 par des femmes 20-4-17

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