Head of dog, with sad-looking face, on U.S. Navy uniform, draped over back of chair, and banner with gold star in background. Poster promotes vigilance
Creator:
Wesley
Created:
1944
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Upper Midwest Literary Archives.
Head of dog, with sad-looking face, on U.S. Navy uniform, draped over back of chair, and banner with gold star in background. Poster promotes vigilance
Creator:
Wesley
Created:
1944
Contributed By:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections.
GI paratrooper soldier is shot as parachutes land, with bombardment in background. Poster promotes vigilance. Brief information about artist and mailing information printed on verso, which was scanned as MSP02668a
Creator:
Stoops, Herbert Morton, 1888-1948
Created:
1944
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Upper Midwest Literary Archives.
A toddler stands on the sidewalk wearing a snowsuit and mittens. The Sumner Field Homes were constructed by the W. P. A. in 1938. They were the first federally subsidized housing in Minnesota. Sumner Field replaced housing stock constructed in the 1880 and 1890s that were home to a first generation of Minneapolis immigrants.
Created:
1944
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
A room in the children's hospital at Turciansky Svaty Martin, Slovakia, after it was bombed in December 1944. It is only one of 57 Czechoslovak hospitals destroyed by warfare, which, although now rebuilt, are not operating at anywhere near full cpacity.
Created:
1944
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
The United Service Organizations (USO) was formed in the months before the United States entered World War II by a coalition of six civilian agencies to coordinate their civilian war efforts, including the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA). The YMCA and other welfare agencies had already been seeking ways to serve the morale needs of th...
Created:
1944 - 1946
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
