United War Work Campaign Poster

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Poster advertising the United War Work Campaign. It reads, "If you only knew! How much joy your dollars bring 'over there' you'd GIVE and GIVE and GIVE!!!!" To illustrate this joy, a smiling soldier is shown enjoying a piece of pie and a hot beverage. The emblems from the seven organizations of the United War Work Campaign are also featured on the poster.
 
President Woodrow Wilson created the United War Work Campaign to raise money for war relief efforts both in the United States and abroad. Originally, eleven organizations participated, but that number settled at seven. The final agencies involved were the "National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations, War Work Council of the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Associations, National Catholic War Council (Knights of Columbus), Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp Community Service, American Library Association, and the Salvation Army.”