Finding aid for the World War I ephemera from Germany 0123

Finding aid prepared by Natalie Camacho

USC Libraries Special Collections

Doheny Memorial Library 206

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189

213-740-5900

specol@usc.edu

2014 January

Title: World War I ephemera

Collection number: 0123

Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 2.42 Linear feet 3 boxes

Date: circa 1918

Abstract: Miscellaneous household packages and containers from Germany, ca. 1918; cloth samples; emergency German coinage from the end of the war.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder# or item name], World War I ephemera, Collection no. 0123, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Conditions Governing Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of household German materials used during and after World War I. It includes edible items, such as powdered eggs and tea. There are items meant to aid in the repairs of household items, such as buttons and boot soles. The collection contains some pins from the interwar years, including a pin made for the November 12, 1933 elections that reads "Ja," the Nazi Party slogan (Box 2). There are collections of cigarette cards and American magazine covers. The Independent was a magazine based in New York City. It ran from 1848 to 1928. It absorbed Harper's Weekly in 1916. The Literary Digest was a magazine based in New York City that ran from 1890 to 1938. The collection also contains German paper currency and coins.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ephemera

Souvenirs (Keepsakes)--Germany

World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--Germany--Archival resources

World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States--Archival resources

Magazine Covers: The Independent

Box 1, Folder 1

The Builders 1919 February 15

Box 1, Folder 2

Countryside Building Number 1919 March 1

Box 1, Folder 3

A Couple o' Heroes 1919 March 22

Box 1, Folder 4

First Aid to the Allies 1917 June 23

Box 1, Folder 5

The Future of American Shipping 1918 December 14

Box 1, Folder 6

General Pershing 1918 November 30

Box 1, Folder 7

In the Fields of France 1919 April 12

Box 1, Folder 8

January 1917 1917 January 22

Box 1, Folder 9

Keeping Women on the Payroll 1919 January 11

Box 1, Folder 10

Lest They Perish 1919 February 8

Box 1, Folder 11

The Magic of the Printed Word 1919 March 8

Box 1, Folder 12

Mascot of this Man's Army 1919 February 22

Box 1, Folder 13

A Red Cross Service Flag in Every Home 1918 December 21

Box 1, Folder 14

Sergeant Berry Studies French 1919 March 29

Box 1, Folder 15

Sure! We'll Finish the Job 1919 April 19

Box 1, Folder 16

The War Comes to an End 1918 November 23

Box 1, Folder 17

Welcome Home! 1919 January 4

Box 1, Folder 18

Why We Need a Great Navy 1919 January 25

Box 1, Folder 19

Why We Need the League of Nations 1919 March 22

Box 1, Folder 20

The World's Our Counter 1919 April 26

Magazine Covers: The Literary Digest

Box 1, Folder 21

Admiral William S. Sims 1919 March 29

Box 1, Folder 22

American Relief in Suffering France and Belgium 1919 February 15

Box 1, Folder 23

Attacking an Armored Train 1918 February 2

Box 1, Folder 24

The Biggest Man in Town 1919 January 25

Box 1, Folder 25

A Camouflaged Road 1918 November 30

Box 1, Folder 26

Charging Behind a Curtain of Fire 1918 March 2

Box 1, Folder 27

The Christmas Box 1917 December 22

Box 1, Folder 28

Clearing the Woods 1918 November 16

Box 1, Folder 29

Coast Patrol 1918 November 23

Box 1, Folder 30

Coming Home 1918 December 28

Box 1, Folder 31

The Cossack 1918 October 19

Box 1, Folder 32

The Dispatch Bearer 1917 November 3

Box 1, Folder 33

Distinguishing Marks of the U.S. Army 1917 October 6

Box 1, Folder 34

Distinguishing Marks of the U.S. Navy 1917 October 13

Box 1, Folder 35

Gathering Souvenirs 1918 December 21

Box 1, Folder 36

The Girl He Left Behind 1919 January 18

Box 1, Folder 37

How He Won the Medal 1919 March 22

Box 1, Folder 38

King Albert of Belgium 1919 February 1

Box 1, Folder 39

The New Allied Merchant Flag 1919 April 5

Box 1, Folder 40

News for the Light-Ship 1919 May 3

Box 1, Folder 41

News of His Homecoming 1919 January 11

Box 1, Folder 42

Rebuilding Europe 1919 March 15

Box 1, Folder 43

Shipping News 1919 March 8

Box 1, Folder 44

The Signal Corps in Action 1918 January 26

Box 1, Folder 45

Transporting Artillery Mules in the Alps 1918 December 7

Box 1, Folder 46

U.S. Army Supplies in France 1918 March 30

Box 1, Folder 47

U.S. Marines Charging Enemy Gun Nests 1918 October 26

Box 1, Folder 48

Veterans 1919 May 24

Box 1, Folder 49

Vive la France! 1919 January 4

Box 1, Folder 50

Winter Sports on the Rhine 1919 February 22

Food

Box 2

Food Flavoring, Spices, and Sauces

Box 2

Powdered Food (1)

Box 2

Powdered Food (2)

Box 2

Tea

Household Equipment and Materials

Box 2

Board Games

Box 2

Button Fastening Kit

Box 1, Folder 51

Button Fastening Kit Instructions 1918

Box 2

Button Fastenings

Box 2

Buttons

Box 2

Cockades of the Republic 1918

Box 2

Deutsche Kernworte

Box 2

Flammentaler

Box 2

Glass Bottles

Box 2

Laundry-Starch Substitute

Box 3

Metal

Box 2

Paper Rope

Box 2

Pins

Box 2

Shoelaces

Box 2

Soap Bars

Box 2

Steel Sole Plates

Box 2

Sterilin-Sauger

Box 2

Toothbrush

Box 2

Wooden Comb

Box 2

Wooden Figures

Box 3

Grocery Card Holder

Cigarette Cards

Box 2

Cigarette Cards

Box 2

Cigarette Cards--Player's Cigarettes

Box 2

Cigarette Cards--Salmon and Gluckstein's Cigarettes

Box 2

Cigarette Cards--Series of Recruitment Posters

Box 2

Cigarette Cards--Will's Cigarettes

First Aid and Medicine

Box 2

Bandage

Box 2

Menthol Dragees

Box 2

Novatophan K Case

Box 2

Sublimaat Gaas

Fabric Samples

Box 3

Fabric Samples (1)

Box 3

Fabric Samples (2)

Box 3

Fabric Samples (3)

Box 3

Fabric Samples, Hamburger: Caeper & Drells

Box 3

Fabric Samples, Deutsche Papiergarn Gesellschaft

Box 3

Fabric Samples, Max Borchardt, Matratzen-Werke, Stettin

Box 3

Fabric Samples, Kunstleder-Granitol

Flags

Box 3

German Emperor's Standard featuring Kaiser Wilhelm II

Box 3

Ottoman Flag

Currency

Box 2

Coins

Box 2

German Paper Currency

Written Materials

Box 2

Card--Donation for Displaced Germans Abroad

Box 2

Card promoting German Beer

Box 2

Garbaty--Specialty Brands

Box 2

German Payment Instruction Cards

Box 2

Note