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View of an unidentified young woman working in a garden in a residential area of Helena, Montana.

View of four males in Huie Pock's mercantile store in Butte, Montana. A variety of goods are displayed for sale, including China dishes and tea pots and many other Chinese related goods. Two of the people are Huie Pock, second from left, and his…

View of a crew of seven male miners in an underground mine shaft at Butte, Montana. One is operating an electric drill mounted on a stand. The men's clothes and faces are dirty.

View of a group of American soldiers near a U. S. Army camp in France. Captain George W. Slack, commanding officer of the 20th Engineers, Forestry, sits on a horse behind the line of soldiers. One of the soldiers on the left, dressed in white,…

View of a man in suit and coat with a white mask over his face.

Outline of state of Montana graphically depicting through different colors the proportions of the state's population according to ethnicity or country of origin according to the 1910 census.

Folded rectangular brown leather case. There are two D rings at the top between the two sections. One side has two flaps that fold out. These panels have a plastic sheet with small square grid printed on it. A map can be inserted behind the plastic…

Wooden rectangular case hinged by leather. Black leather lid with black paper base. The lid on the underside has two metal loops that fit into the bottom. The lid's interior is covered with purple fabric with a satin weave. Stamped in the fabric in…

Sewing kit made of wide strip of black oilcloth and edged with olive green twill tape. The inside is covered with olive green muslin. Starting from the top point, there are three layers of wool. Top layer is red, middle is white and bottom is blue.…

Man's vest. Front of vest is fully beaded with glass seed beads sewn to canvas using overlay stitch. Vest has white background with geometric and flag designs. On each side at top near shoulders, there are two American flags in red, white, blue.…

World War I-era, olive drab, canvas U.S. M1910 haversack. Rectangular in shape, it is created by three panels. Top panel at the bottom has a stencil mark that reads "U.S". Panel has four button holes (two on each outer edge). Sewn near the upper…

Small off-white paper program for a performance of the "Ballet of the Allies" held at Helena's Marlow Theatre. The Women's Defense Council helped organize the event in which young dancers acted out both the countries involved in the war, as well as…

Small booklet with a dark brown cover constructed of heavy cardstock. The booklet is bound on one side with a piece of masking tape. There are two holes punched into the binding, which goes through the pages inside the booklet, but does not go…

Ribbon worn by Sons of Norway Lodge Secretary. The ribbon has three vertical stripes in the following order: red, white, and blue. A metal plate attached to the top of the ribbon depicts two shaking hands in the center. The outside edge of this name…

Woman's outdoor Army nurse uniform, including blouse, skirt, overcoat, hat, gloves, and boots.

Navy blue wool serge belted blouse [a] with four pleated, patch pockets with buttoned flaps. Two buttons on belt and four black buttons on each sleeve.…

Image of exhibition installation that mimics a trench dugout. Seated mannequin is dressed in World War I-era uniform, wool puttees, and boots with bagged gas mask around neck and wool fingerless gloves and sewing kit on lap. Mannequin sits on…

Bar graph showing casualties experienced by Montana during the Great War. Top bar extends width of graph and represents the 35,400 people who served in the war but returned home not wounded. The second bar represents deaths in service: 1,439 killed…

World War I-era round, metal Red Cross fundraiser pin. Pin has painted blue rim around a white background. In the center of the white area, there is a red cross. The year "1919" appears in blue below the red cross.

Contributors to Liberty Loan,…

Button for War Savings Stamps campaign during World War I. Round, metal button has blue-painted front surface with large, gold-printed letters "W / S / S". Straight vertical pin on back is an extension of the half-circle of wire that fits inside the…

Button for Victory Liberty Loan campaign during World War I. Metal button has blue-painted front surface with large gray roman numeral "V" in center and gray "LIBERTY / LOAN" curved across top and bottom. Straight vertical pin on back is an extension…

Round celluloid pinback button. Front surface is white with blue photographic print of Woodrow Wilson."WOODROW WILSON" printed in white across chest of photograph. "AMERICA FIRST" in large red block print and two red stars form frame around portrait.…

World War I-era artillery shell cases of brass with iron base and brass primer.

Case [X1984.02.36.01]: At the mouth are 3 slight ridges around the neck to hold the projectile in place. Body is dented and has darkened through oxidation. Head stamp…

Utensil composed of iron cup with scalloped sides in shape of heart. Screwed into mold is a metal rod which rises up out of heart-shaped cup, then is bent at perpendicular angle, then at end is bent back under and around to form a handle. Iron molds…

World War I-era War Department franked postcard notifying a person to report for examination for possible army induction. Card is made of buff-colored, lightweight cardboard. Black-printed text with blanks stamped in purple ink and black writing.…

World War I-era registration certificate form for U.S. Army made of pale green, lightweight cardboard. Printed in black in the center of the top of card is "REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE". Below that is a printed image of an ealge holding a shield.…