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Send a Salami to Your Boy in the Army

Though it has been a couple of hundred years since New York was seized by the British, New Yorkers have always contributed to the defense of their country. Here are a series of photos from our partners' archives of New Yorkers during wartime.

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New York Public Library, Main Branch

New York Public Library, Main Branch

WWI victory celebration monuments on 5th Avenue.

2

Brooklyn Army Terminal

Brooklyn Army Terminal

Designed by Cass Gilbert, the Brooklyn Army Terminal was built in 1919. During the Second World War, it was the United States' largest supply base.

3

City Hall Park

City Hall Park

Tanks in City Hall Park erected by women in a drive for funds during the First World War.

4

New York Public Library, Main Branch

New York Public Library, Main Branch

A Red Circle Hut outside the main branch of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue in 1918

5

Brooklyn Navy Yard Dry Docks

Brooklyn Navy Yard Dry Docks

Battleship Connecticut, in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard. From the early 1810s to the 1960s, the Brooklyn Navy Yard was an important shipbuilding facility for the US Navy

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Brooklyn Navy Yard Dry Docks

Brooklyn Navy Yard Dry Docks

During the peak of the Second World War II, the yard employed 75,000 New Yorkers and paid them more than 15,000,000$ a month.

7

Union Square Park

Union Square Park

The wooden battleship "that never went to Sea" located in the southern end of the Park, at the head of Broadway. This structure erected during the early days of the FIrst World War was used mainly as an enlistment agency.

8

City Hall Park

City Hall Park

United War Work elephants performing in order to raise money to entertain the troops

9

St. Patrick's Cathedral

St. Patrick's Cathedral

United War Work Campaign banners featuring the Salvation Army and the YMCA outside St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City

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