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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The girl I left behind me]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Humorous poetry]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1914-1918--Caricatures and cartoons]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1914-1918--Poetry]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Valentine's Day--Caricatures and cartoons]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Broadsides]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Valentines]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[War poetry, American]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The broadside depicts a woman in a black and blue dress picking a piece of candy from a white box marked bon bons on her lap, seated next to a man in a checked suit and high, white collar. William Herschell's poem, "'The girl I left behind me,' is printed below the image (She knits me scarfs, she knits me socks,/She sends me good terbacker,/And yet she goes/To movie shows/With some high-collared slacker!/--William Herschell.) "]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Statement of responsibility: William Herschell. At end of text: Drawing by Kin Hubbard. Published by The French Relief Fund. The Indianapolis Branch of The American Fund for French Wounded. World War I began as a conflict between the Allies (France, the United Kingdom, and Russia) and the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary). The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary and his wife Sophie ignited the war in 1914. Italy joined the Allies in 1915, followed by the United States in 1917. A ceasefire was declared at 11 AM on 11 November 1918. American watercolorist Mrs. Mamie Bybee Milliken originated the idea of these comic Valentines. Indiana authors and artists co-operated in the project and she was able to have them ready for the families to send off to the boys "Over There" for February 14, 1918. Originally issued as a portfolio set of twelve.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Herschell, William, 1873-1939]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[PA Digital]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1918]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[<div class="item-relation"><a href="http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/warposters/id/283" target="_blank"><img src="http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/utils/getthumbnail/collection/warposters/id/283" alt="http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/utils/getthumbnail/collection/warposters/id/283" height="200"></img></a></div>]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:references><![CDATA[http://digital.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/warposters/id/283]]></dcterms:references>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[image]]></dcterms:type>
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