Walter White

Walter Francis White (1893–1955) graduated from college in 1916, he became an insurance salesman and secretary of the local NAACP branch. In 1918 the NAACP hired White as assistant secretary. White won international acclaim for his crusade against mob violence, personally investigating 41 lynchings and 8 race riots. In 1931 he succeeded Johnson as NAACP executive secretary. The NAACP under his leadership focused attention on the horrors of lynching and pressed relentlessly to end segregation in education and travel. 
Photograph of Walter Francis White, between 1920 and 1940. NAACP Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (051.00.00) Courtesy of the NAACP
[Digital ID # cph.3c07019]

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Smallest Tanks

For one of the smallest tanks, check out French Renault FT17 (from 1918) - first tank with a fully rotating turret. This little armored wonder was definitely smaller than most SUVs on the road today. Strangely, it was used by the Germans during World War II, modified with a stubby 75mm gun.

Pearl Germond

Pearl Germond as « Moonlight », Ziegfeld Follies Midnight Frolic, Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1918 

Source: leblogdesovena

Vintage Photo

"First to Fight." A group of U.S. Marines. US Marine Corps Recruiting Publicity Bureau., 1918 

Source: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration | American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, compiled 1917 - 1918 (Record Group 165) | War Department

Bankers Machine

 "Bankers Automatic Receiving Teller Co." These machines (designed to look like little bank buildings) were used, among other places, in the D.C. schools into the 1930s to encourage thrifty habits. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. circa 1918. View full size.

Source: retronaut | via Shorpy

History

Patriotic old women make American flags. Born in Hungary, Galicia, Russia, Germany, Rumania. Their flag-making instructor, Rose Radin, is standing. Underwood and Underwood. circa 1918

Source: War Department | wikimedia

Ruth St Denis

 

Ruth St Denis in The Greek Veil Plastique. Used in vaudeville act. Witzel -- Photographer,  1918, Denishawn Collection

Source: flickr  | The New York Public Library. The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

History

Photograph shows two African American men, sitting on bales of hay and playing instruments outside a barn or stable. One man plays guitar and the other plays a bowed instrument similar to a cello; both men simultaneously play kazoos. United States. 1918-1920.

Source: photographium.com

Human Shield Camp Custer

Human Shield Camp Custer in Battle Creek, Michigan provided some thirty thousand men for this Mole and Thomas photograph; which was meant to symbolize the strength and security of our national borders. The group which measured, 748 by 580 feet, was one of the largest formations the partners produced.  c. 1918