A few images from a century ago to wish everyone the very best for 1917.

Max Beckmann Happy New Year 1917 (Prosit Neujahr 1917)

War is lurking!  This Reading (Pennsylvania) Times cartoon sees the threat of war lurking ahead. The US entered the war in April.

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