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Coole Park Manor

Date: 1917
Description: Outside view of the Hull Cottage porch, including the boardwalk leading from the lake.
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Soldiers on a World War I Recruiting Drive

Date: 1917
Description: World War I soldiers standing in front and on the back of an International truck with a recruiting poster.
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Rose Garden Gazebo

Date: 1917
Description: Log-constructed gazebo and person on bridge in rose garden.
Manuscript

Christmas Day

Date: 1917
Description: A scrapbook page containing three photographs of John A. Commons (presumably) in his World War I uniform, standing with another man with a Christmas tree, ...
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War Ruins

Date: 1917
Description: Ruins of a French house. Captioned: "The first real ruins of the war that any of S.S.U. 12 ever saw. Our way to the front lead over the battlefield of th...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Parlor

Date: 1917
Description: The Parlor from the Assembly Hall in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Executive Chamber

Date: 1917
Description: Interior of the Wisconsin State Capitol Executive Chamber.
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International Model F Trucks Parked Along City Street

Date: 1917
Description: Two International 1 1/2 ton Model F trucks parked along an urban residential street. The trucks were owned and operated by Standard Oil Company and carried...
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Assembly Presbyterian Church

Date: 1917
Description: Interior of the Assembly Presbyterian Church on the 50th anniversary of Dr. T.S. Johnson as pastor.
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Children Toil in Community Garden

Date: 1917
Description: Children working and playing in a community garden at 38th and St. Louis streets.
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Richard M. Nixon, Age 4

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait of Richard M. Nixon, seated, at four years of age, wearing a sailor suit and Dutch-boy haircut.
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Man Plows Garden Lots with Mogul 10-20(?) Tractor

Date: 1917
Description: Man using a Mogul 10-20(?) tractor with attached plow to plow garden lots in an urban residential neighborhood at Jackson Blvd. and 54th Street. "This outf...
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Deering Works Garden

Date: 1917
Description: Two women and a young girl gathering vegetables in the Deering Works vegetable garden. Original caption reads: "This garden furnished a bountiful supply of...
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Women on Porch of Boarding House

Date: 1917
Description: View over board fence towards three women standing on the porch of a boarding house, possibly in Dayton, Ohio. The porch is adjacent to a yard littered wit...
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Women Volunteering for World War I Work

Date: 1917
Description: Volunteers signing up at the Red Cross office in New York to do hospital or other volunteer work. The woman in the white smock and dark hat is Mrs. Belmont...
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World War I War Work

Date: 1917
Description: Red Cross volunteers preparing bandages at a Red Cross office in New York City. The woman standing on the right, who is supervising the work, is Mrs. Belmo...
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Historic Intersection

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of intersection of the Janesville Plank Road and North Cape Road at Hales Corners, also showing Schubrino's Saloon. The Janesville road, some...
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Marburg Apartments

Date: 1917
Description: The Marburg Apartments at 124 W. Dayton Street.
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Marburg Apartments

Date: 1917
Description: The Marburg Apartments at 124 W. Dayton Street.
Postcard

Milwaukee County Alms House

Date: 1917
Description: The Milwaukee County Alms House. Caption reads: "Milwaukee County Alms House, Wauwatosa, Wis."

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