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Rogers Family

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait of some of the William Henry Rogers family. Pictured are Maude Rogers Taylor, her parents, William and Martha, and her second son, Lynn H. Taylor.
Photograph

Mrs. Vernon Castle and her Pet Monkey

Date: 1917
Description: Irene Castle in pajamas and sleeping cap enjoying a cantaloupe as part of a posed breakfast in bed with her pet monkey Rastus. This photograph was used to ...
Photograph

Irene Castle in "Patria"

Date: 1917
Description: Irene Castle in a gauzy tulle and satin dress in a full-length pose in a publicity photograph for the silent film "Patria" (International 1917).
Photograph

Wallace Reid, an unidentifed actress, and Kathlyn Williams, scene still

Date: 1917
Description: Lumberman Jack Fyfe (played by Wallace Reid) is caught embracing Neemis, the Indian kitchen maid, by his wife Stella Barton (Kathlyn Williams) in the cookh...
Photograph

Teacher at Her Desk

Date: 1917
Description: A schoolteacher sits behind her desk, on a raised platform, in a classroom. On her desk is a clock, inkwell, several books, hand bell and a hinged box. In ...
Photograph

Family Wedding Portrait with Framed Wreath

Date: 1917
Description: Studio family wedding portrait in front of a painted background with a framed wreath in the center. The wreath is celebrating the wedding of the bride and ...
Historical Object

Fargo Ancestors

Date: 1917
Description: An album page with mounted copies of six photographic portraits of three generations of the Fargo family. They include Robert Fargo (1766(?)-1849), his son...
Poster

Women! Help America's Sons Win the War

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman reaching her hands towards the viewer. Behind her is an American flag, and behind it are various battle scenes....

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