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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.
Manuscript

The First Paris Trip

Date: 1917
Description: A page of snapshots with handwritten captions of Paris scenes and friends visiting Paris. Part of a scrapbook of photographs from Stevenson's service in Wo...
Manuscript

The Evolution of a Soldier

Date: 1917
Description: Four photographs with handwritten captions. The photograph at top left is a group portrait with a caption that reads: "Soon after reaching Waco, the 1st Wi...
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, ...
Photograph

Irene Castle in Uniform

Date: 1917
Description: The glamorous dancer Irene Castle wearing a World War I "Preparedness Uniform" of her own design. The dress was based on the uniform worn by her husband an...
Photograph

Oscar Rennebohm in Navy Uniform

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait of young Oscar Rennebohm in his World War I Navy uniform. Rennebohm interrupted his already successful career as the owner of the Badger Pharmacy ...
Photograph

Army Regiment on International Model F Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Large group of soldiers posing on an International Harvester Model F (or 31) truck.
Photograph

Victor Morris in Uniform

Date: 1917
Description: Army engineer Victor Morris (standing), of Milwaukee, with H.H. Smith. Photographs and correspondence documenting his experiences during training in the Un...
Poster

"Victory is a Question of Stamina"

Date: 1917
Description: World War I United States Food Administration poster showing two soldiers in full gear running through snow with bayonets drawn. Text reads, "Victory is a ...
Photograph

Root Commission Members with Imperial Train at Harbin

Date: 1917
Description: Men standing at a train station in Harbin, Russia (now China). Original caption identifies the men as follows: "Dr. Mott, Mr. Moran, Mr. [?] (YMCA Gen'l Se...
Photograph

Men and Women Outside Manchurian Train Station

Date: 1917
Description: Group of men, women and children outside the train station at Hailar in Manchuria. Two women hold umbrellas for protection from the sun. The original capti...
Photograph

Russian Soldiers at Oceanskaya

Date: 1917
Description: Group of uniformed men and boys standing with two men wearing turbans. Original caption reads: "Gen'l Scott, Sihko and group of Russian soldiers at Oceansk...
Photograph

People on Russian Train Platform

Date: 1917
Description: Men and women wait in boxcars and on the platform at a Russian railroad station. The original caption reads: "uppers and lowers on the Trans-Siberian Ry. [...
Photograph

People on Trans-Siberian Train Platform

Date: 1917
Description: Men and women wait on and near box cars at a train platform in Russia. The original caption reads: "cheapest traveling on the Trans-Siberian Ry. [Railway]....
Photograph

World War I Ambulance Company

Date: 1917
Description: Panoramic group portrait of the Wisconsin National Guard Ambulance Company No. 1 at Camp Douglas, together with its ambulances and motorcycles with sidecar...
Photograph

Bryant Washburn with his Son and Wife

Date: 1917
Description: Essanay silent film star Bryant Washburn in U.S. Army sergeant's uniform sits on the grass with his little son Bryant Washburn, Jr., and his wife, the actr...
Photograph

Publicity still with Wallace Reid, Mary Pickford, and Henry Woodward

Date: 1917
Description: Original caption: "Mary Pickford presenting Standard Bearer Wallace Reid of the Lasky Home Guard, with the regiment's colors." The man in uniform at right ...
Photograph

William and George Taylor at Camp Douglas

Date: 1917
Description: Copy photograph of an exterior view of two men in military uniform posing sitting on the ground. Identified as William and George Taylor at Camp Douglas.
Poster

GEE!! I Wish I Were A Man. I'd Join The Navy. Be a Man and Do It

Date: 1917
Description: United States Navy recruitment poster. Depicts a woman in a naval uniform.
Poster

Enlist in the Navy

Date: 1917
Description: Recruitment poster for the United States Navy. Depicts Uncle Sam in a soldier's uniform pointing a gun at the German Kaiser, who is dressed in a crown and ...

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