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Milwaukee Snowstorm

Date: 1917
Description: Winter scene with a pedestrian holding an umbrella during a snowstorm, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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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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Group on Basswood Island Dock

Date: 1917
Description: Group of men and women standing on Basswood Island Dock. Bill Baker, Elizabeth Hull, Florence Baker, Dorothy Stickney Ross, Louise Baker, Hamilton N. Ross ...
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Bis in Fancy Dress

Date: 1917
Description: Florence (Bis) Lloyd Jones sitting on steps in a fancy dress, high button shoes, and a hat with a large flower.
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Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1917
Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing contemporary dark skirts and light blouses. Id...
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Man, Woman and Girl on Russian Train Platform

Date: 1917
Description: A bearded man wearing a hat and boots is standing near a passenger train. On the left is a woman with a young girl looking on. The original caption reads: ...
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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).
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"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" Publicity Still

Date: 1917
Description: Publicity still for the Artcraft movie "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," featuring Mary Pickford in the title role, in costume, reading the book by Kate Dougla...
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"Sylvia of the Secret Service" Movie Still

Date: 1917
Description: Still from the 1917 Pathé movie "Sylvia of the Secret Service," featuring Suzanne Willa (playing Fay Walling) and Erich Von Stroheim (playing Hemming).
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"Sylvia of the Secret Service" Movie Still

Date: 1917
Description: Still from the 1917 Pathé movie "Sylvia of the Secret Service," featuring Irene Castle (playing Sylvia Carroll), surprising a safecracker.
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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 ...
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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 ...
Book or Pamphlet

Four Women on the Porch

Date: 1917
Description: Outdoor portrait of four women posing together on the porch steps of the Krueger home. From left to right: Lilly Mallow Mass, Jennie Krueger Bruetzman, Ida...
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Edgar Krueger Hunting

Date: 1917
Description: Edgar Krueger posing with five rabbits he shot. The rabbits are hanging by their feet from the rifle he is holding down at his side. A dog is sitting next ...
Photograph

National League for Women's Service Float

Date: 1917
Description: Parade float on which ten women are standing, some posing with knitting needles or behind a sewing machine. Two men and one woman are standing on the groun...
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Crew Building a Lawson M.T.2

Date: 1917
Description: Several men are working on different parts of a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2), including the interior structure of the plane, the engine, and the exterio...
Poster

Are You Working with Schwab?

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of Charles Schwab overseeing men who are working in a shipyard. Text reads: "Charles M. Schwab, Director General of the Emerg...
Photograph

Children Holding Birdhouses

Date: 1917
Description: Outdoor group portrait of children standing in front of the Standard School. Each child is holding a birdhouse in their hands, and four of the children is ...
Postcard

"Hammer the Hun" Parade

Date: 1917
Description: A children's parade is marching down a street. In front are several boys dressed in overalls and carrying pitchforks and other farm implements. Behind them...

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