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Postcard

Pier Landing, From Tourist Campsite, Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1917
Description: Colorized postcard of the pier landing as seen from the tourist camp site in Devil's Lake State Park. People are strolling on the dock, a boat is docked, w...
Photograph

Depot and Train

Date: 1917
Description: View of a train approaching the depot. Two men stand alongside the train. Heavy smoke from the train causes a fog cloud.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1917
Description: View down middle of a retail street. Horses and buggies are parked on either side of the street at the curb. The visible shops signs are: Millinery, WallPa...
Photograph

A Pretty Residence Street

Date: 1917
Description: View down middle of a wide dirt road in a residential area. Trees line both sides of the street along the sidewalks.
Photograph

Civil War Monument, Brodhead

Date: 1917
Description: View of a fountain in an octagonal basin at the Wisconsin Veteran's Memorial Park. There is a monument of a soldier behind it. Dwellings surround the park.
Photograph

Part of Business Section

Date: 1917
Description: A retail street with the Terry Amerpohl Department Company, Will J. Smith — Rexall drugstore, a furniture store, and a church. A horse and buggy is parked ...
Photograph

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

Polish Young People's Alliance

Date: 1917
Description: Composite group portrait of the Polish Young People's Alliance.
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

Frank Mayo and Ethel Clayton in "Easy Money"

Date: 1917
Description: Bob Hildreth (a sculptor played by Frank Mayo) has designs on his student Lois Page (played by Ethel Clayton) in this scene still from "Easy Money."
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).
Book or Pamphlet

Reed Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising the Reed one-man tractor. The cover features an illustration of a man using the tractor to work in a farm field.
Book or Pamphlet

Reed Tractor Diagram

Date: 1917
Description: Foldout portion of a brochure advertising the Reed one-man tractor. The illustration features a view looking toward the steering column of the tractor from...
Book or Pamphlet

Remy Tractor Division Advertisement

Date: 1917
Description: Front cover of a brochure produced by the Remy Electric Company's Tractor Equipment Division advertising "An Easier Day's Work" through the use of farm mac...
Book or Pamphlet

Remy Governor-Generator

Date: 1917
Description: Interior spread of an advertising booklet produced by the Remy Electric Company's Tractor Equipment Division depicting a labeled cross-section of a Governo...
Poster

Poster for "Turn to the Right"

Date: 1917
Description: Color lithograph poster on paper. The top caption reads: "For fun" and alongside it in larger letters is "Turn to the right." The "i" in Right" is depicted...
Poster

Poster for "Turn to the Right"

Date: 1917
Description: Color lithograph poster on paper. The top caption reads: "For fun" and alongside it in larger letters is "Turn to the right." The "i" in Right" is depicted...
Print

Trenam Farm Tractor Pamphlet

Date: 1917
Description: Outer flap of a pamphlet created by the Trenam Tractor Company Incorporated to advertise the Trenam farm tractor. The pamphlet features an illustration of ...
Book or Pamphlet

Waterloo Boy Line Tractors

Date: 1917
Description: Pamphlet produced by the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company advertising the Waterloo Boy 12-24 kerosene tractor.

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