American Life in the 1910s

 

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U.S. Army soldier eating

U.S. Army soldier eating

Indianapolis 500

1913 Indianapolis 500

Captain Fritz Duquesne

Captain Fritz Duquesne

British guns bombard Gers.

British guns bombard Germans

New York's Fifth Avenue

New York's Fifth Avenue

Police machine gun

Police machine gun

First Use Military Airplanes

First Military Use of Airplanes

Orthodox Jews

Orthodox Jews

Teddy Rooevelt

Teddy Roosevelt

Motorcycle Machine Gun

Motorcycle Machine Gun

John Philip Sousa

John Philip Sousa

New York Firement

New York City Firemen's parade

Garbage strike

Garbage strike Nov. 1911

Chief Trumpeter Duffy

Chief Trumpeter Duffy

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

Harriet Quimby in cockpit

Harriet Quimby in cockpit of plane

Helen Keller

Helen Keller

Testing fire engines

Testing fire engines

Jack Barrett with Barnum Circus

Jack Barrett with Barnum Circus

Amputee Driving Car

Amputee Driving Car

Window Display

Window Display

Hook and ladder #7

Hook and ladder #7

Receiving sick & wounded

Receiving sick & wounded COMFORT

Immigrants at Ellis Island

Immigrants at Ellis Island

World War I Soldier

World War I Soldier

Hot weather charity, N.Y.

Hot weather charity, N.Y.

 

 

 

 

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