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The historic Chittenden bridge across the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park in the United States.
A man poses looking at the Chittenden bridge crossing the Yellowstone River, in 1917. (Note: The bridge, a few miles south of Canyon Junction, was built in 1903 under the supervision of Hiram Martin Chittenden, the Seattle district engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers, and originally referred to simply as the Melan arch bridge. It was later renamed in Chittenden's honor. It was replaced in 1962 with the Chittenden Memorial bridge.)
Orville Wright takes off, flies a short distance and lands in an early airplane in the United States.
Types of airplanes in the United States prior to 1917. Orville Wright takes off, flies a short distance and lands in an early airplane. The Wright airplane takes off accompanied by a De Havilland airplane. An early blimp in flight.
A crowd gathers as the Great Lakes Naval Reserve Band under the direction American composer John Philip Sousa marches by.
John Philip Sousa's U.S.Navy Band of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station leading a World War I Liberty Loan parade on a city street (possibly in Chicago, Illinois). Behind them two cars are seen and other marchers carrying signs. One sign reads: "Chip In." Numerous spectators line the sidewalks. View from above of the band in formation for a concert. John Philip Sousa and his wife, Jane, pose in front of a residence. He wears the uniform of a Lieutenant in the Naval Reserve. (Note: During World War I, the Navy asked Sousa to train bandsmen at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. On May 31, 1917, at the age of 62, he accepted a commission as a Lieutenant, in the U.S.Naval Reserve and organized a new band at the Great Lakes Center. His fame attracted so many band recruits that he was able to form several Navy bands for other Navy bases and units.)
Effects of Ford Model T automobiles on American life; scenes of early road and highway development and sightseeing trips
A man driving a 1917 Ford model T roadster along a severely rutted mud-filled street. A 1917 Ford Model T, one ton truck, trapped in mud. Frustrated driver gets out and kicks a rear tire. Road building crews at work with horse-drawn equipment. Road construction with large steam powered machinery. A 1917 model T roadster driving along a new smooth concrete road. Women making purchases at a sidewalk stand and placing them into their Ford Model T sedan. A doctor arrives at house of a patient, in a Ford Model T roadster. Americans driving Ford Model T cars in the National Parks circa 1920s. Cars driving past a giant redwood tree. Man in a Ford Model T stopped beside woods and feeding a bear in a National Park, as a Park Ranger stands nearby. Ford Model T driving through the tunnel cut in the "Wawona" giant sequoia tree, in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias at Yosemite National Park. A 1918 Ford Model T touring car parked at a picnic site, with family sitting at picnic table nearby. Families with Ford Model T cars, engaged in outdoor activities, picnicking, and gathering wild flowers. Two men making their Model T into a shelter for overnight camping. Family picnicking at a beach; their Model T parked on road above. A man in a 1920s era swim suit carries a basket for a picnic to others in his family seated near rocks. 1920s or 1930s boy and girl children playing on a beach; picking up seaweed; and wading in the surf, near large rocks.
Spectators watch tank demonstration at Camp Meade in Maryland, USA.
U.S. soldiers stand and pose alongside two women at Camp Meade in Maryland. M1917 Six Ton tanks in the background with soldiers standing near them. A photographer climbs on one of the tanks holding his camera. Several men and boys stand behind a fence and watch as two U.S. Mark VIII 'Liberty' heavy tanks descend down a steep embankment, followed by a U.S. M1917.
Snowball fight between boys on a horse driven sleigh and boys in a Ford Model-T
A horse driven sled on a snowy road. A Ford Model-T, circa 1917, driving behind it. Boys on the sled and in the car are throwing snowballs at each other in a snowball fight. The Model-T pulls up to a residential house and drives up the snowy driveway. Other houses covered with snow visible in background.