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Rockford Illinois USA 1917 stock footage and images

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An American woman sews a blanket or quilt for General Pershing, showing flags of the World War I allies, in Chicago, Illinois.

An elderly woman in Chicago Illinois works for 8 months sewing an Allied flag blanket representing the many flags of America and its allies during World War 1. The patriotic woman addresses a letter and the package to General John J Pershing, as she is giving the blanket to Pershing as a birthday gift. The letter is addressed to "The Father of our Boys, General John J Pershing."

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1917
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035206
Commercial laundry operations in early 20th century; shirts being washed and ironed at a laundry in Chicago Illinois

The growing commercial laundry business in Chicago, Illinois early in the 20th century. A delivery man picks up a bundle of shirts at the door of a private residence. Trucks deliver wash to the commercial laundry plant. Drivers unload laundry packages. Wash being fed into large, industrial, electrically driven washing machines. Attendant seals rolling chambers filled with clothes. He adds soap and cleansers at stages. Clothes are then fed into dryers: View of a large industrial commercial hydro-extractor dryer revolving at high speed to remove water. Next the clothes are fed into a large drying drum. A woman takes out shirts from a machine and places them in a basket with a label that reads 'Palace Model Laundry'. Women operate large mangles or wringer machines and fold laundry emerging from the rollers.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1917
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066829
Shirts being ironed and mended at a laundry in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

A laundry in operation in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Shirts being starched as girls run a collar and cuff starching machine. The shirts piled up on a table. Dampening machines in operation during dampening and ironing process. Women workers mend torn garments and replace missing buttons as they work on sewing machines.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066830
Captain William Adger Moffett and enlisted men pose on the steps of building in Great Lakes, Illinois.

The U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois (Naval Station Great Lakes) during World War I. United States Navy Captain William Adger Moffett, commanding the training station, poses on the steps of the building. Other officers join him. The group including enlisted men poses.

Location: Great Lakes Illinois USA
Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077377
New recruits receive uniforms at the U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois.

The U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois. Recruits at the training center. A sailor seated at a desk. The recruits gather nearby. They sign papers. A group of men undresses. They receive bundles from a man behind a counter. They take a shower. Men wrapped in towels present slips of paper at the counter. They receive clothing. The men dress in uniforms.

Location: Great Lakes Illinois USA
Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077378
Sailors hold their uniforms at the U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois.

The U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois. Two sailors stand holding different clothes. One of the sailor holds up a pair of shorts, under shirts, one long and one short sleeved. He also holds long under pants, pajama pants, a parka, a sweater, puttees, a dark cap, a white cap and a stocking cap.

Location: Great Lakes Illinois USA
Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077380
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