I did some research about what life was like and what things happened in the news the year my house was built.

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Below shows some of the items you’d see in 1917.

A 1917 Rolls-Royce pickup truck

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Most houses still used iceboxes. (I’m happy to say we have one of these beauties.)

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The most popular music of 1917. You can see the songs that were published, here. It includes such songs as “Over There.”

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Erie High School Football Team, 1917 Erie, PA

Click on photo for link to enlarged picture and names.

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Erie Academy High School in Erie, PA was started about 1917 but not occupied until September 1920.

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Some fashions 1917

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Here are just some news results below per Brainy History.

January 30 - 1st jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball)(released May 31st)

January 31 -Germany notifies U.S. that U-boats will attack neutral merchant ship.

March 23-Tornadoes kill 211 over 4 days in Midwest U.S.

March 26-Stanley Cup: Seattle Metropolitans (PCHA) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1 - Seattle is 1st U.S. team to win Stanley Cup.

April 6-U.S. declares war on Germany, enters World War I.

May 12-43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6

June 8-Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School.

June 28-Raggedy Ann doll invented.

November 1-In WW I, the 1st U.S. soldiers are killed in combat.

November 3- 1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce.

November 6-New York state allows women to vote.

November 22-NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators and Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands.

December 19-1st NHL game played on artificial ice (Toronto)

December 26-1st NHL defensemen to score a goal: Toronto Maple Leaf Harry Cameron