Photograph
Collecting Scrap at IH Dealership
| Four men outside R.H. Gehrke Company, an International Harvester dealership. The men are, (left to right): H.P. Patheal, assistant manager of the Green Bay branch, Howard Gehrke, R.H. Gehrke (seated) and Scoutmaster Edward G. Shaw. The men helped organize the local "MacArthur Week" scrap drive. |
| Image ID: | 69322 |
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| Creation Date: | 1942 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Black Creek |
| County: | Outagamie |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company photo albums, circa 1899-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 7Z, Album 563, pg.134 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| Original caption reads (in part): "[Scoutmaster Edward G. Shaw . . .] told how the scout troop . . . had been a big aid in collecting scrap. The troop of eighteen boys was divided in four divisions and the boys would go out among the farms on their bicycles. They would stop at various farms, ask permission to collect scrap and, when it was granted, would gather it in convenient piles to be collected later by junk dealer's motor truck." |
| Signs and signboards |
| Trailers |
| Trucks |
| Outdoor photography |
| Storefronts |
| Stores, Retail |
| Men |
| Clothing and dress |
| World War, 1939-1945 |
| Agricultural machinery industry |
| Metal industry |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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