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Silver Presentation Delegation and Wives

Date: 10 26 1945
Description: The official delegation party with their wives at the ceremony of silver service presentation aboard the USS "Wisconsin". Seated left to right are Judge Ro...
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Launching Rockets During Battle of Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
Description: Soldiers firing rockets from two International M-2-4 launch vehicles during combat operations in Iwo Jima.
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Workers Load Wagon Components onto Railroad Car

Date: 04 17 1918
Description: Workers loading wooden crates containing components for wagons or possibly "machine gun carts" onto railroad cars at International Harvester's McCormick Wo...
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Boxed Artillery Cart Ready for Shipment

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Boxed 240 mm mortar cart ready for shipment to the U.S. military from International Harvester's McCormick Works. Includes a trench mortar barrel. A man is ...
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Loading a 20mm Cannon

Date: 1945
Description: Original caption reads: "A loaded magazine is mounted on a 20mm cannon in one of the test stands at Hazel Park Firing Range." Frederick Viator is the gunne...
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General and Crew

Date: 1942
Description: The four shirtless men in helmets shown with ammunition are a general and his crew of the 14th infantry in Panama.
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Truck Parked at City Hall

Date: 12 05 1925
Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an International truck parked in front of an old "City Hall" building. There is a cannon displayed on the front lawn.
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Pawling & Harnischfeger Co. Truck with Artillery Gun Mounted on Bed

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Description: A Pawling and Harnischfeger Company truck, with an artillery gun mounted on the bed, decorated with banners and flags. Two soldiers are standing on the bac...
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International Harvester Patriotic Exhibit

Date: 1942
Description: Two men assemble a patriotic display consisting of International machinery, a T-9 Tractractor (crawler tractor), a cannon, coils of barbed wire, signs, and...
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U.S.S. Wisconsin

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Description: Elevated view of the battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin on the water. Another ship is in the background near the horizon.
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International SF-36 Explosives Truck

Date: 1926
Description: International SF-36 truck owned by Hercules Powder Co. The truck bears the text: "Explosives-Dangerous." Original caption reads: "'140' SF36, 6 cylinder 1....
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M-41 and M-54 Cargo Vehicles

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of M-41 and M-54 cargo vehicles servicing and transporting 155-mm howitzers with 10-gun crews. The trucks belonged to the 73rd Armored Art...
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M-62 Wrecker Moving Truck

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of members of the 73rd Armored Field Artillery using an M-62 wrecker to remove a damaged truck from a field at Fort Hood. The specificatio...
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International C-30 School Bus

Date: 04 09 1932
Description: An International Model C-30 school bus passing through gates in a stone wall. Cannons stand on either side of the gate opening, and there is a plaque about...
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Trailer Camp House and Cannon

Date: 1947
Description: A University of Wisconsin veteran holding his baby outside of his Camp Randall trailer camp house. There is a large cannon pointing at him and his trailer.
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Mower near War Monuments

Date: 1900
Description: View over stone wall towards a man using a horse-drawn mower among various monuments and military cannons. The monument on the left is for "Rickett's Batte...
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Gisholt Vertical Boring and Turning Mill

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Description: Standard type of Gisholt Vertical Boring and Turning Mills manufactured as 52, 60, 64, and 72 inches. Gisholt was the first company to specialize in heavy ...
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Gisholt 22" Turret Lathe

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Description: Gisholt 22" Turret Lathe. The metal stamp states: "American Turret Lathe Mfg. Co. Patented December 26, 1899. Semi-Automatic. Warren, PA." The Pennsylvania...
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Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe

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Description: Gisholt Standard Turret Lathe. The metal stamp states: "Gisholt Machine Co. Madison, Wis., U.S.A." Gisholt was the first company to specialize in heavy typ...
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Standard Turret Lathe

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Description: Standard Turret Lathe, "Conradson," by American Turret Lathe Company in Wilmington, Delaware, "Patented December 26, 1899." Gisholt was the first company t...

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