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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Date: 1940
Description: Franklin D. Roosevelt making a speech.
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J. Robert Taylor with Pike

Date: 1940
Description: The photographer holding a large Northern Pike and smoking a pipe in a living room.
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Ephraim Burt Trimpey

Date: 1940
Description: A seated self-portrait of the photographer. He wears eyeglasses, and a suit with vest and floppy cravat.
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Core Slinger at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1940
Description: Factory workers making cylinder block barrel cores with a Beardsley and Piper core slinger at International Harvester's Indianapolis Truck Engine Works.
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Man Knitting

Date: 1940
Description: Elderly man sitting in a rocking chair and knitting.
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Model Building Papered with Postage Stamps

Date: 1940
Description: Man pointing to a wall clock on the exterior of a model building completely papered with postage stamps.
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International Cylinder Block Assemblies

Date: 1940
Description: Advertising brochure for International truck cylinder block assemblies. Includes a photograph of a man hoisting an engine block and the following text: "Wh...
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Annie Nunns

Date: 1940
Description: Portrait of Annie Amelia Nunns.
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Man with "Goliath" Cheese

Date: 1940
Description: Man posed next to a truck hauling the world's biggest cheese, named "Goliath" by The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. Probably taken at the Wisconsin S...
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Joel McCrea and Alfred Hitchcock

Date: 1940
Description: Joel McCrea and Alfred Hitchcock are seen with crew members on the set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." An unidentified man stands behind McCrea makin...
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Dr. MacKechnie and Daughter

Date: 1940
Description: Candid shot of Dr. R.S. MacKechnie, a local physician, and his daughter, (back to camera?) in a crowd outoors, taken at MacKechnie's retirement party.
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Stanley C. Hanks in His Office

Date: 1940
Description: Stanley Hanks gazing at the camera while sitting in his office at 24 West Mifflin Street. There are framed photographs on the wall behind him of businesses...
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Arthur Pugh

Date: 1940
Description: Arthur Pugh (1860-1948) posing while sitting in the office of the state treasurer in the Wisconsin State Capitol. He is holding his glasses and is wearing ...
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Campfire

Date: 1940
Description: A group of people, including two men, two women and a youth, is gathered around a campfire on a beach in the Kettle Moraine State Forest. One of the women,...
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A Good Day's Catch

Date: 1940
Description: Two smiling men are sitting on the ground and posing with seven good-sized fish. The man on the right is holding a line with a lure on it above the open mo...

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