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White Bass Run

Date: 1942
Description: People fishing for bass off dock.
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Ice Fishing on Lake Superior

Date: 1942
Description: Two men and two boys standing on ice in front of a windsled. All four are holding lake trout.
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International Harvester Dealer and Boy

Date: 1942
Description: International Harvester dealer pointing out something in an open booklet to a young boy. Original caption appears to read: "dealer security."
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Menominee Ceremonial Dance

Date: 1942
Description: A Menominee ceremonial dance. The dancers are wearing Native American ceremonial dress. Although Roman Catholic missions had banned many Native American ce...
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Annabel Nelson with Rubber Toys

Date: 1942
Description: Annabel Nelson places three rubber toys on a scale, presumably to donate them to the war effort, while F.E. Williams looks on. The two crouch on the groun...
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Children Collecting Scrap at North Bright School

Date: 1942
Description: Children collecting scrap deposit it on a trailer outside the front door of North Bright School. A sign on the school announces: "MacArthur Week Scrap Coll...
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Woodville Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Men hauling wagon loads of scrap metal with a Farmall H tractor, horses, and an automobile. The men are participating in a scrap drive, possibly during Gov...
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Woodville HS Booster Club Promoting Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: A group of children, including members of the Woodville High School Booster Club, stand near a pile of scrap metal. Some of the children are holding musica...
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Farmall H Tractor in Woodville Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Helmuth Strobush and his son Jerry haul scrap metal with a Farmall H tractor and a McCormick-Deering farm wagon. The tractor is parked near a co-op service...
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Two Young Boys with Farm Scrap Pile

Date: 1942
Description: Two young boys in a pile of metal collected from a scrap drive in front of the Farmers Mercantile Company, an International Harvester dealership. A man sta...
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Neighborhood House Boys Camping Scrapbook: Features

Date: 1942
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with highlights of the boys summer camp at Camp America Williams: "backwards" day, with a line of boys dr...
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Family Sitting by the Christmas Tree

Date: 1942
Description: Three people sitting indoors next to a Christmas tree. Florentina Krueger is sitting in a sofa chair, and her grandson, Robert Krueger, sits on her lap. Fl...
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Family Sitting by the Christmas Tree

Date: 1942
Description: Three people sitting indoors next to a Christmas tree. Florentina Krueger is sitting in a sofa chair, and her grandson, Robert Krueger, sits on her lap. Fl...
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Doug DeWitt at the Drums

Date: 1942
Description: Doug DeWitt is sitting behind the drums. The words "Rhythm Wreckers" are printed on the drum face. Behind Doug DeWitt, on a shelf, are several things: a re...

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