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| Description: | Men unloading scrap at collection depot established by Ausman Implement Company. The metal was collected for a scrap drive. In the background is a grocery ... |
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| Description: | A high school band marches down the street during MacArthur Week, a state sponsored scrap drive effort. Crowds of children and adults line both sides of th... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Sperstad Hardware and Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. Two Deep Rock Gasoline pumps are near the front entrance. T... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A man stands outdoors near the front door of the Richartz-Beilfus Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A high school band marches down a street during MacArthur Week, a state sponsored scrap drive effort. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of men and boys are outdoors weighing metal collected in a wartime scrap drive. In the background is a truck and industrial buildings. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Fleming Motor Company, an International Harvester dealership. Three men are standing on the right, and a gas pump is in front of the e... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Sigurd Olson duck hunting from a canoe. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A young woman takes a photograph of Admiral Van Hook, Secretary Knox, and General Frank Andrews at Coco Solo Submarine Base Officer's Club. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Rear view of soldiers holding their rifles above their heads as they ford a stream in Panama. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Advertising proof illustrating International Harvester's contribution to the war effort through the forming of maintenance battalions to service Internatio... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Car in a parade carrying a sign that reads "Let us pray...God damn Hitler." A large crowd watches the parade from bleachers along the side of the road. The... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Lieutenant Colonel Van Syckle inspects the rifle of soldier Morris J. Fortin, formerly an employee of International Harvester's Salina branch. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Actors Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Alan Hale, and Arthur Kennedy in a scene from the Warner Brothers' film "Desperate Journey." |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card showing Navy Pier in Chicago. There is snow on the ground, the lake is frozen and two lines of planes are flying overhead forming a "V" patter... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a silhouette of a soldier with his gun, walking across a map of Germany outlined in red. The word "GERMANY" is printed in gray over it. I... |
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| Description: | Holiday card with an atomic bomb exploding with "Joy, Peace, Health, Happiness and Good Will" flying out of it. Below is the verse: "The atom bomb brings g... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with an Army soldier skiing down a hill. He is wearing a backpack and holding a piece of paper with the message "Merry Xmas" on it. Mountains ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with the American and Republic of China flags tied together with a cord with tassels. Above is "UNITED STATES" in a Chinese themed typeface. B... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card showing a military camp with three soldiers standing together gazing at the Christmas star. Two tents are pitched under two trees on the shore... |
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