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| Description: | Poster featuring illustrations of a worker chasing caricatures of a Japanese soldier (possibly Hideki Tojo) and Adolf Hitler, and a soldier firing a machin... |
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| Description: | Poster showing a factory worker hitting a caricature of Adolf Hitler on the head with a tool. Includes the text: "Your tools are weapons... take care of th... |
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| Description: | Poster showing a tank and a tractor, with the text: "Both are weapons our farm and fighting forces depend on you." The poster was printed for the Labor-Man... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | The four shirtless men in helmets shown with ammunition are a general and his crew of the 14th infantry in Panama. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising a World War II scrap drive effort sponsored by Wisconsin Governor Julius Heil. The effort was known as "MacArthur Week" and took place b... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Three members of the much-decorated 32nd Division manning a machine gun emplacement in New Guinea. They are, left to right: Lawrence Leishman of Peoria, I... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Male Papuan carriers help members of the 32nd Division construct a road through the jungle of New Guinea. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Major Paul H. Wood, center, inspects cots in a tent while two of the tent occupants, former employees of the International Harvester Company, stand at atte... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Three soldiers, formerly International Harvester employees and dealers, sitting on wooden crates to shuck ears of corn near a doorway. The men likely belon... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Three uniformed men study a map placed on a desk. The original caption reads: "STUDYING THE BATTALION'S NEXT HOME. Lt. Col. D.L. Van Syckle (right), comman... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of uniformed military men sit in wooden chairs inside a building at Camp Perry as they are instructed on various kinds of machinery. Two chalkboard... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Uniformed Corp. J.L. Slack, a former International Harvester Company employee, dances with a woman wearing a dress and high heeled shoes at Port Clinton. O... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers link arms with two women wearing dresses at the Port Clinton Service Center. The men were former International Harvester employees, and likely... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of soldiers lined up in a field for a Saturday morning review and a parade before officers. The soldiers likely belong to the "Harvester Battalion... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of uniformed enlisted men affiliated with International Harvester stand on risers for a group portrait. The original caption reads: "BATTALION FROM... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Three soldiers stand with an American flag in a field at Camp Perry. The men may have belonged to the "Harvester Battalion." |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of soldiers gather in a large classroom at Camp Perry for a class on crawler tractors. A blackboard and various military vehicles are in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of uniformed soldiers sit at tables in a room at Camp Perry to be instructed in a small arms class. Firearms are on the table in front of each pers... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 16, "Army Anti-Aircraft." The poster features four soldiers operating anti-aircraft artillery. In the bottom right corner it reads: "At... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Rear view of soldiers holding their rifles above their heads as they ford a stream in Panama. |
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