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Mechanical Cotton Picker

Date: 1942
Description: African American field worker testing an experimental International Harvester cotton picker. Original caption reads: "A close-up front view of the Harveste...
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Kraft Starr Sales & Service

Date: 1942
Description: Two men working in the service shop of Kraft Starr Sales & Service, an International Harvester dealership.
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Women Inspecting 37-Millimeter Shells

Date: 1942
Description: Factory workers at International Harvester's West Pullman Works inspecting 37-millimeter shells.
Poster

Your Job Is Your Gun

Date: 1942
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...
Poster

Your Tools Are Weapons

Date: 1942
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...
Poster

Both Are Weapons

Date: 1942
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...
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August Derleth at His Desk

Date: 1942
Description: Author August Derleth surrounded by books at his desk.
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Cotton Harvester

Date: 1942
Description: Engineering photograph of the rear and right side of an experimental cotton harvester [picker].
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Man with Condensing Units at West Pullman Works

Date: 1942
Description: A factory worker at West Pullman Works wears long gloves while testing condensing units for leaks.
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Worker at International Harvester 20 mm Gun Plant

Date: 1942
Description: A factory worker operates a Magnaflux machine at International Harvester's 20 millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "A Magnaflux machine is used to...
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Small Arms Class

Date: 1942
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...
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E.H. Sohner

Date: 1942
Description: Mr. E.H. Sohner, General Superintendent of International Harvester's Bettendorf Works, wears a three-piece suit and sits in an office chair to pose for a p...
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National Defense Display in IH Dealership Window

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Fey D. Murray(?) stands outside a storefront window display promoting soybean oil for national defense during World War II. Exterior view of woman si...
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IH Dealer Signs Pledge for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: G.M. Ahlschwede, branch manager of Green Bay, watches R.P. Dunham, dealer of Green Bay, sign Governor Heil's pledge of cooperation, which reads, in part: "...
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News Broadcaster Promotes Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: News broadcaster Bon Turner makes an appeal over the radio to farmers to bring their scrap metal into town to help meet the country's need for vital war ma...
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Olive Brooks, Division Engineer in Panama

Date: 1942
Description: Olive Brooks, Army Division Engineer Public Relations with her .45 on the "Dolphin", Chucunaque River, Panama. She is pointing her gun out towards the rive...
Postcard

Hotel Sydney

Date: 1942
Description: Text on front reads: "Hotel Sydney - Sparta, Wis. European - Modern - Dining Room." View from intersection of a two-story hotel with three-story towers on ...

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