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Boy Scouts on Bicycles

Date: 1942
Description: WW II scrap metal drive. Scoutmaster Edward G. Shaw and his troop of boy scouts on bicycles and on a trailer loaded with scrap metal. The trailer is hitche...
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Bettendorf Tank Arsenal Under Construction

Date: 1942
Description: Men work on what appears to be International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory).
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Two Men Converse on a Construction Site

Date: 1942
Description: Two men talking on a construction site, probably at International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory). A pile of bricks is in the foreground alon...
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Construction Outside at Bettendorf Tank Arsenal

Date: 1942
Description: Construction site, probably at International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory). A large hole is in the foreground.
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Bulldozing Dirt at Bettendorf Tank Arsenal

Date: 1942
Description: A man operates an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a Bucyrus-Erie bulldozer blade inside a factory building. The building is probably Inter...
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St. Paul Works Employees

Date: 1942
Description: Factory workers sitting and standing for a group portrait at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Uniformed women are sitting in the foreground, and A...
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World War II Ride Sharing Poster

Date: 1942
Description: Photographic copy of a poster produced by the Labor Management Production Drive Committee urging people to share automobile rides. The text on the poster r...
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Factory Buildings

Date: 1942
Description: Panoramic view of what appear to be several recently completed factory buildings. The buildings may be part of International Harvester's tank arsenal at Be...
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Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Southern Boundary

Date: 1942
Description: View looking East toward the proposed south boundary fence line of International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal. A railroad track and car are on the ...
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Men Unloading Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Two men unloading scrap metal from a truck near an International Harvester dealership, possibly Landaal Brothers of Waupun. One man is standing on the truc...
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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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Men Standing near Scrap Iron Pile

Date: 1942
Description: Men watch as workers cut down scrap iron and load it on a railroad car as part of a wartime scrap drive.
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Three Men Weighing Scrap Iron

Date: 1942
Description: Three men stand near a trailer while weighing in a load of scrap iron brought from a farm by William Gory (at far right). At left is Jim Barrett, manager o...
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IH Dealer Unloading Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Two men from Anderson Motor Sales, an International Harvester dealership, unload scrap metal from the bed of an International truck. The truck is parked ne...
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Woodville Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Men with horses, wagons, cars and trucks are parked alongside railroad tracks near a large scrap metal pile. The men are participating in a wartime scrap d...
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Scrap Drive at Newburg

Date: 1942
Description: A man stands near scrap metal piled beside a dealership building. The metal was collected for a war time scrap drive.
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Men Cut Scrap Iron with Torch

Date: 1942
Description: A group looks on as a man uses a cutting torch to reduce scrap iron into readily marketable pieces in the farm scrap collection drive in Barton County. Acc...
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High School Band Plays in Street

Date: 1942
Description: The Elk Mound High School band entertaining farmers as they weigh in loads of scrap at Ausman Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. The...
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School Boy Weighs Box of Scrap Metal

Date: 1942
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.

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