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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a military theme. The card has a red, white, blue and embossed border. In the center is a "V" made of a red, white and blue ribbon on the... |
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| Description: | Holiday card with the Statue of Liberty in the foreground. Four United States warplanes fly overhead and buildings with an American flag appear in the back... |
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| Description: | Holiday card for the 42d Rainbow Division. On a light green background is an illustration at an angle of a soldier, a church and a red, yellow and blue rai... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a 10¢ War Stamp Album glued inside. The front of the card shows Uncle Sam's large shoe kicking Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito into space.... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A man in a gorilla suit stands on the tongue of a wagon, holding his mask. He is an employee of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Beatrice Houdini presenting the Houdini Award Album to Ben Bergor, a Madison magician. The award was made annually by the Houdini Club of Wisconsin to... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Judge R.C. Trembath, who issued the warrants for gambling and prostitution for a sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Charles Norton, Chairman of the Township of Rib Mountain. He may have played a role in the sweeping raids on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest wa... |
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| Description: | John Nutter, Undersheriff of Marathon County. He may have played a role in the sweeping raid on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest warrants were f... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | View up Silver Street in Hurley. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Publicity photograph of a woman hanging blackout curtains, with the assistance of her young daughter. The photograph was taken to provide illustration for ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | World War II permeated every aspect of life in America during World War II, and nothing was wasted that could contribute to the war effort. Here a young b... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Informal portrait of Association Press correspondent Ernest G. Fischer while he was held at Bad Nauheim during World War II. Fischer's papers are part of t... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A soldier from the 14th Infantry points a submachine gun at the camera. He is laying on his stomach with tall grass around him. He is wearing fatigues and ... |
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