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Men Harvesting Hemp with Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of two men harvesting hemp using a McCormick Farmall H tractor and hemp binder No.2. In the background are houses among trees.
Poster

World War II Victory Garden Poster

Date: 1943
Description: International Harvester poster promoting "Victory Gardens" and war bonds. Features an illustration of a family working in a field while the father shakes h...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Farmall H Tractor with Hemp Turning Machine

Date: 1943
Description: Slightly elevated view of farmer Axel Anderson in his barnyard on a Farmall H tractor with a hemp turning machine. The hemp turning machine was made by the...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering 123-SP Combine in Wheat Field

Date: 1943
Description: Slightly elevated view of farmer Ed Frey at the controls of a McCormick-Deering 123-SP combine on his 1400 acre farm.
Photograph

Joseph McCarthy as "Tail Gunner Joe"

Date: 1943
Description: Marine Captain Joseph R. McCarthy, later a Wisconsin senator, posing as a tail gunner during World War II in Douglas SBD Bomber. McCarthy was an intelligen...
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Bong on Leave

Date: 1943
Description: Elvated view of war hero Richard Ira Bong (center, in flight jacket) on leave in Poplar, with friends, relatives, and admirers. The group is walking down a...
Photograph

Performing Circus Elephants

Date: 1943
Description: A group of over twenty-six Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus elephants, standing on their rear legs with front legs resting on the elephant ahead. ...
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Solomon Islands Men Standing on U.S. Marine Corps Truck

Date: 1943
Description: Men, natives of the Solomon Islands, standing on a U.S. Marine Corps truck made by International Harvester. Some of the men are holding rifles.
Photograph

Workers Assembling Gun Carriages

Date: 1943
Description: Workers on an assembly line at an International Harvester factory. The original caption reads: "assembling 57mm gun carriages."
Photograph

McCormick-Deering TracTractor

Date: 1943
Description: Men using a McCormick-Deering TracTractor (crawler tractor) to pull tree stumps from the ground. The men may be clearing the way for a road.
Photograph

Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and William Green

Date: 1943
Description: Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, debate a point during a Mutual Broadcasting System ra...
Photograph

Captain Joseph McCarthy with Marines

Date: 1943
Description: Captain Joseph R. McCarthy, a Marine intelligence officer, interviewing pilots who have just returned from raids on Japanese installations in the Solomon I...
Photograph

State Tree Nursery

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Tree Nursery. A man is standing on the left side.
Book or Pamphlet

07 - Rabbit Hutches at Heidelager

Date: 1943
Description: Rabbit hutches at Heidelager concentration camp in Poland.
Book or Pamphlet

12 - Rabbit Hutches at Ravensbrück

Date: 1943
Description: Rabbit hutches at Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany.
Book or Pamphlet

29 - Construction and Maintenance of Angora Rabbit Hutches

Date: 1943
Description: Men constructing angora rabbit hutches, with the words, "Stallbau und Pflege der Ställe."
Book or Pamphlet

30 - Construction of Angora Rabbit Hutches

Date: 1943
Description: Men constructing angora rabbit hutches. There is also a finished row of hutches.
Book or Pamphlet

31 - Men Cleaning Angora Rabbit Hutches

Date: 1943
Description: Men cleaning and washing angora rabbit hutches.
Book or Pamphlet

35 - Man Feeding Angora Rabbits

Date: 1943
Description: Man feeding angora rabbits in their hutches. Text on page says, "Fütterung".
Book or Pamphlet

39 - Man Preparing Animal Food

Date: 1943
Description: Man working with vats for preparation of angora rabbit food.

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