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Photograph

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

International M-5 Half-Track Personnel Carrier

Date: 1943
Description: International M-5 half-track personnel carrier parked outdoors. Manufactured at International Harvester's Springfield Works for the U.S. military.
Photograph

Beaver Dam International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1943
Description: Exterior of Albert Kaepernick Jr.'s McCormick-Deering farm equipment dealership. A poster in the front window reads: "Throw your scrap into the fight!".
Photograph

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.
Map or Atlas

Karte der deutschen Ansiedlung von Marathon City [and Marathon County], Wisconsin

Date: 1943
Description: This photocopy map shows inhabited farms, rivers, roads, and mills in the vicinity of Marathon City [and village of Edgar], including area between the Big ...
Poster

Both Working for Victory

Date: 1943
Description: Poster of a woman driving a Red Cross truck and a woman on a Farmall tractor with the text "Now farm work is war work," and "Join the Farm Victory Voluntee...
Photograph

Weiner Processing

Date: 1943
Description: Female employees processing "Yellow Band" weiners at the Oscar Mayer Company during World War II.
Photograph

Great Britain Office of International Harvester

Date: 1943
Description: Exterior of International Harvester's General Office for Great Britain. The building included a showroom, service station, and parts and machine warehouse....
Photograph

Tunisian Branch Office

Date: 1943
Description: Exterior view of the McCormick branch office and showroom operated by "Cima-Wallut Machines Agricoles McCormick et Deering," and located at S.A. 80-82, Ave...
Photograph

Argentinian General Office

Date: 1943
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's general office for Argentina, located at Calle Chile 801, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America.
Photograph

Denmark Branch Office

Date: 1943
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester branch office operated by A/S International Harvester Company at Snorresgade 18-20, Copenhagen, S., Denmark. A ...
Photograph

French General Office at Paris

Date: 1943
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester general office at Paris. The office was operated by the Cima-Wallut Machines Agricoles McCormick et Deering, S....
Photograph

General Office for New Zealand

Date: 1943
Description: Exterior view of the the International Harvester general office in New Zealand. The office was operated by the subsidiary International Harvester Company o...
Photograph

Swedish Branch Office

Date: 1943
Description: Several children look in the window of an International Harvester branch office at Ingelstavagen 4, Norrkoping, Sweden.
Photograph

South African International Harvester Branch

Date: 1943
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's general office building in Durban, Natal, South Africa. The building was operated by the company's subsidiary, I...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Potato-The Kind We Raise in Maine

Date: 1943
Description: Man standing with arms outstretched atop a giant potato, resting on a red flatbed train car. The train car says "B & A 321" on the side in white letters, ...
Photograph

Strand Theater and Surrounding Buildings

Date: 1943
Description: The corner of N. 5th Street and W. Wisconsin Avenue. Landmarks from left to right: Wisconsin Roof (dancing), Strand Theater, Miller High Life Spa, and the ...
Photograph

Communist Party Rally

Date: 1943
Description: A Milwaukee billboard advertising a lecture by Earl Browder, general secretary of the Communist Party-USA. The sign reads "Win the War Rally! Earl Browder,...
Photograph

High-Speed Prime Mover

Date: 1943
Description: A M-5 high-speed prime mover carries men through a field. The original caption reads: "The M-5 high-speed prime mover, designed and engineered by Internati...
Photograph

Military Half-Track

Date: 1943
Description: A military half-track redesigned and improved by International Harvester automotive engineers parked in the snow. The original caption reads: "At the Army'...

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