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World's Largest White Pine Tree

Date: 1945
Description: Two men stand at the base of the White Pine tree reported in 1945 to be the largest in the world at 16.8' in circumference and 140.42' in height. Larger sp...
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Steam Locomotive Pulling Crane at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Steam locomotive moving an overhead crane used to lay rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine. One man is standing on the right, and another man i...
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Crane Laying Rails for Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: Workers and a steam railroad crane laying rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine.
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Dr. Fischelis Wears a Sombrero

Date: 1945
Description: Pharmacist Robert Fischelis (front and center) wears a sombrero and poses with colleagues at an annual American Pharmaceutical Association convention.
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Launching Rockets During Battle of Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
Description: Soldiers firing rockets from two International M-2-4 launch vehicles during combat operations in Iwo Jima.
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Waukesha Aviation Club Youth Outreach

Date: 1945
Description: A demonstration of parachute handling for members of a local YMCA by the Waukesha Aviation Club. The club considered such educational activities for young ...
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On Lake Superior with Dog Team

Date: 1945
Description: Mary L. Eldridge, Dick Eldridge, Barney Johnson, and two other people kneeling in front of dog sled on Lake Superior.
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M-5 Prime Mover

Date: 1945
Description: Soldiers pulling 155mm howitzer with an M-5 tractor at Camp Adair, Oregon. The original caption reads: "This is the new M-5 tractor which replaces 2 and o...
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Men Sitting in Antique International Auto Wagon

Date: 1945
Description: Men sitting in an International Auto Wagon in front of the Minneapolis International motor truck branch. The men are Red Pierson (front, left), Duane Kuntz...
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Gathering Maple Syrup

Date: 1945
Description: Two men and a child in Granton (vicinity), Clark County, Wisconsin. They are gathering maple syrup with a horse-drawn sled.
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Mobile X-Ray Trailer

Date: 1945
Description: Wisconsin State Board of Health Tuberculosis Survey bus with staff posing in front.
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Mobile X-Ray Trailer

Date: 1945
Description: Wisconsin State Board of Health Tuberculosis Survey bus with staff posing.
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Tuberculosis Bus

Date: 1945
Description: State Board of Health mobile tuberculosis x-ray unit. The ability to bring tuberculosis diagnostic technology to all parts of the state greatly aided the v...
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Sturgeon Bay

Date: 1945
Description: People on observation tower looking at Sturgeon Bay.
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Men Laying Rails at Hawkins Mine

Date: 1945
Description: A group of men laying rails at Hawkins Mine while a man in the background is using surveying equipment near the base of a cliff face.
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Boating on Lake Superior

Date: 1945
Description: Three men power boating on Lake Superior. Two of the men are smoking cigarettes.
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Boy with Farmall Tractor

Date: 1945
Description: A young man operates a McCormick-Deering Farmall tractor. The photograph was taken for a 1946 4-H Field Corps Contest.
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Young Man on Farmall Tractor

Date: 1945
Description: A young man operating a McCormick-Deering Farmall tractor. The photograph was taken as part of a 1946 4-H Field Corps contest.
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Group Portrait of Holocaust Survivors

Date: 1945
Description: Group portrait of Holocaust survivors in quarantine after World War II; Smalands Anneberg, Sweden, Summer.
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Group of Holocaust Survivors Listen to Orchestra

Date: 1945
Description: Group of Holocaust survivors who were in quarantine after WWII listen to an orchestra playing on their behalf outdoors; Smalands Anneberg, Sweden, Summer.

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