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| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Factory worker inspecting the barrel of an M-1 rifle produced at International Harvester's Evansville Works for the U.S. military. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Camp Randall Memorial Park cannon with an American flag flying in the background. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Dickey Chapelle crouches on the ground as she takes a photograph of a Marine at the San Diego Recruit Depot. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Front view of Dickey Chapelle shooting photographs of two Marines, who are shown from the back. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A display of military memorabilia at the Grand Army Home. Caption reads: "Museum - Grand Army Home - King, Wis". |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | The Milton House was a part of the Underground Railroad prior to the abolition of slavery. The house was built in 1845 by Joseph Goodrich and turned into a... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | An aerial view of Truax Field, now also called Dane County Regional Airport. In addition to commercial flights, Truax Field is also home to the Army Nation... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | "Kwik-Way" transfer used to place "Old Abe" trademark on new agricultural and other machinery manufactured by J.I. Case Co., of Racine, Wisconsin. When thi... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Marine and bayonet silhouetted in a fiery blast of napalm. Taken during a napalm testing maneuver at Camp Pendleton. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | German film poster for the re-release of the American film. Abstract image of Adolf Hitler's face illustrated on half a broken egg shell shape, with four s... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of four women sitting, and one man standing, around a large map of northeast Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The women are wearing ... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Harry E. Lichter, curator of collections in the museum, examining a specially designed double-barreled automatic machine pistol in the Wald... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Two men smile and shake hands outside an airplane. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. 1955-1956. Lieut.-Gen. Lewis Hershey (left) former head of the draft, and ... |
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