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Workers leaving Bettendorf Works

Date: 1944
Description: Employees leaving International Harvester's Bettendorf Works at the end of their work day. A sign in the background reads "Produce for Victory."
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Truax Hospital Heating Building

Date: 01 22 1943
Description: Hospital heating building at Truax Army Air Field, from the east side.
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Fort Howard Hospital

Date: 1934
Description: Fort Howard Hospital. There is a chimney on the right side of the building, and a stone wall is along the sidewalk.
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Crawler Tractors For National Defense

Date: 04 24 1941
Description: Factory workers pull equipment with an International TracTracTor (crawler tractor), most likely at International Harvester's Tractor Works. Original captio...
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Bettendorf Tank Arsenal Construction

Date: 10 27 1942
Description: Stacks of lumber used in the construction of what is probably International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory). The lumber is sitting on the gro...
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International Truck at Proving Grounds

Date: 1943
Description: Men look on as a man drives an International truck on a test track. The truck may be a model designed for the U.S. military. The photograph may have been t...
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Ordnance Steel Foundry Annex

Date: 09 16 1942
Description: Exterior view of the annex to International Harvester's Ordnance Steel Foundry with railroad tracks running through the foreground. Several men stand near ...
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Quad Cities Tank Arsenal Construction

Date: 09 18 1942
Description: Two men are standing on ladders while working on the side of a building at International Harvester's Quad Cities Tank Arsenal. Another man is standing near...
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Military Parade

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Description: Formations of soldiers at Camp Douglas march across a large parade field. A line of trees are in the distance, and a building with a chimney is visible abo...
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High School Band Marching Down Street

Date: 1942
Description: A high school band marches down the street during MacArthur Week, a state sponsored scrap drive effort. Crowds of children and adults line both sides of th...
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The Espy House

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Description: The Espy House served as President Washington's Headquarters during the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794.
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Badger Army Ordnance Plant Housing

Date: 1945
Description: View from road of vines and flower boxes brightening an otherwise unremarkable row of barracks type housing. There is an A & P Food Store on the right, wit...
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Continental Army Hut

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Description: A view of a Continental Army hut in a wooded area. A set of steps lead to the front door.
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Hut at Washington Springs

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Description: A set of stone stairs leads to a small soldiers' hut inhabited during the American Revolution. This view of the hut in a wooded area shows a door, a window...
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Old Stone House at Bull Run Battlefield

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Description: A fence surrounds an old stone house and trees at Bull Run Battlefield. Caption reads: "Stone House, Bull Run Battlefield, Va."
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Ruins of a Home

Date: 1870
Description: Men clear the ruins of a home after the Battle Above the Clouds.
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Cannons Beneath Trees Near Log Cabins

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Description: A view of cannons beneath trees behind a wooden fence. Two log cabins are in the background.
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Company E

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Description: Elevated view of the assembled military men of Company E and the military band on a town street. Other people stand and observe behind the formation of sol...
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United States Army General Hospital Nurses' Recreation House

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Description: Exterior view looking down toward the Nurses' Recreation House at the United States Army General Hospital. A flag on a flagpole is on the roof, and a man i...
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Ruins of the Railroad Depot

Date: 1865
Description: The ruins of a railroad depot after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War.
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