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The War on Red River

Date: 07 16 1864
Description: Illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper depicting Admiral Porter's fleet passing through Colonel Bailey's dam during the War on Red R...
Photograph

International Harvester Parade Float

Date: 1945
Description: Me and women line the sidewalks to watch an International Harvester parade float go by. The float is decorated with uniformed men in a jeep, and palm trees...
Photograph

International Truck Parade Float

Date: 10 1945
Description: Men and women stand on either side of a street to watch an International truck used as a float for the Naval Air Tech Training Center as part of a Navy Day...
Photograph

International Tractor with Parade Float

Date: 1945
Description: An International tractor pulls a parade float down a commercial street lined with spectators. The float celebrates International Harvester's war production...
Photograph

Hillsboro Welcomes Mitscher

Date: 07 12 1945
Description: Vice-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher greets a young girl and her family at a parade held in his honor. It was the first time he had visited Hillsboro, his birth p...
Photograph

Mitscher in Parade

Date: 07 12 1945
Description: Elevated view of Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher's car in a parade held in his honor. Hillsboro planned the celebration to commemorate the first time in ten yea...
Photograph

Mitscher Honored

Date: 07 12 1945
Description: Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher, wearing his uniform, is being presented with a flag of the State of Wisconsin by an unidentified man, who is also wearing a uni...

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