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Naval Armory Under Construction

Date: 11 17 1948
Description: Construction scene of the new Naval Armory in the 1000 block of East Washington Avenue.
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International KR-11 Navy Truck with Airplanes

Date: 1941
Description: An International KR-11 truck used for refueling parks next to a line of airplanes on a runway. There is a man standing on one of the planes holding a hose ...
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Battalion Seabees with International Truck

Date: 09 1943
Description: Battalion Seabees work on waterfront construction using an International K-line truck.
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Seabees Dismantling Fuel Tanks

Date: 09 30 1943
Description: The 56th Construction Battalion of Seabees dismantles fuel tanks using a crane and an International K-line truck. The original caption reads: "Project No. ...
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Halavo Seaplane Base

Date: 1943
Description: Men of the 34th Construction Battalion of Seabees work around a boat dock using an International TD-9 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) at Halavo Seaplane Base...
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Navy Machinery Inspection

Date: 1943
Description: Fowler McCormick and other International Harvester executives look on as men stand at stations with truck engines at the U.S. Navy Motor Vehicle Maintenanc...
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Woman Operating International A Tractor at Military Base

Date: 1942
Description: A woman uses an International Model A tractor to mow grass on the side of a hill at Camp Pendleton. In the background is an encampment of tents set up at t...
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Camp Pendleton Groundskeeping with International A

Date: 1944
Description: A woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and overalls uses an International Model A tractor to maintain an area of brush at the Camp Pendleton airfield. Tents ar...
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Navy "E" Award Ceremony

Date: 05 25 1944
Description: Factory workers from International Harvester's McCormick Works line up on a stage to receive the Army-Navy "E" award, given to manufacturing plants achievi...
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Visit to Clam Lake

Date: 12 15 1981
Description: Project ELF activist Jerry Holter (left) and John Lavine, head of the Lavine Newspaper Groups based in Chippewa Falls, outside the Clam Lake facilities of ...
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Marine Aircraft Group Plane

Date: 03 1945
Description: Men working on a Marine Aircraft Group plane at Ulithi airport. One man is standing near the nose of the plan, looking inside. He is shirtless and wearing ...
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Blue Angel Drill Team

Date: 1970
Description: "The famous Blue Angel Drill Team visits Milwaukee."
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Blue Angel Drill Team

Date: 1970
Description: "The famous Blue Angel Drill Team visits Milwaukee."
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Robert Doyle at His Typewriter

Date: 04 16 1945
Description: Robert Doyle (shirtles), works at the typewriter in his quarters in the BOQ (Bachelor Officer Quarters) #5, room 110, at CINCPAC (Commander in Chief, Pacif...
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Three Men from Milwaukee Journal

Date: 03 1945
Description: From the caption that accompanied the image: "Fellow workers in civilian life, these Milwaukeeans met recently on Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall islands. ...
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Robert Doyle

Date: 1945
Description: Robert Doyle, Journal war correspondent, took his wire recorder aboard the battleship Wisconsin while it was part of Admiral Halsey's 3rd fleet off ...
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Captain and Three Journalists

Date: 07 29 1945
Description: Robert Doyle poses with two other journalists and a ship's captain on the deck while aboard an escort carrier near Japan. Identified (left to right) are Al...
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Autographed Portrait of Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz

Date: 04 30 1945
Description: An autographed quarter-length portrait of Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz in his office at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. He is standi...
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Dickey Chapelle at Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle taking photographs on the beach in Milwaukee during Operation Inland Seas. A Navy ship is on Lake Michigan in the background on the left. A...
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The Navy Still Calls Men and More Men

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of men signing paperwork in an office with naval recruitment posters. In a "dream" bubble, sailors are sighting and adjusting...

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