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Filter: Subject of world war, 1939-1945
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Male Papuan carriers help members of the 32nd Division construct a road through the jungle of New Guinea. |
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| Description: | Poster depicting a young shirtless man pitching hay with text that reads: "Put your muscle on a war basis! Sign Up For A Farm Job ... at your local U.S. Em... |
| Date: | 12 30 1948 |
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| Description: | Col. John Ehlert, headquarters, Fifth army, Milwaukee, presented "certificates of appreciation" to Joseph Jackson, executive director of the Madison and Wi... |
| Date: | 02 18 1949 |
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| Description: | U.S. Army Major Herbert Crecelius of the army chemical corps studying agricultural bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is in a lab coat... |
| Date: | 02 18 1949 |
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| Description: | U.S. Army Major Hunter Brumfield in a suit and tie at a typewriter examining his notes. Major Brumfield is one of several army officers working on a master... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Private Roger Kolkmeyer types on a typewriter. Kolkmeyer was a company clerk at Fort Sill. He was a former employee of the (?) Department general office of... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | The superintendent of International Harvester's 20 mm gun and war production plant, J.E. Harris sits at a desk. Original caption reads: "As a veteran of Wo... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | Mechanical engineer Alex Gabay (right) and his assistant J.E. Lass (left) at an International Harvester war production factory (20 mm gun plant?). The men ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A factory worker operates a Magnaflux machine at International Harvester's 20 millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "A Magnaflux machine is used to... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | Female factory worker operating a broaching machine at International Harvester's 20 millimeter gun plant. Caption on photograph reads: "This American hydra... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | Two factory workers stand outside firing booths to conduct testing at International Harvester's 20 (Twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | A factory worker operates a vertical broaching machine at International Harvester's 20 (Twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "Vertical bro... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | Female factory workers inspect parts at International Harvester's 20 (twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "Many small parts for the gun a... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | Factory workers inspect a gun at International Harvester's 20 (twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "In the test firing department careful... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | Female factory worker operates a surface grinder at International Harvester's 20 (twenty) millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "This woman employe... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | Factory workers at International Harvester's 20 (Twenty) Millimeter Gun Plant operate a factory machine. Caption on photograph reads: "First machining of t... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Men work on what appears to be International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory). |
| Date: | 01 13 1943 |
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| Description: | A female factory worker operates a grinding machine. Original caption reads: "This woman employee on torpedo production operates a grinding machine. The pa... |
| Date: | 01 13 1943 |
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| Description: | A line of female factory workers operate milling machines at an International Harvester plant responsible for manufacturing aircraft torpedo parts. Origina... |
| Date: | 01 13 1943 |
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| Description: | A woman operating a grinding machine at an International Harvester factory responsible for manufacturing aircraft torpedo parts. Original caption reads: "T... |
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