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World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Scrap drive at International Harvester dealer. Original caption: "C.J. Moericke, who is dealer at Marion in the Green Bay territory, was receiving scrap fr...
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Tractorette Instruction

Date: 1942
Description: Women sitting on grass watching a lecture on maintenance of Farmall A and Farmall M tractors. The lecture was part of International Harvester's "Tractorett...
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U.S. Navy Ships Company

Date: 03 17 1945
Description: Elevated group portrait of United States Navy, Ships Company.
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Naval Training School Personnel

Date: 10 27 1944
Description: Group portrait of 11 U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) personnel: three officers, four non-commissioned sailors,and four male civilians on the University ...
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CUNA Scrap Truck at Malt House

Date: 10 15 1942
Description: CUNA (Credit Union National Association) truck with load of scrap at Malt House, 1603 Sherman Avenue, at the Yahara River bridge. Sign on side of truck: "S...
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U.S. Coast Guard Women and Man with International Truck

Date: 1942
Description: Female members of the U.S. Coast Guard posing with a male officer and an International K-1 truck outside a garage. The Coast Guard had many International t...
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Wisconsin General Nurses Entering Military Service

Date: 03 29 1945
Description: Fifteen nurses from Wisconsin General Hospital, who are entering military service, standing in front of a plaque reading: "1920-1924 A memorial to those wh...
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Pfc. Howard A. Endres

Date: 05 20 1945
Description: Pfc. Howard A. Endres standing in line for his final meal at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois, before being discharged at the end of World War II.
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Fire Fighters Loading Red Cross Boxes

Date: 07 29 1945
Description: Madison fire fighters load Red Cross boxes to send overseas. Each box contained 36 knit bags made and filled by volunteers, each bag contained a pencil, st...
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Disarming of German Soldiers

Date: 05 1945
Description: Disarming of German soldiers after the war in Amsterdam.
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Soldiers Shucking Corn

Date: 1942
Description: Three soldiers, formerly International Harvester employees and dealers, sitting on wooden crates to shuck ears of corn near a doorway. The men likely belon...
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Enlisted International Harvester Men

Date: 1942
Description: A group of uniformed enlisted men affiliated with International Harvester stand on risers for a group portrait. The original caption reads: "BATTALION FROM...
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General Office Building at Quad Cities Tank Arsenal

Date: 1942
Description: Exterior view of the southeast side of the General Office building of International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal. The building has an American flag...
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B-29 Bomber Landing

Date: 03 1945
Description: A B-29 bomber plane landing at North Field in Guam after its first fire raid on Tokyo. A tree is in the center foreground with three men sitting around it ...
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Engineer Sawmill

Date: 08 22 1943
Description: The sawmill for the engineers at the military camp on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The soldiers are just ...
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Cemetery at Buna

Date: 09 10 1943
Description: Crosses in the cemetery at Buna. Buildings and tents are in the background among trees. The American Forces lost 798 soldiers, and the Australians lost 2,7...
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Robert Doyle and Captain Money

Date: 11 05 1943
Description: Robert Doyle and Australian Captain William (Bill) A. Money, chat on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). In t...
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Australian Soldier in Port Moresby

Date: 02 05 1944
Description: Aussie Military Policeman standing on a Port Moresby main street with his hand raised, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Jeeps and soldiers are on...
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Radio Guinea

Date: 02 05 1944
Description: Gordon Williams, of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and Stanley J. Quinn of the Mutual Broadcasting System, pose with two indigenous men in front ...
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Two Officers at Steeple Morden

Date: 05 20 1944
Description: Captain Donald Nicholson of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Major Daniel M. Lewis of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, pose at Royal Air Force station Steeple Morden, locat...

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