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Gun Carriage at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1941
Description: Milwaukee Works foremen and supervisors posing in front of a "high-speed, modernized gun carriage." At the right is Superintendent V.A. Guebard, and next t...
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Liberty Fleet

Date: 1942
Description: Four men, including Fowler McCormick (third from left), stand in front of the "Liberty Fleet" of International trucks decorated with United States flags. F...
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Woodville Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Men hauling wagon loads of scrap metal with a Farmall H tractor, horses, and an automobile. The men are participating in a scrap drive, possibly during Gov...
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Marine Corps Base Headquarters

Date: 1941
Description: View of entrance and headquarters or administration building at a Marine Corps base, possibly Camp Elliot.
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Farmall H Tractor in Woodville Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Helmuth Strobush and his son Jerry haul scrap metal with a Farmall H tractor and a McCormick-Deering farm wagon. The tractor is parked near a co-op service...
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Woodville Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Men with horses, wagons, cars and trucks are parked alongside railroad tracks near a large scrap metal pile. The men are participating in a wartime scrap d...
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High School Band Marching Down Street

Date: 1942
Description: A high school band marches down a street during MacArthur Week, a state sponsored scrap drive effort.
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Oscar Mayer Plant

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Description: View across lawn and parking lot towards the Oscar Mayer plant. A service flag with a large star with the number "1241" is hanging on the side of the build...
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Elevated View of Oscar Mayer Plant

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Description: Elevated view from roof of the Oscar Mayer plant. There is a water tower on the roof with a sign painted on it that reads: "Oscar Mayer." Automobiles are p...
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Oscar Mayer Parking Lot

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Description: View from parking log towards the Oscar Mayer plant. In the left foreground is a truck with a sign painted on the passenger side door that reads: "Oscar M...
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Oscar Mayer Employees Walking Outdoors

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Description: Oscar Mayer employees are walking near the plant, down the entrance road near a chain link fence. There is a water tower and three American flags on three ...
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Oscar Mayer Parking Lot

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Description: View from a fenced-off area towards the parking lot of the Oscar Mayer manufacturing plant. A flag with a large star with the number "1241" is hanging on t...
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Oscar Mayer Plant

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Description: View across lawn and parking lot towards the Oscar Mayer plant. A service flag with a large star with the number "1241" is hanging on the side of the build...

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