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Cemetery for War Dead from Iwo Jima

Date: 03 1945
Description: The cemetery for the war dead on Guam. The body of a fighting man who died of wounds received during the battle for Iwo Jima is being lowered into the eart...
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Student Compounding a Prescription

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: A member of the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School uses the traditional pharmacist's tool of a mortar & pestle to grind medicinal ingredients for a pre...
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Woman and Boy Raking Leaves

Date: 04 13 1945
Description: Mrs. Lillian Helfrecht raking her lawn with the help of her neighbor, six-year-old George Armstrong. George helped Mrs. Helfrecht with various chores becau...
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Dental Chair in International Metro Relief Truck

Date: 1941
Description: Interior of an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for service with Czechoslovakian Army in England. Original caption continu...
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Two Men Converse on a Construction Site

Date: 1942
Description: Two men talking on a construction site, probably at International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory). A pile of bricks is in the foreground alon...
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Aircraft Torpedo Manufacturing

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Factory workers machining torpedo parts at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "This section of the torpedo plant houses a line of ...
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Man Fitting Copper Tubing for Torpedo

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: A factory worker uses an oxy-acetylene torch to fit a copper tube in the production of an aircraft torpedo. He is wearing an International Harvester Compan...
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Bettendorf Tank Arsenal

Date: 1942
Description: Construction site showing an additional to an International Harvester factory, probably the company's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal.
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Packing International M-5-6 Trucks in Crates

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers pack an International M-5-6 truck into a crate, possibly at International Harvester's Ft. Wayne Works. Original caption reads: "The trucks ...
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Packing M-5-6 Trucks into Crates

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers packing International M-5-6 trucks into crates, possibly at International Harvester's Ft. Wayne Works. Original caption reads: "The trucks ...
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Shell Manufacture at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1941
Description: Factory workers producing artillery shells at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Original caption reads: "75-Millimeter Shell Manufacture. A set sc...
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Special Machine Tool Shop

Date: 05 02 1942
Description: Factory workers rebuilding production machinery at International Harvester's "Special Machine Tool Shop." Original caption reads: "All old machine tools co...
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Woman with Torpedo at McCormick Works

Date: 1943
Description: A woman's face is visible through an opening in the after-body of an aircraft torpedo as she uses a tool to tap holes in it. The photograph was taken at In...
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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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Woman with Copper Tubing for Torpedo

Date: 05 25 1943
Description: A woman wearing a hat, protective gloves, and safety glasses uses a tool to bend copper tubing used in making aircraft torpedoes at an International Harves...
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Mechanic with International Military Truck

Date: 1944
Description: A man dressed in coveralls and a hat inspects a part on the rear of an International truck built for the U.S. Military. The side panel on the vehicle is li...
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Soldier Shoveling Mud Off Crawler Tractor

Date: 1945
Description: Marine Private First Class Gilbert E. Bailey shovels heavily caked mud from the tracks of his International TD-18 Diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor). The...
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Marine Artillery

Date: 1945
Description: Private First Class Anthony R. Buzzelli opens an ammunition box with an axe for Marines battling on Iwo Jima. Another man on the right appears to be openin...
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Clamping a Cannon Barrel at St. Paul Works

Date: 1945
Description: Factory worker James Matzke clamps the barrel of a 20mm cannon at International Harvester's St. Paul Works.
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Bolt Body Part Inspection for 20 mm Cannon

Date: 1945
Description: Factory worker Joan Harris sits at a workspace to inspect a 20 mm cannon bolt body part at International Harvester's St. Paul Works. Tools are on the table...

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