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Teacher and Students participating in World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Eight North Bright School pupils and teacher filling International truck and trailer with scrap metal collected for salvage drive during Governor Julius P....
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Sales Girls Distribute War Bonds at World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 04 1942
Description: Sales girls (L to R): Patsie Anderson, Margaret Hatche, and Leone Owens distribute war bonds and stamps to farmers and other townspeople during a W.W. II s...
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Men in Scrap Yard

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of two men wearing business suits standing near an automobile and a truck in a scrap yard as part of a Harvester World story on World ...
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Children Collecting Scrap at North Bright School

Date: 1942
Description: Children collecting scrap deposit it on a trailer outside the front door of North Bright School. A sign on the school announces: "MacArthur Week Scrap Coll...
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MacArthur Week Scrap Collection

Date: 1942
Description: Three men loading a trailer near an International Harvester dealership during the "MacArthur Week" scrap drive. There is a large pile of scrap on the groun...
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Scrap Drive at R.H. Gehrke Company

Date: 1942
Description: International truck with a trailer full of scrap metal parked outside the R.H. Gehrke Company, an International Harvester dealership. William Le Capitaine,...
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Truck Hauling Tractors for Scrap

Date: 04 29 1942
Description: Man pulling a trailer with an International truck for J.G. Larson & Sons, an International Harvester dealership. The trailer is loaded with two old tractor...
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Truck and Metal Scrap Pile

Date: 04 29 1942
Description: A man using an International truck to haul scrap metal for J.G. Larson & Sons, an International Harvester dealership. The man is dropping the metal off at ...
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Farmall-H Tractor Delivering Scrap

Date: 04 29 1942
Description: John De Roy pulling a trailer load of scrap metal with a Farmall-H tractor. The metal was collected as part of a scrap drive.
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Scrap Pile Near Betttendorf Works

Date: 1942
Description: A large pile of scrap metal near a railroad track.
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Men Unloading Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Two men unloading scrap metal from a truck near an International Harvester dealership, possibly Landaal Brothers of Waupun. One man is standing on the truc...
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Woodville HS Booster Club Promoting Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: A group of children, including members of the Woodville High School Booster Club, stand near a pile of scrap metal. Some of the children are holding musica...
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Men Unload Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Three men unload scrap metal from a truck in the yard of Landaal Brothers, an International Harvester dealership. Dealer Charles Landaal is standing at rig...
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Men Unload Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Farmers unload scrap metal from a truck in the yard of Landaal Brothers, an International Harvester dealership. Dealer Charles Landaal is standing at left....
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Men Standing near Scrap Iron Pile

Date: 1942
Description: Men watch as workers cut down scrap iron and load it on a railroad car as part of a wartime scrap drive.
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Farmers Unloading Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Farmers unload scrap metal onto a large pile as part of a wartime scrap drive.
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Three Men Weighing Scrap Iron

Date: 1942
Description: Three men stand near a trailer while weighing in a load of scrap iron brought from a farm by William Gory (at far right). At left is Jim Barrett, manager o...
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IH Dealer Unloading Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Two men from Anderson Motor Sales, an International Harvester dealership, unload scrap metal from the bed of an International truck. The truck is parked ne...
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IH Dealer Collecting Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Men from Anderson Motor Sales, an International Harvester dealership, collect a load of metal scrap form the farm of Frank Cook. The men are loading the me...
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Metal Collected for Scrap Drive at IH Dealership

Date: 1942
Description: Elevated view of a large metal scrap pile in an empty lot at the Kronquest Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. Billboards next to the...

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