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| Date: | 10 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Virginia Rae Miller, a pinsetter at the Lathrop Hall bowling alley, about to return a bowling ball. Traditionally, this work was done exclusively by men b... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Saul Sorrin leading General Dwight D. Eisenhower on a tour of the Neu Friemann Displaced Persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of t... |
| Date: | 06 14 1942 |
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| Description: | Men and women ride on an International float in the United Nations Parade. The text on the float reads: "99.2% Harvester Employees Buy War Bonds." |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers link arms with two women wearing dresses at the Port Clinton Service Center. The men were former International Harvester employees, and likely... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | An International tractor pulls a parade float down a commercial street lined with spectators. The float celebrates International Harvester's war production... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Car in a parade carrying a sign that reads "Let us pray...God damn Hitler." A large crowd watches the parade from bleachers along the side of the road. The... |
| Date: | 02 20 1945 |
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| Description: | The caption in the Milwaukee Journal, says it best, "From the far-off Pacific (somewhere on Kwajalein), the picture of Ensign Ray Hanson and Robert ... |
| Date: | 03 02 1945 |
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| Description: | A homemade motorboat on the beach on Tarawa Atoll in the South Pacific. Robert Doyle notes that "belly tanks" were used in the boat construction. A buildin... |
| Date: | 11 01 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of war correspondents enjoy a beverage together at Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They are dressed in uniform. Identified... |
| Date: | 06 1949 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people examining display cases in a gymnasium containing objects from the French Gratitude Train. Two U.S. flags are hanging at the far en... |
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