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| 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: | 07 1942 |
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| Description: | A woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty poses on a General Electric parade float. The sign on the float reads: "Speed 'em for Freedom." The original capti... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Me and women line the sidewalks to watch an International Harvester parade float go by. The float is decorated with uniformed men in a jeep, and palm trees... |
| Date: | 10 1945 |
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| Description: | Men and women stand on either side of a street to watch an International truck used as a float for the Naval Air Tech Training Center as part of a Navy Day... |
| 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: | Milwaukee blockman Dale Thomas pins a "MacArthur Week" button on Charles Landaal, operator of Landaal Brothers, an International Harvester dealership. The ... |
| Date: | 05 18 1942 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large group of people gathered with tractors and trucks for a scrap parade in a downtown area. In the background automobiles are parked ... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A high school band marches down a street during MacArthur Week, a state sponsored scrap drive effort. |
| Date: | 10 30 1943 |
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| Description: | Motor Pool Dispatchers (left to right) Sergeant Alex Petro of Racine, Wisconsin, and Sergeant Joe Nicolazzi of Kenosha, Wisconsin, chat with Corporal Eugen... |
| Date: | 12 21 1943 |
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| Description: | Technical Sergeant Leonard Stoltz (left) and Technical Sergeant Warren Fuhrman (right), both of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, relax in front of a tent at a base in... |
| Date: | 01 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Two officers sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Gui... |
| Date: | 01 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Three men sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea... |
| Date: | 02 03 1944 |
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| Description: | Soldiers and officers relax in the "Tropical Inn," a tent that has seating and a raised wooden floor, at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two sailors and two women are seated at a table smoking cigarettes and drinking beer, while another woman stands playing an accordion for them. Around the ... |
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