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United States Rubber Company Group

Date: 05 16 1945
Description: United States Rubber Company group seated at a table with a display of rubber products in the background, "Rubber Goes to War," in the Pompeii Room at the ...
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Volunteers at the Gas Ration Board

Date: 08 16 1944
Description: Group of 14 volunteers at the Dane County Gas Ration Board to assist with wartime gas rationing, alternate view.
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Rennebohm Drug Store

Date: 01 14 1944
Description: Display of personal care products in the window of Rennebohm Drug Store #10, 676 State Street. Here the promotion to buy large size items seen in other Ren...
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High School Student War Work

Date: 09 21 1944
Description: Two high school students working at the Quality Service Laundry. From left: Bonnie Warren, and Donna Wolfe, both seniors at West High. These students divid...
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Fire Fighters Loading Red Cross Boxes

Date: 07 29 1945
Description: Madison fire fighters load Red Cross boxes to send overseas. Each box contained 36 knit bags made and filled by volunteers, each bag contained a pencil, st...
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Factory Buildings

Date: 1942
Description: Panoramic view of what appear to be several recently completed factory buildings. The buildings may be part of International Harvester's tank arsenal at Be...
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Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Southern Boundary

Date: 1942
Description: View looking East toward the proposed south boundary fence line of International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal. A railroad track and car are on the ...
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Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Fenceline

Date: 04 29 1942
Description: View down railroad tracks towards approaching trains. Men are walking across the tracks in the foreground at International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Ars...
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Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal 23rd Street Entrance

Date: 04 29 1942
Description: Men are walking along railroad tracks near the 23rd Street entrance at International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal.
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Tank Ready for Shipping at Bettendorf

Date: 1942
Description: Military tank prepared for shipment at International Harvester's Bettendorf tank arsenal (factory).
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Group Taking Messages at Air Base

Date: 1943
Description: Six women and one man take messages at the Truax Field Message Center, during World War II. Beatrice Lamoreux is sitting at the back table on the left side...
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KR-11 Truck with Refrigerated Semi-Trailer

Date: 1944
Description: International KR-11 truck with refrigerated semi-trailer (semi truck) parked next to a box car near a warehouse building. Original caption reads: "Meat and...

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