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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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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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Ordnance Steel Foundry Excavation

Date: 07 10 1942
Description: Overhead view of four people standing in a muddy excavated hole for a footing at the Ordnance Steel Foundry. The Foundry may have served as part of Interna...
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Ordnance Steel Foundry Concrete Footings

Date: 07 21 1942
Description: Men pouring and smoothing cement on the construction site of the Ordnance Steel Foundry Company. The Foundry may have served as part of International Harve...
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Climbing for Coconuts

Date: 08 24 1943
Description: An indigenous man climbs a coconut palm to harvest coconuts on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). His feet are ...

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