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Tractorette Instruction

Date: 1942
Description: Women sitting on grass watching a lecture on maintenance of Farmall A and Farmall M tractors. The lecture was part of International Harvester's "Tractorett...
Book or Pamphlet

07 - Rabbit Hutches at Heidelager

Date: 1943
Description: Rabbit hutches at Heidelager concentration camp in Poland.
Book or Pamphlet

08 - Rabbit Hutches at Sachsenhausen

Date: 1943
Description: Rabbit hutches at Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany.
Book or Pamphlet

10 - Rabbit Hutches at Auschwitz

Date: 1943
Description: Rabbit hutches at Auschwitz concentration camp in Germany.
Book or Pamphlet

12 - Rabbit Hutches at Ravensbrück

Date: 1943
Description: Rabbit hutches at Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany.
Book or Pamphlet

13 - Rabbit Hutches at Stettin

Date: 1943
Description: Rabbit hutches at Stettin concentration camp in Germany.
Book or Pamphlet

14 - Rabbit Hutches at Dresden

Date: 1943
Description: Rabbit hutches at Dresden concentration camp in Germany.
Book or Pamphlet

15 - Rabbit Hutches at Stutthof

Date: 1943
Description: Rabbit hutches at Stutthof concentration camp in Poland.
Book or Pamphlet

33 - Angora Rabbits Outdoors

Date: 1943
Description: Angora rabbits in fenced area outdoors, with buildings in the background. The sign on one of the buildings has the words, "Angora-Kaninchen-Zuchstation".
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General Office Building at Quad Cities Tank Arsenal

Date: 1942
Description: Exterior view of the southeast side of the General Office building of International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal. The building has an American flag...
Photograph

B-29 Bomber Landing

Date: 03 1945
Description: A B-29 bomber plane landing at North Field in Guam after its first fire raid on Tokyo. A tree is in the center foreground with three men sitting around it ...
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Officers's Quarters

Date: 08 09 1943
Description: Raining in Coco Grove, officer's quarters, Alamo force. The camp was located on Milne Bay, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).
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Wisconsin Soldiers in Jeep

Date: 08 10 1943
Description: Two soldiers pose in a jeep. The driver is Sergeant Howard Cody of Racine, Wisconsin, and next to him is Private Eugene Pregont of Wausau, Wisconsin. Palm ...
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Three Boys Building Roof

Date: 08 12 1943
Description: Three indigenous boys building a roof out of what appears to be palm fronds at Combat Team Headquarters on Kiriwina Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea ...
Photograph

Youth Weaving Roofing

Date: 08 12 1943
Description: An indigenous youth weaves roofing for military buildings on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).
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Regimental Surgeon

Date: 08 13 1943
Description: Major Howard Pagel of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, poses for a photo on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Notes by Ro...
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Indigenous Men Building Roof

Date: 08 16 1943
Description: Five indigenous workers balance on timbers while building the framing for a roof on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New G...
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Cemetery at Buna

Date: 09 10 1943
Description: Crosses in the cemetery at Buna. Buildings and tents are in the background among trees. The American Forces lost 798 soldiers, and the Australians lost 2,7...
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Major and Indigenous Man

Date: 11 05 1943
Description: Major Austin Henry of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, poses with an indigenous man in front of the medical tent at the military camp on Woodlark Island, in the Solom...
Photograph

Indigenous Plant

Date: 12 02 1943
Description: An Intelligence Officer smiles as he holds an indigenous plant with fruit on it used for food. A building is behind him with two signs, "Operations" and "O...

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