Skip to main content

click zoom to display a high-res image
Photographs

MacArthur Week Scrap Collection

Image

Three men loading a trailer near an International Harvester dealership during the "MacArthur Week" scrap drive. There is a large pile of scrap on the ground. A sign in the background says: "Moericke Howe, Marion, Wis. Phone 26."

Date Created:
1942
Creator:
International Harvester Company

Publication Information

Creator
International Harvester Company
Date Created
1942

Physical Description

Format
Image
Dimensions
26 x 21 cm

Collection Information

Call Number
MCC MSS 7Z, Album 563, pg.127

Copyright Information

Copyright Status
IN COPYRIGHT
Rights Holder
Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W012Z1D
Legacy ID
WHi 69318

Image

Digital Collections

Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
 
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.

View Our Curated Collections

Attribution

For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier. 

The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.

For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.

 

 

Accessing Collections

The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.

Plan Your Visit

Photographs
MacArthur Week Scrap Collection

MacArthur Week Scrap Collection

1942

Men working on a "MacArthur Week" scrap drive near an International Harvester dealership. Two men are on the flatbed of a truck, and there is also a horse-drawn vehicle. A sign in the background re...

View
Photographs
World War II Scrap Drive

World War II Scrap Drive

1942

Scrap drive at International Harvester dealer. Original caption: "C.J. Moericke, who is dealer at Marion in the Green Bay territory, was receiving scrap from farmers in a stock pile to the rear of ...

View
Photographs
Collecting Scrap at IH Dealership

Collecting Scrap at IH Dealership

1942

Four men outside R.H. Gehrke Company, an International Harvester dealership. The men are, (left to right): H.P. Patheal, assistant manager of the Green Bay branch, Howard Gehrke, R.H. Gehrke (seate...

View
Photographs
Truck and Metal Scrap Pile

Truck and Metal Scrap Pile

April 29, 1942

A man using an International truck to haul scrap metal for J.G. Larson & Sons, an International Harvester dealership. The man is dropping the metal off at a scrap pile near railroad tracks as part ...

View
Photographs
Dealer Allan Halvorson with Scrap Pile

Dealer Allan Halvorson with Scrap Pile

1942

International Harvester dealer Allan Halvorson (center) standing next to a pile of scrap metal and rubber near his dealership building. The materials were collected for a wartime scrap drive.

View
Photographs
Scrap Drive at Newburg

Scrap Drive at Newburg

1942

A man stands near scrap metal piled beside a dealership building. The metal was collected for a war time scrap drive.

View
Go to top
Wisconsin Historical Society
Search Dropdown