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Mt. Horeb Main Street View

Date: 1944
Description: View of storefronts on Main Street, including a drugstore with soda fountain on the left.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Date: 1944
Description: President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the rain during his presidential reelection campaign.
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Smokey Poster Design #2

Date: 1944
Description: Poster design of Clarke-McNary Forest Protection Program depicting Smokey Bear pouring water on a campfire.
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Radisson and Groseilliers House Marker

Date: 1944
Description: View of the Radisson and Groseilliers marker at the site of the first house built by white men in Wisconsin. The marker is located in the vicinity of Ashla...
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Governor Goodland at the Fair

Date: 1944
Description: Looking every bit his age (82), Governor Walter S. Goodland arrives at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Drawing

S.C. Johnson and Son Wax Co.

Date: 1944
Description: Artist's rendering of the research and development tower and administration building of the S.C. Johnson and Son Wax Co.
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Swiss Reformed Church

Date: 1944
Description: Exterior of Swiss Reformed Church.
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Welcome to New Glarus Sign

Date: 1944
Description: Sign welcoming people to the city of New Glarus.
Print

McCarthy Campaign Brochure

Date: 1944
Description: Campaign brochure issued in behalf of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy during his successful campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1944. The text stressed his status ...
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Joseph R. McCarthy

Date: 1944
Description: Portrait of Joseph R. McCarthy used in literature issued for his unsuccessful 1944 Senate campaign.
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Ford Automobile Union Meeting

Date: 1944
Description: Group portrait of Ford automobile workers union, Local 903 delegation, at a Highlander Folk School workshop.
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Annual CIO Convention

Date: 1944
Description: Southern CIO regional directors and other CIO officials meet during the CIO convention to plan a CIO term at Highlander. Myles Horton is in the lower right...
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Consolidated Paper Factory

Date: 1944
Description: Interior view of the Consolidated Paper Company factory showing the large treater used in the manufacture of glider parts during World War II. Ralph Turne...
Print

If You're Screwy Roosevelt Sticker

Date: 1944
Description: Campaign sticker for the re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The use of the apple theme was a subtle reminder to those who might be tempted to vote for ...
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Portrait of Martin Deutschkron

Date: 1944
Description: Portrait of Holocaust survivor Martin Deutschkron for use in false papers.
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Portrait of Eva Lauffer Deutschkron

Date: 1944
Description: Portrait taken of Holocaust survivor Eva Lauffer Deutschkron for use in false papers.
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Fred Platner and Friends

Date: 1944
Description: From left: Isidor Platner, friend, Fred Platner, friend; Tashkent, U.S.S.R.
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Fred Platner's Co-workers and Officers in Military Camp

Date: 1944
Description: Fred Platner's co-workers and officers in a military camp; Tashkent, U.S.S.R. Fred Platner worked at the camp as a truck driver.
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Sister M. Jeanette, O.P.

Date: 1944
Description: Sister M. Jeaneatte, pharmacist for Mary Immaculate Hospital in Jamaica, New York, posed by medicine dispensers. Sister M. Jeanette was a recipient of the ...
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Romanian Synagogue

Date: 1944
Description: Elevated view of the exterior of a Romanian synagogue. The synagogue has possibly been identified as the Cluj-Napoca Reform Synagogue in Cluj-Napoca, Roma...

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