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CUNA Scrap Truck at Malt House

Date: 10 15 1942
Description: CUNA (Credit Union National Association) truck with load of scrap at Malt House, 1603 Sherman Avenue, at the Yahara River bridge. Sign on side of truck: "S...
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World War II Bond Sale

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Men and women lined up along a sales counter at Manchester's Department Store to buy war bonds, while two clerks behind the counter are ringing up the sale...
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Communist Party Rally

Date: 1943
Description: A Milwaukee billboard advertising a lecture by Earl Browder, general secretary of the Communist Party-USA. The sign reads "Win the War Rally! Earl Browder,...
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International Trucks in Brinks Liberty Fleet

Date: 1942
Description: Men stand on the curb beside International trucks used in the Brinks Express Company's "Liberty Fleet." The Field Museum building is in the background acro...
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Victory Garden Illustration

Date: 1943
Description: Uncle Sam stands in the foreground of an illustration promoting victory gardens and shakes the hand of a farmer with a hoe in his hand. Three women work in...
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Metal Collected for Scrap Drive at IH Dealership

Date: 1942
Description: Elevated view of a large metal scrap pile in an empty lot at the Kronquest Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. Billboards next to the...
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Postwar Berlin

Date: 1951
Description: A street scene in Berlin that shows the damage caused by wartime bombing. A banner or billboard on the damaged building on the right is advertising a film ...
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"God Damn Hitler"

Date: 1942
Description: Car in a parade carrying a sign that reads "Let us pray...God damn Hitler." A large crowd watches the parade from bleachers along the side of the road. The...
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Black Out Curtains

Date: 1942
Description: Publicity photograph of a woman hanging blackout curtains, with the assistance of her young daughter. The photograph was taken to provide illustration for ...

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