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| Date: | 03 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Soldier helping a woman use a Handie Talkie at the Ray-O-Vac & RMR promotional exhibit set up at the Capitol Theatre. "This battery is the heart of the Han... |
| Date: | 05 02 1945 |
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| Description: | Robert M. Carnes, on the right, expediter at RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-Vac), 1400 East Washington Avenue, with foreman Jack Young. |
| Date: | 07 25 1945 |
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| Description: | Lieut. Albert L. David showing his wife, Georgia, the souvenirs he brought from the capture of the German U-505 underseas craft. He stood two days and nigh... |
| Date: | 12 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Herb Pierstorff, mechanic, shown on the left with Merlin Loe, apprentice mechanic, recently discharged veteran of the Armed Forces, at Waters Motor Company... |
| Date: | 12 04 1947 |
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| Description: | East High School students Betty Jensen, daughter of Nels Jensen, McFarland, John Ellestad, son of John Ellestad, Route 4, and Phil Ashby, son of Mr. and Mr... |
| Date: | 12 30 1947 |
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| Description: | Assembling educational materials for servicemen-students all over the world are the employees of the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI), headquar... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | A military half-track redesigned and improved by International Harvester automotive engineers parked in the snow. The original caption reads: "At the Army'... |
| Date: | 02 06 1943 |
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| Description: | Employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company preparing for a strength and deflection test of a plastic product being developed by the co... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | An employee of the Consolidated Paper Company watches what is apparently a test of a part being manufactured by the company as part of its contract to deve... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | An unidentified employee of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company prepares for a strength test of a product being developed by the compan... |
| Date: | 06 24 1944 |
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| Description: | Strength test being performed by an employee of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company. The company developed a number of laminated plast... |
| Date: | 10 12 1943 |
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| Description: | Earl Otto, an executive of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper, takes a turn during the machine gun test of the laminate plastic panels being devel... |
| Date: | 04 22 1944 |
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| Description: | Employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids contemplates a die for fabricating tapered paper-based plastic laminat... |
| Date: | 02 18 1949 |
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| Description: | U.S. Army Major Hunter Brumfield in a suit and tie at a typewriter examining his notes. Major Brumfield is one of several army officers working on a master... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Private Roger Kolkmeyer types on a typewriter. Kolkmeyer was a company clerk at Fort Sill. He was a former employee of the (?) Department general office of... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | Factory inspectors at International Harvester's 20 mm gun plant. A woman also stands in the background using a piece of equipment. Original caption reads: ... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | A factory worker operates a grinder at International Harvester's 20 millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "The Harvester gun plant management is es... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | A factory worker operating a broaching machine at International Harvester's 20 millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "Broaching is a conspicuous fe... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A factory worker operates a Magnaflux machine at International Harvester's 20 millimeter gun plant. Original caption reads: "A Magnaflux machine is used to... |
| Date: | 05 25 1942 |
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| Description: | Female factory worker operating a broaching machine at International Harvester's 20 millimeter gun plant. Caption on photograph reads: "This American hydra... |
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