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Combine Assembly Line at East Moline Works

Date: 1944
Description: Male and female workers installing parts on combine bodies along assembly line at International Harvester's East Moline Works. The factory was constructed ...
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Naval Training School, Ship's Store

Date: 02 07 1945
Description: Naval clerk selling Old Gold cigarettes to a trainee at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) ship's store in the University of Wisconsin athletic stadium...
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Men Planning for World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: International Harvester dealer Charles Landaal signs a pledge to help collect scrap as part of Governor Julius P. Heil's "MacArthur Week" scrap drive. Milw...
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"Tractorettes" Working on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Three women work under a Farmall H tractor. International Harvester's "Tractorette" program was intended to teach women to operate and maintain tractors wh...
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Men Processing Hemp Fibers

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Two men processing hemp in a DeForest plant for use as cord and rope during World War II. The men are feeding hemp into a rolling machine which crushes the...
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Madison Victory Gardener Purchasing Supplies

Date: 03 19 1944
Description: Alvan Rothermel, Glen Oak Hills, purchasing seed, labels and tools, for his Victory garden from Louis Schuster, manager of the L.L. Olds Seed Company, 720 ...
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Madison Woman's Club "Home Front" Tea

Date: 08 02 1944
Description: Mrs. Frederick (Marion) Rentschler and Mrs. John R. (Eileen) Frederick, members of the Madison Woman's Club, are shown with produce from their Victory gard...
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Marion Oestreich and Daughter

Date: 04 18 1945
Description: Marion Oestreich and daughter, Margaret, age 3, looking at a blackboard diagram of their Community Union garden. The gardens are planned to provide garden ...
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German Prisoner of War with Pea Vines

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: German prisoner of war pitching pea vines into a viner at a cannery.
Book or Pamphlet

17 - Male Angora Rabbit

Date: 1943
Description: Male angora rabbit, with the words, "Der Rammler".
Book or Pamphlet

19 - Angora Rabbits

Date: 1943
Description: Three angora rabbits.
Book or Pamphlet

20 - Female Angora Rabbit

Date: 1943
Description: Female angora rabbit, with the words, "Die Häsin".
Book or Pamphlet

21 - Angora Rabbits

Date: 1943
Description: Three angora rabbits.
Book or Pamphlet

22 - Young Angora Rabbits

Date: 1943
Description: Young angora rabbits, captioned "Jungtiere".
Book or Pamphlet

23 - Young Angora Rabbits

Date: 1943
Description: Young angora rabbits at the ages of 2, 4, 6, and 9 days old. Text on page says, "2 Tage alt," "4 Tage alt," "6 Tage alt," and "9 Tage alt."
Book or Pamphlet

24 - Young Angora Rabbits

Date: 1943
Description: Young angora rabbits at the age of 4 and 8 weeks old. Text on page says, "4 Wochen alt" and "8 Wochen alt."
Book or Pamphlet

25 - Four Angora Rabbits

Date: 1943
Description: Four angora rabbits eating in a wood hutch, with the words, "Tiere im Stall".
Book or Pamphlet

26 - Three Angora Rabbits

Date: 1943
Description: Three angora rabbits sitting in their wood hutches.
Photograph

27 - Angora Rabbits in their Hutches

Date: 1943
Description: Adult and young angora rabbits sitting in their hutches.
Book or Pamphlet

28 - Angora Rabbits in their Hutches

Date: 1943
Description: Adult and young angora rabbits sitting in their hutches.

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