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Mechanical Engineers at a Desk

Date: 05 25 1942
Description: Mechanical engineer Alex Gabay (right) and his assistant J.E. Lass (left) at an International Harvester war production factory (20 mm gun plant?). The men ...
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Milt Polland on Phone

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Description: A record photograph of Polland when Gauer was working for him during the war.
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Passport Control for Refugees

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Description: Passport officers checking refugee passports as they begin to head home.
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Clara Meyers

Date: 02 06 1948
Description: Clara Meyers, ex-Nazi prisoner and post World War II Dutch women's army veteran of 2 years service in Java, shown discussing University of Wisconsin regist...
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Three Women Proofreading Documents

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Description: Three women sitting at a table appear to be proofreading documents at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Soldiers Inspect Papers

Date: 1962
Description: An American soldier inspects the papers of a Vietnamese man in the countryside along a river. Vietnamese soldiers and a boy are grouped around him.
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Belgian Refugees Presenting their Identification Papers

Date: 1914
Description: Before any refugees are allowed to re-enter Antwerp, they must prove their legitimate status.
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Free Press in Germany

Date: 07 25 1945
Description: Wilhelm Gerst of the "Frankfurter Rundschau," (second from the left) signing the first contract for mail distribution of a newspaper in Germany after World...
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Praying for Victory

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Description: Orthodox Jewish man from Bukowina praying for victory.
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Christmas in New Guinea

Date: 01 03 1943
Description: Corporal Frank Abrashinsky of Sheboygan, somewhere in New Guinea, opening his Red Cross Christmas package.
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Milt Polland at Desk

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Description: Milt Polland wearing eyeglasses and a bow tie sits at a cluttered desk with framed photographs visible on the wall in the background. Gauer worked for Poll...
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FLN Meeting

Date: 08 1957
Description: Algerian National Liberation Front members conducting a meeting in a tent. The men are sorting through papers and talking. There is a radio beside them.
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Margaret Smith with Servicemen's Letters

Date: 04 26 1945
Description: Margaret Smith, secretary of the Madison and Wisconsin Foundation, surveys a few of the letters received from servicemen who trained in Madison and plan to...
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U.S.A. National Service Life Insurance Policy

Date: 01 13 1950
Description: A person's hands holding two U.S.A. National Service Life Insurance Policies. About $60,000,000 in GI Insurance dividends will be divided among 347,000 Wis...
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United States Armed Forces Institute

Date: 12 30 1947
Description: Major Glenn McConagha, commandant of the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI) seated at a desk signing a course completion certificate. USAFI provi...
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United States Armed Forces Institute

Date: 12 30 1947
Description: Assembling educational materials for servicemen-students all over the world are the employees of the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI), headquar...
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Servicemen's Honor Roll Plaque

Date: 11 11 1942
Description: Wooden plaque commemorating 24 Mendota Hospsital employees who are "In the Service of our Country" Plaque was presented by Mendota Hosptial employees Local...

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