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Army Mechanics and TD-14 Tractor

Date: 1941
Description: Military mechanics and TD-14 crawler tractor with a Hughes-Keenan Crane servicing a B-17 bomber in MacDill Field hanger. MacDill Field, now MacDill Army Ai...
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Battle at Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
Description: Marines dig foxholes into the sand on the beaches of Iwo Jima. The men are surrounded by military equipment, including a crane. An International Diesel cra...
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Units Drilling in Field

Date: 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view of groups of soldiers performing drills in a field surrounded by a fence. At the rear of the marching column one man carrying an Ame...
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Seabees Dismantling Fuel Tanks

Date: 09 30 1943
Description: The 56th Construction Battalion of Seabees dismantles fuel tanks using a crane and an International K-line truck. The original caption reads: "Project No. ...
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International Crawler-Tractors with Cranes

Date: 1944
Description: International crawler-tractors outfitted with Trackson cranes park in rows in a dirt lot. The original caption reads: "Just as is the case with Internation...
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Wrecker Stuck in the Mud

Date: 01 24 1944
Description: "Beach Road," Robert Doyle's caption in the Milwaukee Journal said it best, "Saidor travel Bureau never reports roads impassable as long as wheels a...
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On the Southwestern Battlefront

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Description: Both good and bad luck at the same time. While driving passed an artillery shell damaged section of a mountain road, a heavily loaded supply truck slid off...
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Hoisting a Boat

Date: 1901
Description: Stereograph of two sailors standing in a small boat as it is hoisted aboard the Battleship "Wisconsin." More sailors are in the lower right corner. Caption...
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Bettendorf Tank Arsenal

Date: 10 27 1942
Description: Interior of what appears to be International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory).
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Obey and Young, Overwhelmed

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right) looking at the World Trade Center site shortly after the 9/11 attacks. With Obey is Florida Congressman Bill Yo...
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Bettendorf Tank Arsenal Under Construction

Date: 1942
Description: Men work on what appears to be International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory).
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Florida Congressman Bill Young (left) and Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey at the intersection of Vesey Street and the West Side Highway, ground zero fo...
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M-246 Wrecker with Jet Fighter Wreckage

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of men guiding a piece of wreckage from a jet fighter onto the ground as it is lifted by the arm of a Model M-246 truck. The specification...
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Seabees with Cherry Picker

Date: 1945
Description: Seabees use an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a crane ("cherry picker") to load cargo on a Western Pacific island. The text on the crane ...
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Building Construction

Date: 07 03 1942
Description: Men work on the interior of a partially constructed building at International Harvester's Quad Cities Tank Arsenal.
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Compound

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of an Allied compound in northern Russia. There are a series of railroad tracks that are leading away from the coast. In the far distance are...
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International TD-9 Crawler Tractors

Date: 1944
Description: Elevated view of International TD-9 crawler tractors (TracTracTors) equipped with bulldozers and front-end loaders parked in rows in a dirt lot. The origin...
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President Roosevelt and Governor Heil

Date: 09 19 1942
Description: Governor Julius Heil with his back to the camera shakes the hand of President Franklin Roosevelt who was on a surprise visit to Milwaukee for a tour of the...
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Canadian Ship at Michela Coal & Wood Dock

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Description: Elevated view over railroads tracks of Canadian ship with cargo of wood pulp. Sulphide bales are being unloaded and there are several men on the ship. In t...
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International Harvester Tractors Loaded onto Railroad Cars

Date: 1941
Description: Elevated view of men loading hundreds of new Farmall B, Farmall A and International crawler tractors (TracTracTors) onto railroad cars with a crane outside...

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