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• Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a f

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  • 23 comments
  • 438 favorites
  • 134,038 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• Garage mechanic near Newark, N.J. Badge denotes member of Office of Defense Transportation (LOC)

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  • 3 comments
  • 76 favorites
  • 64,755 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• [Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with 6th Corps badge] (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 2012
  • Date uploaded: 2010-12-03
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• Russian Policeman (LOC)

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  • 7 comments
  • 28 favorites
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  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
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• [Unidentified young boy wearing secession badge and holding a rifle] (LOC)

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  • 10 favorites
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  • Date taken: 1861
  • Date uploaded: 2013-06-28
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• [Unidentified soldier in Virginia Volunteer uniform and secession badge] (LOC)

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  • 3 comments
  • 13 favorites
  • 15,766 views
  • Date taken: 2012
  • Date uploaded: 2010-12-03
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• [Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with star-shaped 12th Corps badge] (LOC)

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  • 9 favorites
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  • Date taken: 2012
  • Date uploaded: 2010-12-03
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• [Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with cross-shaped corps badge] (LOC)

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  • 1 comment
  • 7 favorites
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  • Date taken: 2012
  • Date uploaded: 2010-12-03
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• [Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with 6th Corps badge with cross shape] (LOC)

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  • 6 favorites
  • 11,543 views
  • Date taken: 1862
  • Date uploaded: 2013-06-28
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• Blanche Rogers [with pistol] (LOC)

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  • 9 comments
  • 56 favorites
  • 11,524 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2008-11-28
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• Lula Rogers (LOC)

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  • 3 comments
  • 50 favorites
  • 10,489 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2008-11-28
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• Run on East Side Bank (Mandel's) 2/11/12 (LOC)

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  • 1 comment
  • 7 favorites
  • 10,230 views
  • Date taken: 1912
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
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• [Unidentified soldier in Union uniform with 6th Corps of the Army of the Potomac badge] (LOC)

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  • 4 favorites
  • 9,367 views
  • Date taken: 2012
  • Date uploaded: 2010-12-03
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• Mrs. L.M. Gillespie (LOC)

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  • 4 comments
  • 5 favorites
  • 8,462 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2009-03-13
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• Mrs. M.P. Diehl (LOC)

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  • 6 comments
  • 8 favorites
  • 7,338 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2009-03-13
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• Capt. Chas. Polack (LOC)

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  • 9 comments
  • 11 favorites
  • 6,649 views
  • Date taken: 1914
  • Date uploaded: 2010-10-15
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• Effie Loader (LOC)

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  • 5 comments
  • 6 favorites
  • 6,482 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2012-03-27
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• Wm. J. Lee (LOC)

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  • 4 comments
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  • 4,269 views
  • Date taken: 1913
  • Date uploaded: 2010-06-11
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• Gov. Whitman reviews Nat'l Guard (LOC)

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  • 1 comment
  • 3 favorites
  • 3,417 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2013-03-08
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