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World War II tower on the Princeton Common
description- – Tower used to spot planes during World War II on the Princeton Town Common in Princeton, Massachusetts. It was used as a back-up to the tower on Mount Wachusett during foggy weather. Inside was a telephone to alert Hanscom Air Force Base. The tower was manned mostly by women and children.
- – Princeton (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
- – Commons--Massachusetts--Princeton
- – Watchtowers
- – World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Massachusetts
- – 1940-1950?
- – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
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- – Image is taken from page 43 of Images of America: Princeton and Wachusett Mountain by Joyce Bailey Anderson.
- – English
Nurses at Evacuation Hospital #1, Sebastopol, France
description- – A photograph of nurses outside of the Evacuation Hospital #1 for the 26th Division, in Sebastopol, France World War I, taken on May 7, 1918.
- – World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--United States
- – World War, 1914-1918--Nurses
- – France--Sebastopol
- – Massachusetts. National Guard--Infantry Division, 26th
- – 1918-05-07
- – Is part of the World War I Collection, 1917-1918. Massachusetts National Guard Museum&Archives, Worcester, Massachusetts. http://www.mass.gov/guard/museum/index.htm
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- – English
French Children watching the 101st ammunition train, April 10, 1918
description- – A photograph of French Children on a bluff watching the 101st ammunition train, 26th Division, passing through the village of Soulosse, France, on the way to the front on April 10, 1918. The photograph was published in the Boston Herald for a retrospective article on World War I on February 11, 1934.
- – Soulosse (France)
- – Massachusetts.National Guard--Infantry Regiment, 101st
- – World War, 1914-1918
- – United States.Army--Transportation
- – 1918-04-10
- – Is part of the World War I Collection, 1917-1918. Massachusetts National Guard Museum&Archives, Worcester, Massachusetts. http://www.mass.gov/guard/museum/index.htm
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- – English
World War I disinfecting machine
description- – The photograph is of the thrash steam-drive disinfector, a disinfecting machine used by the 26th army division. A group of soldiers stand waiting to receive their clothes. One of the two steam vats is open and the wire basket containing the disinfected clothing is being removed. The clothes were steamed at a temperature of 238 degrees Fahrenheit and at a pressure of 7 to 10 pounds for 30 minutes. The photograph was taken in Saacy, France on August 10, 1918.
- – World War, 1914-1918--Health aspects
- – Soldiers
- – Saacy (France)
- – United States.Army--Military life
- – Massachusetts.National Guard--Infantry Division, 26th
- – 1918-08-10
- – Massachusetts.National Guard--Infantry Division, 26th
- – Is part of the World War I Collection, 1917-1918. Massachusetts National Guard Museum&Archives, Worcester, Massachusetts. http://www.mass.gov/guard/museum/index.htm
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- – English
Soldier standing in blast crater, ca. 1918
description- – An unidentified soldier standing in the middle of a blast crater and gazing through binoculars at the sky during World War I. The photograph was taken at an unknown location, ca. 1918.
- – Massachusetts.National Guard--Soldiers
- – World War, 1914-1918--Battlefields
- – United States.Army
- – 1918?
- – Is part of the World War I Collection, 1917-1918. Massachusetts National Guard Museum&Archives, Worcester, Massachusetts. http://www.mass.gov/guard/museum/index.htm
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- – English
Middle Weight Bout, 1919
description- – Photograph of a middle weight bout between Corporal Morris from the 101st engineers and Corporal Horton from the 101st Field artillery during the 26th Division boxing tournament. The tournament was held at the American Embarkation Center in the town of Ecommoy in the region of Saithe in France on March 12, 1919. Corporal Morris won the decision.
- – World War, 1914-1918--Military life--Boxing
- – Massachusetts.National Guard--Engineers, 101st
- – Massachusetts.National Guard--Field artillery, 101st
- – France--Ecommoy
- – Massachusetts.National Guard--Infantry Division, 26th
- – 1919-03-12
- – Is part of the World War I Collection, 1917-1918. Massachusetts National Guard Museum&Archives, Worcester, Massachusetts. http://www.mass.gov/guard/museum/index.htm
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- – English
Foster Grant Letter from the War Department, Sept. 29, 1944
description- – WAR DEPARTMENT BOSTON CHEMICAL WARFARE PROCUREMENT DISTRICTROOM 500 75 FEDERAL STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTSIn reply refer to September 29, 1944Foster-Grant Company Leominster,Massachusetts Gentlemen:It has been brought to my attention that your organization accomplished an outstanding achievement in the assembly and manufacture of the Eyeshields on your contract W19-025-CWS 334 during the month of September. It has been reported that the officials, and men and women of the Foster-Grant Company cooperated to the fullest extent in overcoming numerous hardships and inconveniences in manufacture. Through your efforts, production commitments made by this District to the Army Service Forces, Office of the Chief, Chemical Warfare Service, Washington,D. C., have been met. I desire to take this opportunity to express the appreciation of the Chemical Warfare Service for your outstanding efforts. It is requested that you extend to each and every one of your employees concerned the thanks of this service.Sincerely, LESTER W HURDColonel, C.W.S. Commanding Officer
- – A letter from the War Department's Boston Chemical Warfare Procurement District, thanking the Foster Grant Company for the outstanding achievement in the assembly and manufacture of the MI-Eye Shields for Soldiers fighting in World War II. During World War II, the Foster Grant Company created many products for the United States Military.
- – Advertising--Plastics industry and trade
- – World War, 1939-1945--Equipment
- – Foster Grant Company, Leominster (Mass.)
- – Plastics industry and trade--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – World War, 1939-1945--Boston Chemical Warfare Procurement District
- – Safety goggles
- – Text and images are the property of the National Plastics Center and Museum (NPCM) and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the NPCM may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The NPCM prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of the National Plastics Center and Museum. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of the museum's property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1944-09-29
- – Is part of the Archival Collections. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
Dr. West's Miracle-Tuft Toothbrush,"Vitally Important to Victory"
description- – Vitally important to victory?/ Your good health/ helps you do your part! Today proper care of the teeth---the beauty treatment that has always been a health safeguard too, is more important than ever before. A sparkling smile reveals that you?re on the right road to health. And America?s health is vitally important to victory.This wartime need to keep fit is making thousands of Americans realize that their old toothbrushes just won?t do. They?re getting a Dr. West?s Miracle-Tuft. For only with Miracle-Tuft do you get the greater tooth-cleansing efficiency of ?EXTON? brand bristling, the health safeguard of surgically sterile glass packaging and the economy of a full year of effective service. Be prepared in health as in all other things to serve your country. Equip every member of your family with a Dr. West?s Miracle-Tuft.ONLY DR. WEST?S Miracle-Tuft offers these exclusive advantages 1. ?EXTON? brand bristling for longer life, more efficient tooth-cleansing.2. Surgically sterile glass packaging?germ free delivery to you. 3. A full year of effective service for you, proved by millions of salesAnd at 25 cents, the super value brush of the day? Dr. West?s ?25??An outstanding value made possible by production ?line methods. As fine a brush as it is possible to make at anywhere near this price.
- – A 1943 advertising poster for Dr. West's Miracle-Tuft toothbrushes. The advertisement shows an elegant woman wearing a feathered bathrobe that reveals her shoulders while holding a toothbrush. Also shown is a military communications operator. DuPont toothbrushes were a part of every soldier's basic supplies during World War II, a fact that was often reflected in their advertisements. Dr West's toothbrushes, a brand name created by DuPont, were the first toothbrushes to use Nylon Fibers for bristles after Wallace Hume Carruthes, a Dupont scientist, invented Nylon in 1937.
- – Polyamide fibers
- – Nylon--History
- – Advertising--Toothbrushes
- – World War, 1939-45--Advertising
- – E.I. du Pont de Nemours&Company
- – Toothbrushes
- – Dr. West's Miracle-Tuft
- – Text and images are the property of the National Plastics Center and Museum (NPCM) and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the NPCM may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The NPCM prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of the National Plastics Center and Museum. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of the museum's property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1943
- – Is part of the Archival Collections. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
- – image/pdf
- – English
Foster Grant, MI-Eye Shield?Boston Chemical Warfare Service
description- – A promotional spread of four different designs of the MI-Eye Shield created by the Foster Grant Company in Leominster, Massachusetts for the Boston Chemical Warfare Service. Above the glasses are directions for the use of the glasses. During World War II, the Foster Grant Company created many products for the United States Military.
- – Advertising--Plastics industry and trade
- – World War, 1939-1945--Equipment
- – Plastics industry and trade--Massachusetts--Leominster
- – World War, 1939-1945--Boston Chemical Warfare Procurement District
- – Safety goggles
- – Text and images are the property of the National Plastics Center and Museum (NPCM) and are protected by copyright. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, the NPCM may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The NPCM prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website except for non-commercial use. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of the National Plastics Center and Museum. The copyright symbol should accompany the reproduction if applicable. Commercial use of the museum's property is subject to publication fees and/or royalties.
- – 1940-1950?
- – Is part of the Foster Grant Collection, 1933-1980s. National Plastics Center and Museum, Leominster, Massachusetts. http://www.plasticsmuseum.org/museum.html#Collection
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- – English
Salvation Army drive
description- – Captain Charles A. Ludden of the Salvation Army stands with his workers alongside their truck. Employees are William Davidson,C.M. Stebbins, Alice Chapin, Ruth Hanifin, Mary Nelligan, Bess Burgess, Mabel Thompson, A. Couture, J. Long, Frank Audren, Dr. Joseph Sullivan,Preston C. Pond.
- – World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Salvation Army
- – Ludden, Charles A.
- – Salvation Army -- History
- – ca. 1918
- – Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/
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Soliciting funds at Fisk Rubber Co.
description- – Captain Ludden holding an ornate kettle at the Salvation Army fund drive on the grounds of the Fisk Rubber Co. The plantlocated in Chicopee Falls manufactured rubber tires during World War I.
- – Rubber industry and trade
- – World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Salvation Army
- – Tires
- – Salvation Army --History
- – Fisk Rubber Co.
- – ca. 1918
- – Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/
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Crowd at the Fisk Rubber Co. contributing funds
description- – Crowd gathered at the Fisk Rubber Co. in Chicopee Falls making donations to the Salvation Army. Large plant buildings inbackground and to the right.
- – Rubber industry and trade
- – World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Salvation Army
- – Tires
- – Fisk Rubber Co.
- – Salvation Army -- History
- – ca. 1918
- – Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/
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Gasless Sunday in Market Square
description- – Pedestrians on left street corner gaze on a nearly empty square during World War I. City Hall is on the right and A.G. Spaldingis in the background. During World War I the federal government proclaimed gasless Sundays in order to conserve gasoline.
- – Market Square (Chicopee, Mass.)
- – World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects -- United States
- – Chicopee (Mass.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
- – A.G. Spalding&Bros.
- – City Hall (Chicopee, Mass.)
- – ca. 1918
- – Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/
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Buckley's Newsroom window display
description- – Buckley's Newsroom and Tobacco Shop was located at 268 Exchange Street off of Market Square. The sign in the window isexhorting customers to buy liberty bonds to help finance the military expenses of World War I.
- – Liberty bonds -- United States -- History
- – World War, 1914-1918 -- Finance -- United States
- – Buckley's Newsroom and Tobacco Shop
- – Stores, Retail -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee
- – ca. 1918
- – Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/
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