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Advertisement excerpt: Cattle Sale for the By The Way Ranch, owned by future Nebraska Governor Sam McKelvie, 1949

Advertisement excerpt: Cattle Sale for the By The Way Ranch, owned by future Nebraska Governor Sam McKelvie, 1949

Courtesy The Nebraska Cattleman

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WWII Ration Stamps for Meat, Fats, Fish, Cheese

WWII Ration Stamps for Meat, Fats, Fish, Cheese

Courtesy U.S. Government

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“If the ration points are cut, so must the prices be. Slashed points without slashed prices are one of the surest clues to black-market meats.”

“If the ration points are cut, so must the prices be. Slashed points without slashed prices are one of the surest clues to black-market meats.”

From Black Market video. Courtesy Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Farm Security Administration

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Cattle in the Sandhills

Cattle in the Sandhills

Courtesy Library of Congress, 01di1329 CD8174-329

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Unable to stand on the ice, nearly 150 cattle fell and froze to death after they wandered onto a frozen lake near Ashby, Grant County, NE, 1949

Unable to stand on the ice, nearly 150 cattle fell and froze to death after they wandered onto a frozen lake near Ashby, Grant County, NE, 1949

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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Uncle Sam recruiting poster

Uncle Sam recruiting poster

Courtesy National Archives and Records Administration, adb007

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Recruiting Poster for the WAVES (Women’s branch of the Navy). Women were encouraged to enlist in the service to release men for combat duty.

Recruiting Poster for the WAVES (Women’s branch of the Navy). Women were encouraged to enlist in the service to release men for combat duty.

Courtesy Library of Congress, 513689

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Members of the American Women’s Voluntary Services (AWVS) at a Parade in Nebraska

Members of the American Women’s Voluntary Services (AWVS) at a Parade in Nebraska

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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Bill after he had been starved

Bill after he had been starved

From the 1993 NET program A Matter of Conscience

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Conscientious objectors working in a mental hospital

Conscientious objectors working in a mental hospital

From the 1993 NET program A Matter of Conscience

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Among young North Platte women who worked as platform girls after school and on weekends were (from left) Bonnie Paul, Dorothy Loncar, and Margaret McEvoy

Among young North Platte women who worked as platform girls after school and on weekends were (from left) Bonnie Paul, Dorothy Loncar, and Margaret McEvoy

Courtesy Union Pacific Railroad Archives, ca02015

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Even decades later, service men and women who had traveled through North Platte remembered and appreciated the efforts of this plains community

Even decades later, service men and women who had traveled through North Platte remembered and appreciated the efforts of this plains community

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World War II U.S. Recruiting Poster by John Falter: "Don’t miss your great opportunity . . . The Navy needs you in the WAVES"

World War II U.S. Recruiting Poster by John Falter: "Don’t miss your great opportunity . . . The Navy needs you in the WAVES"

Courtesy Naval History and Heritage Command, 70-623-i

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Poster for the U.S. Department of Agriculture promoting victory gardens, ca. 1942

Poster for the U.S. Department of Agriculture promoting victory gardens, ca. 1942

Courtesy Library of Congress, 3f05737v-LC-USZC2-5737 DLC

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B-29 assembly: "Track assembly B-29 Conveyor for center wing to fuselage to nose"

B-29 assembly: "Track assembly B-29 Conveyor for center wing to fuselage to nose"

Courtesy History Nebraska, RG2608-1265

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Office of War Information poster, 1943, with a woman defense worker: "I’ve found the job where I fit best!"

Office of War Information poster, 1943, with a woman defense worker: "I’ve found the job where I fit best!"

Courtesy Library of Congress, cph.3b45153

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"We Can Do It!" by J. Howard Miller produced for the War Production Co-Ordinating Committee

"We Can Do It!" by J. Howard Miller produced for the War Production Co-Ordinating Committee

"Courtesy National Archives & Records Administration Still Picture Branch, NWDNS-179-WP-1563

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Cornhusker Ordnance Plant Photos: "As women moved into the workforce, the job interview was the first step"

Cornhusker Ordnance Plant Photos: "As women moved into the workforce, the job interview was the first step"

Courtesy National Archives & Records Administration, NRE-156-COP(PHO)-77

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