Crowd at bond and stamp drive rally

Photographer

Kadow, Francis M.

Date

• ca. 1942-ca. 1945

Summary

• In this undated photograph of a World War II nighttime bond and stamp drive rally in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, a crowd of Manitowoc residents, most with their backs to the camera, stand in the middle of South Eighth Street looking south toward the intersection of South Eighth and Washington Streets, where a speakers' platform was probably located. The women wear summer dresses, and most of the men wear dress shirts and slacks. One young man in three-quarter profile to the camera wears a T-shirt imprinted with the words "Manitowoc Wisconsin" and a picture of a submarine. Was he a worker at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, which built twenty-eight submarines during the war? Was he a member of a submarine crew training at Manitowoc? Or was this a "souvenir" T-shirt? In the background, part of a neon sign for Zimmerman's Ready-to-Wear store at 931 South Eighth Street is visible. Beyond that is the Dairyland Confectioners store at 933 South Eighth, and in the distance a beer advertising sign can be seen.