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1.	Henry Paz sells War bonds	Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.); World War, 1939-1945	Black-and-white photograph of Henry Paz selling war bonds. During World War II, the federal government sold war bonds to finance the war in Europe and Asia.

2.	S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien	Joshua Hendy Iron Works; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.); World War, 1939-1945	Black-and-white photograph of the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien, a Liberty Ship built during World War II and named for American Revolutionary War ship captain Jermiah O'Brien. Now based in San Francisco, the

3.	Turbine Gear for a Liberty Ship at Joshua Hendy Iron Works	Joshua Hendy Iron Works; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.); World War, 1939-1945	Black-and-white photograph of a turbine gear manufactured at the Joshua Hendy Iron Works in Sunnyvale for a Liberty Ship during World War II.

4.	Hendy's "Rosie the Riveter", 1945	Joshua Hendy Iron Works; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.); World War, 1939-1945	Black-and-white photograph of women working at Joshua Hendy Iron Works in 1945. "Rosie the Riveter" is a cultural icon of the United States, representing about six million women who worked in the manu

5.	Engine #754 at Joshua Hendy Iron Works	Joshua Hendy Iron Works; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.); World War, 1939-1945	Black-and-white photograph of "Hendy Men Built 754 engines in 3 1/2 years - a world record." This was the last engine built for the war effort. Before this, one of these two story engines came off the

6.	Joshua Hendy Liberty Ship, 1941	Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.); World War, 1939-1945	Black-and-white photograph of a Liberty ship manufactured by Joshua Hendy Iron Works. These vessels were used by the British fleet to replace ships which had been torpedoed by German U-boats in World

7.	Auxiliary Power for Liberty Ships	Joshua Hendy Iron Works; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.); World War, 1939-1945	Black-and-white photograph of a Liberty Ship engine, manufactured at the Joshua Hendy Iron Works. Between 1942 and 1945, the Iron Works produced 754 Liberty Ship engines. A total of 2,751 Liberty ship

8.	Joshua Hendy Iron Works Tractor, 1912	Joshua Hendy Iron Works; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.)	Black-and-white photograph of a tractor manufactured at the Joshua Hendy Iron Works in 1912. The Sunnyvale plant opened for business in 1907. The tractor was one of the many products manufactured at t

9.	Turbo Generator, 1945	Joshua Hendy Iron Works; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.); World War, 1939-1945	Black-and-white photograph of Buckingham and Ewing beside the first Hendy-designed turbo generator set in 1945. The Joshua Hendy Iron Works built main propulsion steam turbines for ships, turbo-genera

10.	Just Say No @ Moffett Field	Aerial photographs; Moffett Field (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.)	Black-and-white photograph of the words "Just Say No" spelled out on a field at Moffett Field. Just Say No was a slogan prevalent during the 1980s and early 1990s for a television advertising campaign

11.	Marine Engine, 1918	Joshua Hendy Iron Works; Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Sunnyvale (Calif.)	Black-and-white photograph of a marine engine manufactured by Joshua Hendy Iron Works during World War I. The engine produced 2,900 horsepower.

12.	Artillery Canon at Washington Park	Sunnyvale (Calif.); Sunnyvale (Calif.)--Parks	Color photograph of the artillery canon located at Washington Park. Washington Park was an Army facility during World War II and afterwards became the City's first park.

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