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30 records found for “Al McIntosh” |
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Al McIntosh was born in 1905 in Park River, North Dakota. His father was a Presbyterian minister and the family moved around a great deal during his childhood. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1928 and went to work for the Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal, taking photographs as well . . .
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Columnist Al McIntosh of Luverne's Rock County Star Herald at his typewriter.
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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Columnist Al McIntosh of the Star-Herald wearing his glasses examines an article in the newspaper. He sits cross-legged wearing a sweater vest.
Source: Jean McIntosh Vickstrom
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Al McIntosh writes about life on the home front, waiting for the day "when you boys come home."
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Selections from "Selected Chaff: The wartime columns of Al McIntosh."
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Al McIntosh column on a local boy who is missing in action. June 10, 1943.
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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Al McIntosh writes about life in Luverne on July 4, 1944.
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Columnist Al McIntosh of Luverne's Rock County Star Herald.
Source: Jean McIntosh Vickstrom
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Rock County Star Herald, September 10, 1942. Headline reads: "Palace-Pix In Theatre Bond Drive"? "Free Ticket to Movie On Sept. 24 Given With Bond Purchases"?
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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The news of D-Day reaches across America
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A woman listens to the radio in her boardinghouse room. January 1943. For those back home, the radio proved the best source for news on the war.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USW3- 038331-E)
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A Civil War monument in front of the Luverne Courthouse, 1941. The cannon and cannon balls would later be donated as scrap.
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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A soldier joins farmers harvesting crops in Luverne, 1942.
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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In Luverne, an audience of male farmers examine corralled pigs. 1941.
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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Boys gather to fish at a pond near Luverne, Minnesota. 1941
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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A group of women prepare a table of snacks at a Luverne function. On the mantle behind them sit portraits of soldiers. 1946
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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A crowd of revelers, some in uniform, at a military ball in Luverne, Minnesota. 1941.
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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Giant haystacks in Luverne. 1941
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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The Rock County Star Herald reports on the death of Pfc. Herman Smook in Normandy, August 10, 1944
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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Luverne, Minnesota digs out after a big snowfall. c. 1940
Source: Betty Mann
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