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Stadium at Anaconda Copper Mining Company in Butte, Montana

This photo shows the lineup of some of the equipment and men, in addition to spectators lining the stadium and on top of buildings in order to see. The grandstand was filled to capacity. This photo was made during a visit of Army officers and enlisted men from Washington, D. C, and Ft. Lewis led by Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh, Aide to the Under Secretary of War, to an Anaconda Copper Mining Company. This was a visit to war production facilities.

Parade in Butte, Montana for Army Visit to Anaconda Copper Mine

A parade, which lasted over an hour and a half from the time the first float went by until the end, has, at intervals, girls and drum and bugle corps led by drum majorettes. This photo was made during a visit of Army officers and enlisted men from Washington, D. C., and Ft. Lewis led by Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh, Aide to the Under Secretary of War, to an Anaconda Copper Mining Company plant, Butte, Montana, on June 3 and 4, 1942.