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Hoover Dam Builders Choose Internationals
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Page from International Trail magazine featuring an article about the use of International trucks for the construction of the Hoover Dam. The title of the article is "Builders of Hoover Dam Select Internationals".
March 1932
International Harvester Company
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International Trucks Hoover Dam Poster
1931
International poster featuring testimony from the builders of the Hoover Dam in their use of International trucks. The poster has two photographs of trucks in use along with the caption "'Six Compa...
International Truck With Shovel at Hoover Dam Site
1931
An International truck waits to be loaded with boulders blasted from the walls of Black Canyon during the construction of the Hoover Dam. The Colorado River runs through the canyon at right.
International Truck at Work at Hoover Dam
March 1932
Men use dynamite, electric shovels, and an International truck to chip canyon walls down during the construction of the Hoover Dam.
International Truck at Hoover Dam
March 1932
Workers use an International truck to haul building material up and down the dirt roads of a canyon during the construction of the Hoover Dam.
Man Driving International Truck at Hoover Dam
March 1932
A man appears to be backing up an International truck through a dirt road pass in a mountainous area during the construction of Hoover Dam. He is standing in the driver's seat holding onto the stee...
International Dump Truck and Shovel at Hoover Dam
March 1932
Men use shovel to load boulder pieces, removed from the walls of Black Canyon with dynamite, into the back of an International truck during the construction of the Hoover Dam.
