Photograph
Staged Hijacking Scene
| Men hold guns up to the driver of an International D-40 truck marked "Decatur Fast Freight" in a hijacking scene staged by the Chicago Police Department. A man is sitting in the driver's seat of an automobile on the right. The original caption reads: "Highjacking scene staged by members of the Chicago Police Department, Cartage Detail, cooperating with Park District police. The picture was made for possible use in the November, 1939, Trail. The tractor is a Model D-40 owned and operated by the Decatur Cartage Company; Decatur Cartage in addition to supplying the equipment also supplied the driver and an assistant." |
| Image ID: | 62935 |
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| Creation Date: | 1939 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Chicago |
| County: | |
| State: | Illinois |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company photo albums, circa 1899-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 7Z, Album 438, Pg.175 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| Clothing and dress |
| Hats |
| Crime |
| Firearms |
| Police |
| Occupational training |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Delivery of goods |
| Signs and signboards |
| Automobiles |
| Roads |
| Trucks |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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