International Trucks & Tractors Storefront | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

International Trucks & Tractors Storefront

International Trucks & Tractors Storefront | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
View from road of the storefront of Truck & Tractor, Inc., an International Harvester dealership. An Olympic Transportation Co. truck is parked near the entrance. A large billboard on the left is a sign that reads, in part: "Lucky License / Official Station U.S. Truck Conservation Corps / Pledge / To Keep 'em Fit to Keep 'em Rolling." Another sign advertises "Chrysler".
DESCRIPTION
View from road of the storefront of Truck & Tractor, Inc., an International Harvester dealership. An Olympic Transportation Co. truck is parked near the entrance. A large billboard on the left is a sign that reads, in part: "Lucky License / Official Station U.S. Truck Conservation Corps / Pledge / To Keep 'em Fit to Keep 'em Rolling." Another sign advertises "Chrysler".
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:69072
Creation Date: 1944
Creator Name:International Harvester Company
City:Hoquiam
County:
State:Washington
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 595 Pg. 142
Original Dimensions:10 x 8 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Original caption reads: "These pictures show place of business of Truck & Tractor, Inc., at Hoquiam, Washington, of which A.G. Sutcliff is president. Located as it is on the coast of the lower Olympic Peninsula where logging industry prevails in a big way, Truck & Tractor, Inc., does a big business in selling International trucks especially the big new KR-11, to loggers and contract haulers."
SUBJECTS
Billboards
Cities and towns
Agricultural machinery industry
Outdoor photography
Storefronts
Stores, Retail
Signs and signboards
Roads
Trucks

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