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"Red Baby" Truck Carrying "One Minute" Washers

Date: 1924
Description: Curt Moore selling "one minute" washing machines to a farmer's wife. The washing machines are loaded in the back of an International "Red Baby" truck. The...
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Evansville Works Home Economics Kitchen

Date: 1948
Description: Three women in the home economics model kitchen at International Harvester's Evansville Works. Zelma Purchase is wrapping a food product at the table. Lori...
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Men Loading International G-61 Truck

Date: 1921
Description: An International Harvester Model G-61 truck owned by the One Minute Manufacturing Co. carrying a shipment of One Minute Washers. The truck is parked in an ...
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Shooting Pool in a Shed

Date: 1921
Description: A man plays a game of pool in a cabin or shed. A wood-burning furnace is in the background.
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Kitchen Scene

Date: 1944
Description: A woman sitting on a stool in a kitchen peeling fruits or vegetables. Another woman is lifting the lid off a pot on the stove.
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Food Dehydrator

Date: 1944
Description: A woman wearing an apron is pulling a tray out from what appears to be a food dehydrator.
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Cutting String Beans

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of a woman cutting string beans at a kitchen counter. A pot on a stovetop and a sink are in the background.
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Home Canning

Date: 1943
Description: A woman lifting jars of vegetables from a pot using a wire holder.
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Woman Ironing Clothing

Date: 1939
Description: A woman irons clothing on an ironing board in a kitchen setting. She is standing in the middle of the room, surrounded by cabinets, a sink and mirror, and ...
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General Electric Truck

Date: 09 01 1927
Description: Side view of right side of an International truck owned by General Electric parked along the curb of a residential street. The text on the side of the truc...
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McCormick-Deering Engine

Date: 08 22 1921
Description: McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 h.p. engine powering a Primrose cream separator, a churn, and a washing machine on the farm of A.L. Bishop.
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Huenefeld Company Delivery Truck

Date: 1913
Description: International Model M truck operated by the Huenefeld Company. The truck bears advertising for the company's "Boss Oven."
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Men Loading Washing Machine

Date: 09 08 1937
Description: Two employees of the Sibley, Lindsay, and Curr Company (Sibley's) department store load a washing machine from a loading dock onto the bed of an Internatio...
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Appliance Delivery

Date: 1937
Description: Two men unload what appears to be an oven from an International D-35 truck owned by the Sibley, Lindsay, and Curr Company department stores. The truck is p...
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The New 1950 "Femineered" International Harvester Refrigerators

Date: 02 1950
Description: Advertising copy reads: "They're femineered! The new International Harvester 1950 refrigerators. Women dreamed them... home economists planned them." The i...

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