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Man Driving McCormick-Deering Industrial Tractor

Date: 08 17 1926
Description: A man is driving a McCormick-Deering industrial tractor to pull a large trailer on a street. In the background is what may be a park, with many types of tr...
Photograph

American Garage and Machine Shop Tow Truck

Date: 08 17 1926
Description: Three-quarter view from rear left of a tow truck for American Garage & Machine Shop. There is a brick building in the background, which also has a sign abo...
Poster

The Navy Still Calls Men and More Men

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of men signing paperwork in an office with naval recruitment posters. In a "dream" bubble, sailors are sighting and adjusting...
Photograph

William Otto and Jane Browne Petersen

Date: 1978
Description: William Otto Petersen and his wife Jane Jordan Browne Petersen pose seated and holding hands for a portrait around the time of their wedding. He is wearing...
Manuscript

W.C. Fields Letter

Date: 05 15 1933
Description: A typed letter from W.C. Fields to Phillip Goodman. It is full of personal news items. In the letter he mentions that "Prohibition ends today."
Photograph

Senator La Follette Addresses a Crowd

Date: 04 1907
Description: Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., addressing a crowd in a Los Angeles park. This view, which is similar to ID# 30219, shows La Follette reaching into hi...
Book or Pamphlet

La Follette on the Firing Line

Date: 04 1907
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., addressing an audience of 12,000 in Los Angeles. The photograph is on the cover of a pamphlet entitled "La Follette On The Firi...
Photograph

Men Unloading Pane of Glass from International C-300 Truck

Date: 04 26 1938
Description: Two men unloading a pane of glass from an International C-300 truck with special streamlined body designed for transporting large panes of plate glass with...
Photograph

Robert M. La Follette Addressing a Crowd

Date: 04 1907
Description: Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., speaking to a crowd in a Los Angeles park. This photograph was used to illustrate the brochure "La Follette on the Firi...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: View down front walk and lawn toward a street where automobiles are parked along the curb.
Photograph

Broadway at Eighth Street

Date: 
Description: Slightly elevated view down center of Broadway at Eighth Street. Pedestrians cross the street in front of automobiles and cable cars, while stores, theater...
Photograph

Man Delivers Groceries with International Metro

Date: 1958
Description: Man delivers groceries for Hazan's Telephone Supermarket using an International Metro truck.
Photograph

Telephone Operator for Hazan's Telephone Supermarket

Date: 1958
Description: Gertrude Martin, operator for Hazan's Telephone Supermarket, at her desk with a phone in her hand. Behind her a chalkboard displays a reminder to "suggest ...
Photograph

International KRD-11 Truck at Loading Dock

Date: 
Description: International KRD-11 truck with a 35 foot Trailmobile closed-body semi-trailer (back 10 ft. removable for loading with crane); 161 inch wheelbase; and Brow...
Photograph

KR-11 Truck at Filling Station

Date: 1944
Description: International KR-11 truck and semi-trailer (semi-truck) parked near gas pumps at a service station. Original caption: "The truck shown is [this picture] at...
Photograph

Gilmore Oil Company Truck

Date: 01 14 1938
Description: A man delivers gasoline to a Gilmore service station using an International D-40 truck. Gas pumps are in the background.
Photograph

"Our Daily Bread" Movie Still

Date: 08 16 1929
Description: A woman, possibly actress Mary Duncan, sits behind the wheel of a McCormick-Deering tractor while a man stands beside her on the set of the Fox Film produc...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Industrial Tractor

Date: 1924
Description: Man driving a McCormick-Deering industrial tractor with a rear crawler track attachment produced by the moon Track Company of San Diego, California. Railro...
Photograph

Operator for Hazan's Telephone Supermarket

Date: 1958
Description: Betty Bakalaya, operator for Hazan's Telephone Supermarket, takes an order over the phone. Her coworkers are in the background.
Photograph

Robert Bloch At Home

Date: 
Description: Bloch at his work space in his home in Los Angeles.

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