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Excavation for New York City Subway

Date: 1925
Description: View looking down at workers at work below street level, with cranes and International trucks excavating area for the future New York City subway. On the r...
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Workman Filling International Model "63" Coal and Ice Truck

Date: 1927
Description: African American workman filling an International Model "63" coal and ice truck. The truck was owned by George Jaekel & Son Coal and Ice Company based in ...
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Ganna Walska Holding a Cat

Date: 1921
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ganna Walska, Polish opera singer, holding a cat. At the time this picture was taken, Ganna Walska was th...
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Man Unloading Baked Goods from International Delivery Truck

Date: 01 20 1927
Description: View across street towards a man in a white coat removing baked goods from the back of an International delivery truck parked in front of a storefront. The...
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Suffragists Picketing on Fifth Avenue

Date: 1920
Description: Protesters demonstrating for women's rights parade up and down Fifth Avenue. They had previously been arrested at the White House.
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Construction Workers Excavating for NYC Subway

Date: 08 19 1925
Description: Workers are removing dirt for the construction of the New York City subway with a Bucyrus shovel loader and an International truck. The workers are below s...
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International Payroll Truck

Date: 01 20 1927
Description: Men receiving paychecks from armored trucks parked outdoors at an IH plant. Signs on the trucks read: "Department of Finance, City of New York." A police o...
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Lindbergh before Flight

Date: 1927
Description: Publicist Harry Bruno; B.F. Mahoney, designer of "The Spirit of St. Louis"; an Earl Carroll chorus girl; Charles Lindbergh; and Bruno's partner, Richard Bl...
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Speed Holmen

Date: 1928
Description: Charles "Speed" Holman and Ed Ballough, the Laird Team, after the New York to Los Angeles air race. Minnesotan Charles Holman earned his nickname by racing...
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International Armored Truck

Date: 10 04 1926
Description: International armored bus parked outside the National City Bank of New York. Armed guards stand on either side of the truck and one is stepping out holding...
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International Delivery Truck outside the Reliable Lunch Room

Date: 10 04 1926
Description: Workers unloading goods from Jack Galvin's International delivery truck outside the Reliable Lunch Room. According to the side of the truck, Galvin was bas...
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Sidell Sisters

Date: 1927
Description: The Sidell Sisters, Billie and Pierre, in a posed shot for their appearance in Florenz Ziegfeld's production of Show Boat.
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Sidell Sisters

Date: 1927
Description: The Sidell Sisters, Billie and Pierre, posed as a Latin couple. The Sidell Sisters were from Madison, Wisconsin. They were students of Leo T. Kehl and th...
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Sidell Sisters in Show Boat

Date: 1928
Description: The Sidell Sisters, Billie and Pierre, former students of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, in a posed photograph from Florenz Ziegfeld's production of ...
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Indiana Flooring Trucks

Date: 10 04 1926
Description: Three men sitting in the cabs of International trucks loaded with lumber. They are sitting in a row outside of what appears to be a warehouse of the Indian...
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International Delivery Truck

Date: 10 04 1926
Description: A man loads a box onto the back of an International Harvester Model S truck used by Carl Ahlers, Incorporated. Another man sits in the cab of the truck.
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Pageant Tableau at the College of Mount Saint Vincent

Date: 1922
Description: View of an outdoor pageant tableau at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, founded in 1847 by the Sisters of Charity of New York. Students stand in a wooded...
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Delivery Truck

Date: 04 13 1926
Description: Right side profile view of a delivery truck parked on a road. In the background is a steep hill, and at the top is a man standing behind a fence.
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Delivery Truck

Date: 04 09 1926
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck is parked along the side of an industrial building. Painted on the side and front of the truck ar...
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Men Working on Grounds for Baseball Stadium

Date: 07 03 1926
Description: Group of men working on the grounds of a baseball stadium. One man is sitting in a truck which has a painted sign on the side that reads: "D.S.C. City of N...

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