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"Suspicious Woman" Arrested by Police

Date: 1966
Description: San Francisco police arrest a "suspicious woman" and help her into an International Metro Wagon #689 truck during their Golden Gate beat.
Postcard

Theodore Roosevelt with Art Smith

Date: 1915
Description: Former President Theodore Roosevelt with pilot Art Smith and his Curtiss Pusher at the Panama Pacific International Exposition.
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Eddie Cantor on an International TD-18 Tractor

Date: 04 18 1939
Description: Eddie Cantor mugging on an International TD-18 diesel crawler tractor at the National Roadbuilders Show. Mr. Gainsford of the Los Angeles branch house is p...
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Lincoln Beachey

Date: 1915
Description: Lincoln Beachey, shortly before his fatal crash at Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. During his brief career Beachey was the best known, ...
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Panama-Pacific Exposition

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of crowd on Palm Avenue at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Fransisco, California, 1915. Several ornate buildings can be seen near the cr...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Mammoth Strawberries

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of two giant strawberries on a flatbed railroad car. Fields and mountains fill the background. Red text in the upper portion of the image rea...
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Placing an Electrical Pole with an International G-61 Truck

Date: 11 26 1923
Description: A group of men dressed in suits, ties and hats watch as the San Francisco Electric Department installs a large wooden electric pole. The Electric Company w...
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International G/61 Gas Truck

Date: 1922
Description: A man fills up an International Model G or 61 truck for the Associated Gasoline Company at Bakers' Service Station.
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W.E.B. DuBois Club Bombing

Date: 03 06 1966
Description: National headquarters of the W.E.B. DuBois Club in San Francisco after it was bombed.
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San Francisco Peace March

Date: 03 26 1966
Description: Elevated view of protest march in San Francisco as part of the Second International Days of Protest against the war in Vietnam.
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IH San Francisco Branch House

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's San Francisco branch. The brick building is attached to an adjacent building which bears signs reading: "Indepen...
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Truck Moving Statue at Mission San Juan Bautista

Date: 1970
Description: View of an International C-O 4070A Transtar truck parked with the metal statue "St. Francis of the Guns" on a trailer with three flags attached. The statue...
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Truck Hauling Statue Down San Francisco Freeway

Date: 1970
Description: Color photo of an International C-O 4070A Transtar truck hauling the metal statue "St. Francis of the Guns" on a trailer down a San Francisco highway. The ...
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Menu for Union Iron Works Banquet for Wisconsin Delegates

Date: 11 26 1898
Description: Menu for a "Banquet tendered by the Union Iron Works to the Delegation from the Badger State" given at the Palace Hotel, with an etching of the Battleship ...
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Sherwin Gillett

Date: 1957
Description: Sherwin Gillett in profile checking his watch at a marble rail.
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Tonga Room Menu

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Description: Front cover and partial menu listing with drinks overleaf. Front cover has a porthole view of pairs of men in three boats with mountains and palm trees in ...
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Opera Group Excursion

Date: 03 15 1913
Description: Opera group excursion in San Francisco. The group is in a Pacific Sightseeing Co. tour bus at the Cliff House. Olivia Monona is in the center of the front ...

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