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Automobiles Parked Along Rural Road

Date: 1918
Description: Automobiles, including a Ford runabout, parked along a rural dirt road for an International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department short course and ma...
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D.M. Osborne & Co. Dealership Building

Date: 
Description: Storefront of D.M. Osborne & Company dealership building. The words "harrows," "rakes," and "mowers" are painted on the windows. Strands of binder twine ar...
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Library Booth at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1922
Description: Booth at the Wisconsin State Fair promoting the Wisconsin Free Library Commission.
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Two Faces of the UPWA

Date: 1948
Description: Two members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 1124 in New Orleans on strike against the Colonial Sugar Company. They graphically symbolize the UPWA's d...
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Swift Workers on Strike

Date: 09 1959
Description: Striking members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 167 on strike outside the Swift & Co. plant in St. Paul.
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Weber Works Building

Date: 1917
Description: Men line up outside on the sidewalk in front of the International Harvester's Weber Works building. The factory produced wagons. Two men are looking down f...
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Man Operating Dump Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Man operating an International dump truck near the Standard Glass Company on La Salle Street, possibly in Chicago.
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The Brown and Reynolds Company Truck and Store

Date: 1917
Description: International truck parked outside of the Brown and Reynold General Merchandise store. The truck is loaded with boxes of Post Toasties, Toasted Corn and ba...
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Truck of High Grade Sanitary Sodas

Date: 1916
Description: A man sits in an International truck. The truck carries high grade sanitary sodas, presumably from the company of Wm. Williams and the Baltimore Bottling W...
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International Model F Coal Company Truck

Date: 1917
Description: A man drives an International Model F (or 31) truck operated by H.E. Chapman Coal Company and Lehigh Cement.
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International Model F Dairy Truck

Date: 1916
Description: A man sits at the wheel of an International Model F (or 31) truck operated by the Providence Dairy Company. The truck sits outside of a building with the s...
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Model G-61 Truck Operated by the G.H. Miller Company

Date: 1920
Description: An International G-61 truck parked on an ice-covered city street and loaded with crates. The truck was owned by the G.H. Miller Transfer and Storage Compan...
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A. Finkl & Sons Company Truck

Date: 1922
Description: A. Finkl & Sons Co. International Model "L-101" truck in front of the company building.
Poster

Sign Bearing Safety Message

Date: 1921
Description: Industrial safety poster warning against carelessness around elevators. Includes an image of a woman scrubbing floors.
Poster

Employee "Education" Sign or Poster

Date: 1921
Description: International Harvester sign reading: "Make Your Dollar Buy a Dollar's Worth Before Buying." The sign was intended to encourage thrift among company employ...
Poster

Industrial Safety Sign

Date: 1920
Description: Sign or poster encouraging International Harvester employees to work safely. Includes a picture of a veiled woman, reading: "After the Accident: The Chance...
Poster

Industrial Safety Shoe Warning Sign

Date: 1921
Description: Industrial safety sign or poster warning factory workers of the dangers of wearing poor shoes at work. The sign's text reads: "Bum Shoe Causes Burn; Ed Gab...
Poster

Profit Sharing Plan Advertisement

Date: 1921
Description: Sign informing International Harvester employees about the company's "Profit Sharing Plan." The sign reads: "Profit Sharing Plan; Are You Saving and Sharin...
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Delta Implement Company

Date: 1929
Description: Signs hanging on the Delta Implement Company storefront advertise "McCormick-Deering Farm Equipment", "Trucks" and "Tractors". Delta Implement Company was ...
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Marion Baking Company Truck

Date: 1916
Description: A driver sits behind the wheel of an International truck loaded with boxes from the Marion Baking Company. The truck is on a cobblestone street with cable ...

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