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Photograph

Flood on Bay City Creek

Date: 1920
Description: Aftermath of the Bay City Creek flood.
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 Sign

Date: 1920
Description: Industiral safety sign or poster promoting "Safety First" as the "best medicine" for factory workers during "No-Accident-Week". The sign reads: "The Best M...
Poster

Industrial Safety Poster

Date: 1920
Description: Industrial safety poster or sign illustrated with a cream separator. The poster advocates employee safety at International Harvester's Weber Works. The sig...
Poster

Safety Goggles Reminder

Date: 1920
Description: Industrial safety poster or sign featuring pin-up girls. The poster reminds factory workers to wear their safety goggles. The poster reads: "O Baby! Can yo...
Poster

"Do It For Me" Safety Poster

Date: 1920
Description: International Harvester Safety Week poster featuring a photograph of a woman with the slogan: "Do It For Me". The poster reads: "Do It For Me. October 20 t...
Poster

International Harvester Safety Sign

Date: 1920
Description: International Harvester industrial safety sign featuring an illustration of a mother and child with the slogan: "Do It For Us." The sign reads: "Do It For ...
Poster

Safety Goggles Reminder

Date: 1920
Description: Deering Works industrial safety poster featuring a photograph of a blind man, reminding employees to use their safety goggles while at work. The sign reads...
Photograph

Burning Oil Tank

Date: 1920
Description: An oil tank burns in Tulsa, a city that had earned the title "Oil Capital of the World" and whose population grew to 72,000 by 1920. The Texas Company was ...
Photograph

Oil Fields with Smoke

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of smoke rising from the oil fields in the distance, resulting from an electrical storm.
Photograph

Collapsed Barn

Date: 1920
Description: Two men and a child look at a barn that has collapsed, possibily due to a windstorm or tornado.
Photograph

Fire Extinguishers Storage Area

Date: 1920
Description: Approximately 24 fire extinguishers mounted on a wall in a storage area.
Poster

America's Gift to France

Date: 1920
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a woman representing the goddess Columbia, who represents America, and two children, presenting a laurel wreath to a wo...

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