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Street in Business District

Date: 1921
Description: View down middle of main street of the business district. Automobiles are parked along the curb and pedestrians are on the sidewalk.
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International Model K-41 Truck Hauling Groceries

Date: 1921
Description: Two men hauling boxes of grocery items in an International Model K-41 truck. Items in the back of the truck include Jell-O, Bon Ami cake, Warner's spaghett...
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Lawson's Great Airliner

Date: 1921
Description: The completed Lawson L-4, the second and larger airplane designed and built by Alfred Lawson in Milwaukee in 1920. Not only was Lawson's airliner intended ...
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Experimental International Tractor

Date: 1921
Description: Experimental International tractor. Right side view.
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Hile House

Date: 1921
Description: View from across road of the Hile House. This is where the actress and Confederate spy Belle Boyd died on June 11, 1900, in the front room, over the office...
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Allouez Monument

Date: 1921
Description: The Allouez Monument, located in Menominee Park. A large group of people are gathered around the monument. The monument marks the place where Father Claude...
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Brown's Piano Truck

Date: 1921
Description: A driver sitting in the cab of an International piano delivery truck for Brown's Store. In the back of the truck are two large wooden crates, one presumabl...
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International Harvester Company Parade

Date: 1921
Description: Three Model G-61 trucks are decorated for an International Harvester parade. A group of men, women and children sit in the middle car waving American flags...
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Man Holding Wooden Board

Date: 1921
Description: A man holds a wooden board reading "WIS" against a white backdrop. The "WIS" may stand for Wisconsin Lumber Company, a subsidiary of International Harveste...
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Woman with Tractor

Date: 1921
Description: A woman poses with her elbow leaning against an International Harvester tractor, possibly a Mogul 8-16.
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West Pullman Works Truck

Date: 1921
Description: International Model "L-101" truck parked alongside a curb. The truck has a sign advertising the company's West Pullman Works.
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Sherwin Williams Truck

Date: 1921
Description: An International Model "L-101" truck used by the Sherwin Williams Company is parked on a street.
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E.E. Ives Farm Building

Date: 1921
Description: Exterior view of a building on the E.E. Ives farm. A sign on the building reads: "E.E. Ives, Breeder, Developer, and Dealer of Percheron Horses, Short Horn...
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...
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International Trucks

Date: 1921
Description: Truck on the left is a Model H or Model F, the truck on the right is an International Model G (Later known as a Model G-61) truck. There is a truck driver ...
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International G Swift and Company Truck

Date: 1921
Description: A man in a white smock stands near an International Harvester model G (or model 61) motor truck that is backed up to a loading dock at Swift & Company.
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International G-61 Moving Truck

Date: 1921
Description: International Model G-61 truck operated by Valentine Furniture and Piano Moving and Storage. The truck is loaded with crates, possibly containing pianos, a...
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International G-61 Dairy Truck

Date: 1921
Description: The driver sits behind the wheel of an International Model G-61 truck. The truck was operated by the Emerald Dairy Company, specializing in "Pasturized Mil...
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...

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