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Milwaukee Works-Engine Assembly

Date: 1938
Description: Diesel engine assembly line at Milwaukee Works. The factory was owned by the Milwaukee Harvester Company until 1902.
Poster

International Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1938
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks. Features a color illustration of men loading lumber onto a truck with utility stake body. Includes the text: "...
Photograph

International D-35 Panel Truck Delivering Syrup

Date: 1938
Description: International D-35 box panel truck delivering Fox's Ubet chocolate flavored syrup to a "Sweet Shoppe." The truck was owned by H. Fox & Company, 283 Christo...
Photograph

International D-30 Truck Delivering Meat

Date: 1938
Description: Man unloading a side of beef from a "Maple Leaf Hams and Bacon" truck outside a butcher shop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The truck is an Intern...
Photograph

International D-2 Truck Delivering Candy

Date: 1938
Description: Man unloading boxes of "Baby Ruth" and "Butterfinger" candy bars from an International D-2 truck outside the Monona Club. The truck was owned by the Suprem...
Photograph

Bartender with McCormick-Deering 10 Can Cooler

Date: 1938
Description: Male bartender at Clyde Cockersham's Bar. The bar was equipped with a McCormick-Deering ten can cooler.
Photograph

Serviceman Checks in F-20 Tractor

Date: 1938
Description: Serviceman Harold Finch filling out an "Inspector Form C-3219" for a Farmall F-20 tractor on the farm of H.B. Ayers as Mr. Ayers looks on. Mr. Finch's Inte...
Photograph

Ginseng Beds

Date: 1938
Description: Workers preparing ginseng beds in northern Wisconsin.
Book or Pamphlet

International Models D-2 and D-5 Delivery Trucks

Date: 1938
Description: Advertising brochure for International Models D-2 and D-5 delivery trucks. Features an image of man unloading tank from delivery truck owned by the Liquid ...
Photograph

Factory Worker Using Hydraulic Riveter

Date: 1938
Description: Factory worker using a Hannifin hydraulic riveter on a frame assembly line at International Harvester's Fort Wayne Works.
Photograph

Applying Top Dressing to Used Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Mechanic reconditioning a used truck at an International Harvester dealership(?). The man is applying top dressing to the roof of the truck.
Photograph

Lubricating a Used Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Mechanic reconditioning a used International truck at an International Harvester dealership(?). The man is applying pressure lubrication.
Photograph

Farmall F-22 Tractor

Date: 1938
Description: Man plowing a field with an experimental Farmall F-22 tractor.
Photograph

Commander Gatti Arrives in the Congo

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of men unloading trucks and equipment from a ship shortly after arrival in the African Congo. The equipment was used by Commander Atillio Gat...
Poster

International Industrial Power Advertising Poster

Date: 1938
Description: Advertising poster for International "industrial power" equipment, including trucks and crawler tractors (TracTracTors). Includes color illustrations of In...
Photograph

CCC Youth Crew

Date: 1938
Description: A crew of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) youth starting for the field where they were working on ribes eradication as part of the effort to defeat the w...
Photograph

Fairway 12 Tractor

Date: 1938
Description: Two men use a McCormick-Deering Fairway 12 with a grading attachment at Lincoln Park golf course.
Photograph

Hay Chopper

Date: 1938
Description: Two men and a hay chopper on the McAllister farm.
Photograph

Ensilage Cutter

Date: 1938
Description: A farmer uses a Farmall tractor (off camera) to power an ensilage cutter. The tractor was owned by the South Wheeler Silo Filling Ring.
Photograph

Schuman Brothers with Ensilage Cutter

Date: 1938
Description: The Schuman brothers using Farmall tractors and an ensilage cutter in their farm field.

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