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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

Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy

Date: 1938
Description: Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy, with proprietor, assistant, customer and mailman standing among numerous retail displays and a McCormick-Deering "four in lin...
Photograph

Fokker Portrait

Date: 1938
Description: Portrait of Anthony Fokker, inscribed to aviation publicist, Harry Bruno. Bruno represented the airplane manufacturer on several occasions, including the 1...
Photograph

Wright Flyer in England

Date: 1938
Description: After his "mistaken" trans-Atlantic flight to Great Britain, Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan visited the original 1903 Wright Flyer then on display at the Sci...
Photograph

Works Projects Administration at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1938
Description: Fair-goers stand in line to enter the W.P.A. Exhibit tent at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Old Timers Day at the Fair

Date: 1938
Description: The Old Timers Club of Milwaukee waves for a motion picture being made at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Photograph

Deep Rock Service Station

Date: 1938
Description: View across street towards Harry Rodin's service station at the intersection of North 7th and West Galena. People are standing at the corner near the bus s...
Photograph

John Morrow, Jr.

Date: 1938
Description: International Harvester Vice President John Morrow, Jr. sits behind a desk.
Photograph

Strawberry Festival

Date: 1938
Description: Three men pose with boxes of Wisconsin strawberries at the Strawberry Festival. From left to right are Rex Eberdt, who is the manager of Warrens Fruit Grow...
Photograph

Merton Sutter with All-Steel Thresher

Date: 1938
Description: Merton Sutter receiving a 4-H farm accounting award in front of a McCormick-Deering All-Steel Thresher. Original caption reads: "Winner of $300 merchandisi...
Photograph

Standing in front of the Daily Press

Date: 1938
Description: Three men standing on the sidewalk outside of the offices of the Ashland Daily Press.
Photograph

Daily Press Reporter

Date: 1938
Description: Male reporter reading pages at a typewriter at the Ashland Daily Press.
Photograph

The "Lamora"

Date: 1938
Description: Men and sailors on board the large cabin cruiser "Lamora" at dock on Lake Superior.
Photograph

Enjoying a Cruise

Date: 1938
Description: Two men sitting on board cabin cruiser "Lamora" on Lake Superior. On the left is a bell with the name of the cruiser engraved on it.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Milk Coolers Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering Milk Coolers. Features a color illustration of a polar bear on an iceberg and a photo of a man putti...
Photograph

C.R. Morrison, Vice President of International Harvester

Date: 1938
Description: Portrait of C.R. Morrison, a Vice President of International Harvester Company, sitting at his desk. Windows behind the desk show a skyline.
Print

International D-40 Truck Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Advertising brochure for International D-40 trucks, featuring a color illustration of men stacking lumber near a D-40 stake body truck. Two other men stand...
Photograph

International Truck Transporting Giraffe

Date: 1938
Description: A giraffe sticks its head out of an opening in a wooden box carried on the bed of an International D-40 as the animal is transported from New York to Calif...
Photograph

Giraffe Transport

Date: 1938
Description: Men load a tall wooden crate transporting a giraffe onto the bed of an International D-40 truck. The animal was one of a pair being driven from New York to...
Photograph

Men with Giraffe

Date: 1938
Description: Two men stand beside an International D-40 truck used to transport a pair of giraffes from New York to the San Diego Zoo. The giraffes are contained within...

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