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"Test Pilot"

Date: 1938
Description: A publicity still featuring the lead actors in "Test Pilot," an MGM 1938 motion picture release. "Test Pilot" was the story of a reckless commercial test p...
Photograph

"Men with Wings"

Date: 1938
Description: Beaver Dam's favorite son Fred MacMurray (right) co-starred with Ray Milland and Louise Campbell in "Men with Wings," a 1938 Paramount release that traced ...
Magazine or Periodical

Pictorial Map of Australia

Date: 1938
Description: A colorful pictorial map of Australia, featured on the front and back cover of a special Australian edition of International Trail.
Painting

Levi B. Vilas House

Date: 1938
Description: Levi B. Vilas built this house in 1853 at 521 North Henry Street on the corner of Langdon Street.
Photograph

International Harvester Tent at a Fair

Date: 1938
Description: People browse through an International Harvester display tent, possibly at the Tennessee Valley Fair. The tent features displays of International Harvester...
Photograph

Attilio Gatti with Mrs. Ellen Gatti

Date: 1938
Description: Mrs. Ellen Waddill Gatti leans from the window of a truck marked "10th Gatti African Expedition," while Commander Attilio Gatti stands outside the vehicle ...
Photograph

Woman on Truck with Giraffe

Date: 1938
Description: A woman stands on the running board of an International D-40 truck to feed a captive giraffe in transport. The giraffe is in a large crate on the bed of th...
Photograph

Beach at Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1938
Description: Men, women, and children swimming, playing, and relaxing at the beach at Devil's Lake State Park. Two long docks extend into the water and the scene is rep...
Photograph

Dodge Automobile

Date: 1938
Description: W. L. Tarnutzer stands beside a 1914 Dodge automobile parked on the Sauk County courthouse square. A newer model Dodge with a woman beside it is parked beh...
Photograph

Boating on Lake Siskiwit

Date: 1938
Description: Three women in a rowboat off a dock on Siskiwit Lake.
Print

International Builds Trucks for Every Class of Hauling

Date: 1938
Description: International truck advertisement featuring a color illustration of a truck in what appears to be an exotic foreign location. Includes the text: "Internati...
Photograph

Dock and Diving Board

Date: 1938
Description: View from water of seven men, women and children standing on the shoreline at Log Cabin Lodge looking out over a diving board and dock on Lake Millicent. T...
Photograph

People on Dock at Log Cabin Lodge

Date: 1938
Description: One woman stands on shore at Log Cabin Lodge looking at the photographer. Eight people sit on the dock, while two men are standing in Lake Millicent. Three...
Photograph

Post Office in Manitowish

Date: 1938
Description: Woman standing outside of the two-story Post Office building in Manitowish. There is a road, fence and pine trees in the foreground.
Photograph

Woman Disembarking from DS-40 Bus

Date: 1938
Description: Side view of a woman disembarking from a 49-passenger International DS-40 bus. Two women stand near the front of the bus, and there is a house in the backg...
Photograph

Large Crowd at Fair Grounds

Date: 1938
Description: A large crowd of men, women, and children sit in the bleachers or stand along the edge of what appears to be the racetrack at the fair grounds. Behind the ...
Photograph

Picnic in the Forest

Date: 1938
Description: View looking down hill of two men and two women having a picnic at a table in the forest. Three automobiles are parked nearby. In the background are trees ...
Print

Commander Gatti's Jungle Yacht Ad

Date: 1938
Description: Advertisement for International trucks, featuring Commander Attilio Gatti and his wife with their "jungle yachts" in the "Belgian Congo." International mad...
Photograph

Bike Race Start

Date: 1938
Description: View from left front of male bicycle racers at the start of a race. Some of the men wear hats, and two wear helmets. On the far right a man smoking a cigar...
Book or Pamphlet

"At Home Abroad" Brochure Back Cover

Date: 1938
Description: Back cover of "At Home Abroad" brochure featuring the continent of Australia.

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