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| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Right side of an elevated panoramic view of a full parking lot with houses and electrical towers in the background. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | The Black Hawk Golf Course green, sans golfers. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Employees at the United Rubber Company plant in Eau Claire load wrapped tires onto a truck for shipment. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | National telephone strike, showing one operator in the left half of east switchboard room of Wisconsin Telephone Company, 16 South Carroll Street. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A crew of men laying sewer pipe with a Hough payloader. Original caption states: "Hough Payloader laying sewer pipe sections weighing 200 lbs each. Equipme... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A gas station attendant puts on his coat outside the White Grocery and Filling Station in Madison. A sign near the pumps reads, "Please Give Me Ten Seconds... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | An International KB-3 truck used by the Petersen-Lund Paint Company is parked along the curb in front of a block of commercial buildings. A man on the side... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of walkway with a rustic gate leading up to the front entrance of a log cabin. Caption reads: "King's Lodge on Moose Lake, Hayward, Wis." |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Front three-quarter view of an International KB-7 truck used to deliver coal by Evanston Fuel and Material Company. The truck is parked in front of railroa... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of two men using a dolly from inside a shed to load bags of cement onto the bed of an International KBS-7 truck owned by Security Ma... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A man stacks building materials on the bed of an International KBS-5 truck with a 159-inch wheelbase owned by the Hagen Materials Company. The truck is par... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Men from the Girdler Corporation use an International KB-6 truck with a 21-foot wheelbase and a Tulsa winch to load equipment pieces into a train car. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Left side view of an International Model KB-10 truck owned by Consumers Company and outfitted with a fuel oil tank. The text on the truck reads: "Better Fu... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men load logs from a clearing onto the bed of an International KB-5 Pulpwood Special truck owned by the Johnson-Manville Corporation. The truck had a 1... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A man uses an International KB-5 Pulpwood Special to haul logs. The truck is parked in a dirt lot next to what appears to be an open railroad car. There ar... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men load bundles of plywood(?) onto the bed of an International KB-7 owned by Burnside Construction Company. The truck had a 157-inch wheelbase and a B... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Man in a shed releases coal from a chute into the back of an International KB-11-F truck owned by the Coal Service Corporation. Another man is in the drive... |
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