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Clyde and Weldon King in Gatti Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Original caption reads: "Clyde King, Vice President of International Harvester Export Company, bids his son, second officer of the Gatti Hallicrafters Expe...
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Commemorative Stamp Sketch

Date: 1947
Description: One of two pencil sketches submitted by Leon Pescheret of Whitewater, Wisconsin, to the Wisconsin Centennial Committee to be considered for the Wisconsin C...
Poster

New International Harvester Logo Advertising Poster

Date: 1947
Description: Advertising poster linking the new International Harvester logo with the company's truck, agricultural equipment, construction equipment, and household ref...
Photograph

Hough HFH Payloader Loading Coal Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Hough HFH Payloader loading coal into a J.W. Petersen Company truck. The HFH was built by the Frank G. Hough Company, manufacturers of construction equipme...
Photograph

Dairy Laboratory Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Two men standing at the rear of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture dairy laboratory truck, which has wooden steps leading up to the open rear doors.
Photograph

American Dairy Association Group Portrait

Date: 1947
Description: American Dairy Association truck with 17 men standing in front. Six faces of men are imposed over the building in the background above the truck.
Photograph

Aerial View of Downtown and Milwaukee River

Date: 1947
Description: City Hall near the Milwaukee River.
Photograph

Milo Weinschenker in Sunglasses

Date: 1947
Description: Portrait of a refugee child, Milo Weinschenker, wearing sunglasses. He is standing next to a train, as he and his family were about to leave Germany to sai...
Photograph

Tractors at "100 Years in Chicago"

Date: 1947
Description: International and Farmall tractors on display at International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration at Soldier Field. The large IH logo is in the...
Photograph

1,500,000th International Truck on Display

Date: 1947
Description: Two International trucks are on display in front of a sign that reads "40th Anniversary International Trucks / 1907" and "Our Pioneering Days are Never Ove...
Photograph

Dedicating a Plaque on Michigan Avenue Bridge

Date: 1947
Description: Two men are looking at a newly unveiled plaque commemorating International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. Original caption reads: "Fowler ...
Photograph

The White Grocery and Filling Station

Date: 1947
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...
Photograph

Petersen-Lund Paint Company Truck

Date: 1947
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...
Photograph

Display Truck

Date: 1947
Description: View of right side of an International K-5 truck with a crane attachment on display at Melrose Park Works as part of the Industrial Power Exhibit for Allie...
Photograph

Hagen Materials Company Truck

Date: 1947
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...
Photograph

International Truck with Fuel Oil Tank

Date: 1947
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...
Photograph

International Pulpwood Special Truck

Date: 1947
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...
Photograph

Truck Transporting Logs

Date: 1947
Description: An International K-model truck with logs piled on its trailer parked next to a dirt ramp or embankment leading to a river(?). Industrial buildings are to t...
Photograph

KB-5 Truck on Display

Date: 1947
Description: An International KB-5 truck on display, parked in front of signboards with informational materials. The signs advertise the "Green Diamond Engine" and list...
Photograph

International Truck and Red Diamond Engine

Date: 1947
Description: Three-quarter front view of an International truck on display inside a building. A backdrop and a display with information about the Red Diamond engine are...

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