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Photograph

Woman Boarding International Metro

Date: 1948
Description: Woman wearing a mink coat boarding an International Metro KB-3-M truck owned by Atlantic City Jitney Service.
Photograph

Berlin Airlift Coal Shipment

Date: 1948
Description: A British soldier directs the truck driver as German workers prepare to load a shipment of coal on a U.S. Air Force C-54 airplane at Fassberg Airfield. Fro...
Book or Pamphlet

International Model KB-2 Trucks

Date: 1948
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for International Model KB-2 trucks featuring color illustration of the truck.
Photograph

Loading Coal into International K-6 Dump Truck

Date: 1948
Description: Man loading coal from an overhead bin into an International K-6 dump truck owned by South Chicago Coal and Dock Company. The slogan "coal stoker heat is be...
Book or Pamphlet

International KB-1-M and KB-3-M Metro Delivery Trucks

Date: 1948
Description: Front cover color illustration of advertising brochure for International model KB-1-M and KB-3-M Metro delivery trucks featuring all-steel bodies.
Photograph

Highway Trailer

Date: 1948
Description: Twin refrigerated trailers, "coldmobiles," manufactured by the Highway Trailer Co. of Edgerton.
Photograph

Transporting Engines

Date: 1948
Description: A factory worker uses a lift on a loading dock to transport six engines to a truck at International Harvester's Indianapolis Works.
Photograph

Globe-Democrat Newspaper Truck

Date: 1948
Description: An International truck used by the Globe-Democrat newspaper is parked in front of what appears to be the loading dock of a brick building. The text on the ...
Photograph

Star Mines Company Truck

Date: 1948
Description: An International KB-8-F dump truck owned by the Empire-Star Mines Company, Limited, parked in front of several buildings with its bed raised to ore(?). A m...
Photograph

Hurst Concrete Truck

Date: 1948
Description: An International Model KB-7 truck used to transport concrete blocks parked on a work or storage site surrounded by building materials. A man loads concrete...
Photograph

Butane Transport Truck

Date: 1948
Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an International KB-11 tanker truck parked alongside a gravel road near a fence. The truck was owned by Butane Wholesale Gas...
Photograph

Emeryville Works Exterior

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior of International Harvester's Motor truck factory at Emeryville. The plant produced heavy-duty highway and off highway trucks of 30,000 to 90,000 p...
Photograph

International KB-7 Moving Truck

Date: 1948
Description: International KB-7 with sleeper cab and semi-trailer owned by Aero Mayflower Transit Company, Indianapolis, Indiana. View from street shows a man on the la...
Painting

State Fair Centennial Mural Study Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Prior to the 1948 State Fair, artist Robert Hodgell traveled Wisconsin to study its many landscapes. He then produced a series of study sketches outlining ...
Painting

Dairy Farm

Date: 1948
Description: A painting of a dairy farm, which was part of the State Fair Centennial mural.
Photograph

AVISO Truck

Date: 1948
Description: Three-quarter rear view from right of an American Voluntary Information Services Overseas (AVISO) truck parked outdoors.
Photograph

Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland at Airport

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, standing on the runway immediately after her arrival. She is wearing a suit with a skirt, hat and gloves. In her arm ...
Photograph

Men Working with Earth Moving Equipment

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated view of men working with crawler-tractors and sheepsfoot rollers to move earth. Trucks, dump trucks and automobiles are in the background.

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