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Johnson Wax Research Tower

Date: 1949
Description: View of the Johnson Wax Research and Development Tower under construction.
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Eagle Heights

Date: 1949
Description: Elevated view of faculty housing project, under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Road Work with Adams #5 1/2 Road Grader

Date: 1949
Description: Men using an Adams #5 1/2 Road Grader to work on an urban street. The grader was owned by the State Paving and Construction Co. Original caption states: "G...
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Philadelphia Road Work with #3/2 Adams Motor Grader

Date: 1949
Description: Men using a Number 3/2 Adams Motor Grader for road construction on Pine Street in Philadelphia. A laundry store is on the corner.
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City of Bloomington International A Tractor

Date: 1949
Description: Two men are standing with an International A tractor owned by the City of Bloomington. The tractor has a grader and front loader attached. The men are prep...
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Motor Grader on Display

Date: 1949
Description: Motor grader on display in the Industrial Power Exhibit for Allied Equipment Manufacturers at International Harvester's Melrose Park Works. The sign in fro...
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Baker-Thomas Company Truck

Date: 1949
Description: An International Model KB-6-F truck used by Baker-Thomas Company parked near the front of a library building. Two men stand on the bed of the truck with st...
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International Truck in Garage

Date: 1949
Description: Three-quarter front view of the passenger side of an International truck parked inside of a brick building, possibly the Springfield Works factory floor.
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International Truck

Date: 1949
Description: Three-quarter front view of the passenger side of an International truck parked inside of a brick building, possibly the Springfield Works factory floor.
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Ceska Slovanska Lipa Opera House Interior, Julius J. Wergin, Painting & Decorating

Date: 1949
Description: View of the Julius J. Wergin Company's decorating crew painting the ceiling while standing on scaffolding high above the New Opera House floor. Paint cans,...

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