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Arrival of "Woodrush"

Date: 1949
Description: View from dock of the U.S. Coast Guard ship "Woodrush" arriving at the La Pointe dock to clear ice. Two trucks are on the dock, one with a piano.
Poster

War Bonds Advertising Poster

Date: 1949
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks promoting United States government bonds. Features a color illustration of an International K-line truck pullin...
Photograph

Johnson Wax Research Tower

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

Farmall M Leveling Gravel at Hinsdale Farm

Date: 1949
Description: Worker leveling gravel with a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor and a no. 7 angle dozer at International Harvester's Hinsdale farm and testing facility.
Photograph

Plowing Snow with McCormick Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1949
Description: Color photograph of a farmer plowing snow with a McCormick Farmall Cub tractor equipped with a front-mounted blade.
Photograph

Farmer Shelling Corn with Belt-Driven Hammer Mill

Date: 1949
Description: Farmer standing in open barn door shelling corn with belt-driven McCormick hammer mill run by a Farmall C tractor.
Photograph

Wittman's "Bonzo II"

Date: 1949
Description: Sylvester J. Wittman of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, one of the all time great racing pilots and race plane builders, with Bonzo II. During his career Steve Wittman...
Map or Atlas

University of Wisconsin Historical Decorative Map

Date: 1949
Description: Color bird's-eye map of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as it was midcentury, with two co-eds, several photographs of campus landmarks around edges, an...
Photograph

Spot Lunch Diner

Date: 1949
Description: A little girl rides a tricycle in front of the Spot Lunch diner, a former streetcar. The Spot Lunch was located at 640 Williamson Street and owned by John ...
Photograph

International Harvester Prototype Building Interior

Date: 1949
Description: Interior of an International Harvester prototype dealership building owned by Allied Equipment Co. One customer is standing at the service counter and anot...
Photograph

International Harvester Prototype Building Repair Shop

Date: 1949
Description: Farmall tractors and crawler tractors (TracTracTors) in the service shop of an International Harvester prototype dealership building owned by Allied Equipm...
Photograph

First Doncaster Farmall Tractor

Date: 1949
Description: First Farmall M tractor manufactured at International Harvester's Doncaster Works (factory) in England, Great Britain. The tractor is loaded on the bed of ...
Photograph

International L-line Truck

Date: 1949
Description: International L-line truck hauling produce. The L-line was promoted as "a truck for every hauling job" and featured an innovative "Comfo-Vision" cab with o...
Book or Pamphlet

International Model KB-5 Trucks

Date: 1949
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for the 1949 line of International Model KB-5 trucks. Features a color illustration of the grill and front hood of a...
Book or Pamphlet

International Model KB-8 Trucks

Date: 1949
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for International Model KB-8 trucks featuring color illustration of truck.
Photograph

Multitude of Motorcyles

Date: 1949
Description: Hundreds of motorcycles are parked side by side in rows in a Wisconsin State Fair parking lot. The grandstand and spectators appear in the background of t...
Photograph

Florida-Georgia Tractor Company

Date: 1949
Description: TD-18 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) parked in front of the Florida-Georgia Tractor Company, an International Harvester dealership.
Photograph

International K -2 Special Coach Truck and Airplane

Date: 1949
Description: View towards men in an International KB-2 truck, with a special coach type panel body owned by United Air Lines, parked in front of a United passenger airp...
Photograph

International L-162 Delivery Truck

Date: 1949
Description: Deliveryman unloading Sealtest ice cream from an International L-162 truck to a drugstore.
Photograph

International LC-180 Cab-Forward Truck

Date: 1949
Description: A deliveryman unloading crates of cottage cheese from his International LC-180 International truck with refrigerated body outside Richards Drive-In.

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