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| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Men in cowboy hats driving International Harvester tractors through an exhibition tent as part of the "Parade of Progress" at the Indiana State Fair as par... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Exhibit in the showroom at International Harvester's General Office demonstrating the features of the Farmall Fast-Hitch. The exhibit features a Farmall Su... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Exhibit in the showroom of International Harvester's General Office building demonstrating the features of the Farmall Fast-Hitch. The exhibit includes a F... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of an International Roadliner diesel truck delivering oil to the Thrifty Service station. The delivery crew is hooking up a hose to the tr... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View of an International R-205 Sleeper Cab Truck with closed top van semi-trailer outside a Farmall dealership. The truck is parked next to a man operating... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View of the front of the art center. Caption reads: "The Worcester Art Center, Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | The Institute of Paper Chemistry at Lawrence College. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View of the Governor Louis P. Harvey home marker. Two women are standing behind the sign. A clock is at top right. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | League Of Women Voters at a United Nations Day table. Shown, left to right, are: Janet Berger, Grace Shaw, Carolyn Wilds, and Joyce Erdman. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Young boy with a rootbeer float moustache standing in the parking lot of a rootbeer stand. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg received a death sentence in 1951, not long after Joseph R. McCarthy burst into the headlines with his charges a... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | View of a man standing on the back of an International R-120 truck with a stake body to unload boxes of Whip salad dressing. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of a man unloading a burlap bag onto the back of an International R-120 pickup truck in front of "Toll Gate Nursery." |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Farmers and their supporters picket at the National Farm Institute to protest farm prices and their poor economic outlook. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Delegates to the first Women's Activities Conference sponsored by the United Packinghouse Workers of America. A sign behind the three women concerns the im... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the segregated entrance for African-Americans at Malco Theater. There is a fire escape on the side of the building. Several cars are parke... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of first through eighth grade students. Most of the students hold books. One holds a chalk board reading Garfield [School], Racine C... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | R-120 truck with pickup body parked outdoors. A man is loading or unloading the truck in front of the open door. Above the door is a sign that reads: "Toll... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | The Historical Marker for the Old Wade House State Park. A man and woman are standing in front of the sign, and in the background are picnic tables on a la... |
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