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International Roadliner Oil Tanker

Date: 1953
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...
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International Harvester Earthmover at Phoenix Proving Ground

Date: 1953
Description: International Harvester 27-75 earthmover being demonstrated in front of a grandstand at International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, t...
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Diamond Jo Warehouse

Date: 1953
Description: View from bridge over the river towards the Diamond Jo warehouse on the shoreline. Hills are in the distance.
Photograph

Diamond Jo Warehouse

Date: 1953
Description: Elevated view from bridge of the Diamond Jo warehouse along the Mississippi River shoreline.
Photograph

International Earthmovers Testing

Date: 1953
Description: Men operate three International Harvester earthmovers at the company's Phoenix Proving Grounds.
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Don't Buy Cudahy

Date: 1953
Description: View from across street of various representations of the "Don't Buy Cudahy" boycott campaign outside the Packinghouse Workers headquarters: cartops, women...
Photograph

Man with Cement Mixer

Date: 1953
Description: A man uses an International RF-190 series truck with a cement mixer platform body while parked in front of a partially built structure.
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Vilas County's First Settlements, Resorts, Camps, Trading Posts, and Historic Roads

Date: 1953
Description: This mid 20th century map of Vilas County and northeastern Oneida County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, sections, cities and villages, rail...
Postcard

Berg Equipment Co. Plant

Date: 1953
Description: Aerial view of a factory near Marshfield. Railroad tracks are on the right. Caption reads: "Berg Equipment Co. Plant, Marshfield, Wisonsin."
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Shoot the Chute

Date: 1953
Description: The chute is equipped with rail for the carts that haul the limestone at the Lime Kiln.

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