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Manufacturing Automobile Frames

Date: 1954
Description: Workers at the A.O. Smith Corporation in Milwaukee assembling frames for Cadillac automobiles. In 1902 Arthur O. Smith, son of the company's founder, produ...
Photograph

The Detroit Edison Under Construction

Date: 1954
Description: Self-unloader, the Detroit Edison, Hull 418, is under construction and surrounded by scaffolding at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corporation.
Photograph

S.S. Kresge Store on Main Street

Date: 1954
Description: S.S. Kresge storefront and Miller's clothing store on Main Street.
Photograph

International R-200 Truck

Date: 1954
Description: International RF-200 truck owned by the U.S. Air Force. The sign on the driver's side door reads: "U.S. Air Force D-14312 For Official Use Only".
Book or Pamphlet

Royal Red Diamond RD-501 Engine Brochure

Date: 1954
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the International RD-501 Royal Red Diamond truck engine.
Photograph

Aerial View of Phoenix Proving Ground

Date: 1954
Description: Aerial view of the Phoenix Proving Ground during the 1954 Industrial Power Roundup, a large event promoting International Harvester's construction equipmen...
Photograph

Hydroelectric Central Station

Date: 1954
Description: Exterior view of a reproduction of the world's first hydroelectric central station. It is located near the site of the original, which began operation on S...
Photograph

Memphis Foundry

Date: 1954
Description: An aerial view of the International Harvester Memphis Works in Memphis, Tennessee, with a view of the surrounding neighborhood and Loosahatchie River. The ...
Photograph

R-160 Truck

Date: 1954
Description: Color photograph of an International R-160 truck with a closed deck and bottler's body parked in front of a large farm building.
Photograph

Consoweld Begins Operations

Date: 1954
Description: Officials of the Consoweld Company (formerly the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company) make a final inspection of the equipment in the new plast...
Photograph

Bacteriology Building

Date: 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Bacteriology Building, in process of construction on campus. There are cars in a parking lot in the foreground.
Photograph

Demolition of Fuller Opera House

Date: 1954
Description: View from atop a building across Wisconsin Avenue of the Fuller Opera House during its demolition.
Photograph

192-M Corn Picker on Super M-TA Tractor

Date: 1954
Description: Model 192-M corn picker mounted on a Farmall Super M-TA tractor outside a large building.
Photograph

Granite City Fire Truck

Date: 1954
Description: International fire truck used by the Granite City Fire Department. Original caption reads: 'R-1856 - 175" wheelbase. RD450 engine. 9.00x20-10 ply tires. 30...
Photograph

Baker Canning Smokestacks

Date: 1954
Description: "The long lens captures the Baker Canning smokestacks, and water tower, on film."
Photograph

Chicago Pickle Company Advertisement

Date: 1954
Description: A job advertisement published in the "Waushara Argus" seeking men and women over the age of 16 to work at the Chicago Pickle Company.

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Photograph

Parade of Homes

Date: 1954
Description: Aerial view of the west side of Madison showing newly constructed homes and homes under construction featured in the Parade of Homes. The main road through...
Drawing

L-Line Cab Facelift

Date: 1954
Description: Sketch of front view of cab.
Magazine or Periodical

Good Neighbor Policy

Date: 1954
Description: The third page of an article, Good Neighbor Policy, published in The Westerner, a publication for the employees of the Western Printing & Lithograph...
Poster

The Halls of Ivy

Date: 1954
Description: The poster features a photograph of Ronald Colman and Benita Hume, and text that reads: "International Harvester brings you The Halls of Ivy Starrin...

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