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Poster

International Parts and Service Advertising Poster

Date: 1955
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester parts and service featuring a large paint brush coated with red paint. The brush has tools protruding from t...
Photograph

Parade of Homes

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of Midvale neighborhood under construction near Madison's southwestern city limits. The view is focused on the area bounded by Tokay Boulevard,...
Photograph

Worker Inspecting M-1 Rifle

Date: 1955
Description: Factory worker inspecting the barrel of an M-1 rifle produced at International Harvester's Evansville Works for the U.S. military.
Photograph

St. Cloud Combine Promotion

Date: 1955
Description: Original caption reads: "E.R. Zimmerman, left, St. Cloud district manager, and four dealers and customers watch a No. 141 combine [harvester-thresher] 'com...
Photograph

St. Cloud Combine Promotion

Date: 1955
Description: Tour of International Harvester's East Moline Works (factory) for the St. Cloud combine promotion. Original caption reads: "There are hundreds of inspectio...
Photograph

Workers Erecting Billboard

Date: 1955
Description: Construction workers erecting a billboard for Hines Lumber using a crane mounted on the back of an International heavy-duty truck. The billboard is sitting...
Photograph

International Farmall 300 Assembly Line

Date: 1955
Description: Factory workers making Farmall 300 tractors on an assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
Photograph

International Model SM Mounting Metro-Van

Date: 1955
Description: Color photograph of an International SM Model Mounting Metro-Van featuring the Metro-Lite Body. The truck was owned and operated by Advanced Cleaners and ...
Photograph

Aerial View of Marathon Corporation Paper Mills

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of "the island" with the Marathon Corporation paper mills. The Fox River flowing out of Lake Winnebago separates the two cities, Neenah and Men...
Photograph

International TD-9 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1955
Description: TD-9 International Superior crawler tractor loading South African crop onto a wagon with the attached side loader. A man is driving the tractor, and a chil...
Photograph

Distant View of Factory

Date: 1955
Description: View from Oshkosh Avenue across icy river towards the Pluswood factory in the distance.
Photograph

Modernization in SHSW Library

Date: 1955
Description: Ceiling high scaffolding in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library reading room, with a man and a woman attempting to study at the tables in the foregrou...
Photograph

Elevated Perspective of West Washington Avenue

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view of the West Washington Avenue and Regent Street intersection, looking northwest.
Print

Soap Box Derby

Date: 1955
Description: Pages 16 and 17 from the Official Rule Book for the 1955 Soap Box Derby showing a deconstructed car.
Photograph

Raccoon Hunters

Date: 1955
Description: "This photo, taken by the light of the full moon, shows coon hunter Alfred 'Butch' Muche patiently waiting for his fellow hunters. Kodak Super XX film was ...
Photograph

Water Tower

Date: 1955
Description: "Workers put the finishing touches on the new water tower."
Photograph

1910 Auto Wagon at IH Factory

Date: 1955
Description: A man is sitting at the wheel of an International Auto Wagon with seats in the back. The vehicle is on the floor of an factory building, possibly the McCor...
Photograph

1910 Auto Wagon at IH Factory

Date: 1955
Description: View of the front grill of an International Auto Wagon with seats in the back, parked on the floor of a factory building, possibly McCormick Works in Chica...
Manuscript

Essential Equipment for Essential Work

Date: 1955
Description: Men are driving International Harvester tractor, truck and crawler in a cloud above the continent of Australia. The IH logo is at the bottom right in a com...
Photograph

Cutting Firewood

Date: 1955
Description: Elna Krueger stands with another woman and a man while cutting firewood using a belt-driven saw by a tractor in a field in the background on the left. The...

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