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Poster

International Crawler Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1938
Description: Color advertising poster for International industrial power equipment showing a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) excavating the site of the World's Fair. Inc...
Photograph

Paying for Medicine

Date: 10 1947
Description: A customer pays for his medication at the Lascoff Pharmacy.
Photograph

Drug Store Statue

Date: 1940
Description: A small dog stands beside a large statue (appears to be carved out of wood) advertising Pompy Cigars, outside of a drugstore.
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Farmall Cub on Display at Union Station

Date: 07 08 1947
Description: Farmall Cub tractor on display at Union Station. Signs advertise: "The New! Farmall Cub; Designed to Mechanize America's Small, Family-Size Farms," and inc...
Photograph

The Big Parade Marquee

Date: 1927
Description: A crowd is gathered around MGM's "trackless train" outside the Astor Theater where "The Big Parade" is showing. Also visible is a gigantic advertisement fo...
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Coney Island

Date: 1969
Description: The Thunderbolt Roller Coaster at Coney Island.
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Graffiti on Advertisement

Date: 1969
Description: Graffiti on an advertisement for the Plaza Theatre which reads, "They Must Die."
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Side of Truck with Advertisement

Date: 1969
Description: Side of a truck with the word "Navajo" printed on the side.
Photograph

Swords into Plowshares, United Nations

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of "Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares," a sculpture by Yevgeniy Vuchetich donated to the United Nations by the Soviet Union. The sculpture shows...
Photograph

"More," East 4th Street

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of an advertisement posted on East 4th Street which depicts three people lying in bed smoking marijuana. The copy below reads, "more--when everyt...
Photograph

Rollercoaster, Coney Island

Date: 1968
Description: A woman standing in front of closed stalls on Coney Island. The framework for the Devil's Pit roller coaster rises in the background behind dilapidated si...
Book or Pamphlet

International's New Manhattan Branch

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of a brochure celebrating a new International Harvester Manhattan branch, featuring an aerial photograph of Manhattan, including the corner of West 4...
Photograph

Rosser Reeves and Dwight D. Eisenhower

Date: 1952
Description: Rosser Reeves and Dwight D. Eisenhower leaving the Transfilm Building after filming fifty political spots in one day. (Rosser Reeves wearing glasses.) Eise...
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Levy and Sons Bakery Advertisement with Asian American Man

Date: 1970
Description: A sign shows a smiling Asian American man holding a rye bread sandwich in an advertisemnt for Levy and Sons Bakery of New York, New York. The sign reads: "...
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Bakery Advertisement with Native American Man

Date: 1970
Description: A sign shows a smiling Native American man holding a rye bread sandwich in an advertisment for Levy and Sons Bakery of New York, New York. The man is weari...
Photograph

Levy and Sons Bakery Advertisement with Choir Boy

Date: 1970
Description: A sign shows a smiling choir boy holding a rye bread sandwich in an advertisment for Levy and Sons Bakery of New York, New York. The boy is wearing an alta...
Photograph

Man Delivering Bread to New York Grocery Store

Date: 1970
Description: View from street of a man delivering Levy and Sons Bakery rye bread to a New York City delicatessen and grocery store. The truck is an International Harves...
Photograph

Delivery Truck Parked in Front of City Skyline and Ships

Date: 1970
Description: Elevated view of an International Harvester model MA-1500 Metro delivery truck is parked on a bridge overlooking a body of water and a city skyline, likely...
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Bread Company President with Subway Advertisements

Date: 1970
Description: An older man is standing in front of three subway advertisements for Levy and Son's Bakery rye bread of New York City. The man is company president Samuel ...
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Wisconsin Pavilion Attractions

Date: 1964
Description: Sign outside the Wisconsin Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair advertising a steak house, a beer garden, and the world's largest cheese. A portion of the pav...

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