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Automobile Stuck in Rural Road

Date: 12 07 1915
Description: Three employees of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department working to free a car stuck in a muddy rural road. The original caption read...
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Wedding Day Car Problems

Date: 06 08 1963
Description: Bride and groom wait in the open convertible that is their transportation to their reception while a mechanic works under the hood.
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AAA Tow Truck

Date: 02 17 1937
Description: Benjamin Knotts and a representative of Schultz Tire and Battery Service, with a Schultz tow truck parked in front of the office of the Wisconsin Division ...
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Auto Breakdown at the State Fairgrounds

Date: 10 1912
Description: A race car driver wearing a "Buick shirt" watches as his crew works on his vehicle. In the background, another car is passing the grandstand.
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Changing a Tire

Date: 1923
Description: Tire blowouts were a frequent hazard of early automobile travel.
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Tall-tale Postcard: We Stopped Here

Date: 1915
Description: Photomontage of a group of travellers in a car colliding with a steamroller. The travellers have been thrown out of their car and into the air. The words...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Students near Campus

Date: 05 09 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students along State Street near The University Coop bookstore at Lake Street.
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Tire Change in Africa

Date: 01 30 1929
Description: A man stoops to change the tire of an International Special Delivery truck by the side of an African road. The truck was part of an expedition sponsored by...
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Vanderbilt Cup Race

Date: 10 02 1912
Description: Race cars on a country road, with car #29 off the road and missing its driver. The #27 car is just about to pass, with a dust trail behind it. Spectators ...
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"Hi-Jinks"

Date: 1892
Description: Group of men staging an accident. Two men stand nearby watching as three other men pose on the wheels of an overturned vehicle.
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Fixing a Flat Tire on a Ford Car

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Description: A man fixes a flat tire on an early model Ford automobile. Another man stands to the side of the road, and a woman wearing a hat with a large ribbon waits ...
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International Truck Stuck in Sand

Date: 12 08 1936
Description: Men gather around an International D-40 truck stuck in soft sand on a road along a shoreline.
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International Truck Used for Towing

Date: 1920
Description: A man is towing a damaged automobile with an International Six-Speed Special truck. Original caption reads: "'Six speed special, 124" wheelbase, mounted on...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Joy Ride

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a man and a woman pushing their automobile through the mud because the wheels are caught in large ruts. Their feet have sunk to th...
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Soldiers with Stuck Jeep

Date: 1942
Description: Soldiers from the 14th Infantry work to move a stuck Jeep from deep mud. One man in uniform with a cigarette in his mouth is leaning down over the wheel ho...
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Truck Stuck in the Mud

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Description: A man with a tractor attempts to pull a truck out of deep mud. Two men stand on the bed of the truck, and another man sits on the front of the tractor. The...
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International A-120 4x4 Truck Postcard

Date: 1957
Description: Advertising postcard featuring a color illustration of a man driving an International A-120 4x4 pickup truck with a winch (tow truck). The side of the truc...
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Keystone Automobile Club International Scout used for Roadside Assistance

Date: 07 31 1962
Description: Keystone Automobile Club's International Scout used for Roadside assistance. A man is fixing the tire, while another man looks on. Original caption reads: ...
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"Blockade" Publicity Still

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Description: Marco (Henry Fonda) looking at the engine of a car while Norma (Madeleine Carroll) and Luis (Leo Carillo) are looking on. A team of oxen is standing on the...
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Ambulance on Bad Road

Date: 12 08 1918
Description: Soldiers looking at ambulance 4, 128th Ambulance Co. stuck on the worst hill on the road to the Rhine. 32nd Division between Buchel and Kaisersesck, German...

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