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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 08 1928
Description: Employee with a Toledo scale at the Fisher Body Co.
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Keen Model Steam Car

Date: 07 02 1946
Description: Experimental model steam car, taken from left side, for the Keen Manufacturing Company, located at 2661 East Washington Avenue.
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Phoenix Proving Ground

Date: 1953
Description: Trucks mounting a steep grade in the testing track at International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used by Inte...
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International Pickup Truck on Test Track

Date: 1953
Description: International pickup kicking up dust on a dirt test track at International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used ...
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International Truck Testing at Phoenix Proving Ground

Date: 1953
Description: Cacti frame three International semis and a pickup on a test track at International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground ...
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Phoenix Proving Ground Truck Testing Headquarters

Date: 1953
Description: Headquarters building for truck testing at International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used by International H...
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International Truck Testing at Phoenix Proving Ground

Date: 1953
Description: International semi trucks mounting a long hill at International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used by Internat...
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Aerial Photo of Phoenix Proving Ground

Date: 1953
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used by International Harvester through the 1970's ...
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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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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...
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Aerial View of Phoenix Proving Ground

Date: 1966
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used by International Harvester through the 1970's ...
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Phoenix Proving Ground

Date: 1953
Description: Bird's-eye view of International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used by International Harvester through the 197...
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Supplementary Scout Chart

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Description: Chart of Supplementary Scout, with categories for "Vehicle Research & Dev. and Prototype Build, Design, Vehicle Test, Safety Test and Exhause & Evap. Emiss...
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Truck Development at Fort Wayne

Date: 1972
Description: A man is in a room with testing equipment. In the background is a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck.
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Ice-Covered Truck in Cold Lab

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Description: A man is looking through a window towards another man in a cold lab testing a truck. Caption reads: "A parka-clad engineer braves thirty below zero tempera...
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Proving Ground

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Description: Caption reads: "Close by International Harvester Company's mammoth new motor truck engineering building and laboratories is the Fort Wayne proving ground, ...
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Man in Control Room

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Description: A man is standing at a control board in a room with other equipment. There is a Toledo Scale on the left behind the control board. A window in the wall beh...
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Aerial View of Ft. Wayne Engineering Building

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Description: Caption reads: "Ft. Wayne Engineering Building."
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Architectural Rendering of Ft. Wayne Engineering Building

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Description: Architectural rendering of an aerial view of the Ft. Wayne Engineering building.
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Aerial View of Engineering Department and Laboratories

Date: 1960
Description: Caption reads: "Engineering Department and Laboratories, Motor Truck Division, Fort Myers, Indiana."

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