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| Date: | 02 1948 |
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| Description: | Paul Steffes, secretary-treasurer of Local 75, United Automobile Workers (Seaman Body Company) at his desk. |
| Date: | 12 13 1947 |
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| Description: | Children of members of Local 75, United Automobile Workers (Seaman Body Company) performing at the union Christmas party. There are accordion players and a... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Two men standing outside the front entrance to the Powell-Cavanaugh Truck and Tractor Company. The dealership sold trucks and farm equipment. |
| Date: | 01 07 1946 |
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| Description: | Four men posing with the first shipment of new 1946 DeSoto automobiles as they come off a train onto a loading dock for Stadium Garage, 1501 Monroe Street,... |
| Date: | 12 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Automotive Trades Council members at Turner Hall, 21 South Butler Street, with Ben and Alvina Bergor, entertainers, sitting in the front ... |
| Date: | 07 02 1946 |
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| Description: | Experimental model steam car, taken from left side, for the Keen Manufacturing Company, located at 2661 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 07 02 1946 |
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| Description: | Experimental model steam car, taken from right side, for the Keen Manufacturing Company, 2661 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | International Model K-1 station wagon ("woody") parked on the side of a rural Ohio road. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | International L-line truck hauling produce. The L-line was promoted as "a truck for every hauling job" and featured an innovative "Comfo-Vision" cab with o... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | International Model M-5-6 truck manufactured for the U.S. Army at International Harvester's Fort Wayne Works in Indiana. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | International KBR-14 semi-truck, the largest truck built at the time at International Harvester's Fort Wayne Works. Produced from 1947-1949, the KBR was de... |
| Date: | 04 02 1947 |
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| Description: | Winnebago Auto Replacement Company, 103 North Park Street. Interior view of north end of store showing various auto supplies. |
| Date: | 04 02 1947 |
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| Description: | Winnebago Auto Replacement Company, 103 North Park Street. Interior view showing south end of store with various auto supplies, and the counter with employ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Twin refrigerated trailers, "coldmobiles," manufactured by the Highway Trailer Co. of Edgerton. |
| Date: | 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Enola O'Connell, the only woman welder at the Heil Company during World War II, working on gasoline trailer tanks. A 32-year-old widow and the mother of o... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the factory for the Oshkosh Truck Company. |
| Date: | 02 08 1945 |
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| Description: | A.H. "Art" Backus recording inventory of parts and accessories at Waters Motor Company, 802 East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 12 06 1947 |
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| Description: | International Motor truck crated for shipping at Springfield Works. |
| Date: | 02 19 1947 |
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| Description: | Hudson Auto Co., 1134 E. Washington Avenue, holding a "motor school" to teach the use of Sun diagnostic equipment. Group of men in background, and front e... |
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