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| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | Men filling the gas tank of an automobile at an "Indian Gas" roadside service station. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural ... |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | A staged scene showing a car passing a truck while another car is coming the other way. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural... |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| Description: | Staged scene of a man looking into an automobile radiator with a match in hand. This photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extens... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | Man tending to a campfire while a woman is preparing a meal on a picnic table by a tent. A car is parked next to the campsite and a dog is sniffing at a te... |
| Date: | 01 06 1931 |
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| Description: | A man stands at a safety zone in the middle of West Mifflin Street between lanes of traffic at the corner of State Street and N. Carroll Street, waiting to... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Unprotected railroad crossings were a particular hazard for automobiles as this 1923 poster issued by the American Railroad Association dramatically points... |
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| Description: | Safety poster issued by the Safety Engineering Department of Employers Mutual Insurance Company of Wausau, Wisconsin, to urge automobile drivers not to spe... |
| Date: | 09 05 1947 |
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| Description: | The train engineer's view (looking east) of the Illinois Central Railroad crossing at Regent Street, Breeze Terrace, and Little Street, taken one-hundred f... |
| Date: | 01 1928 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a man wearing a wide-brimmed hat stopping an automobile at a stop sign on a dirt road as a truck approaches from the opposite direction. |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | John Esch, sitting behind the wheel of an automobile, adjusting his eyeglasses while smoking a tobacco pipe. Photograph taken for International Harvester's... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a hat and smoking a tobacco pipe using a rag to wipe the windshield of an automobile. |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A man jaywalking across a street in front of a moving automobile. The road is lined with houses and commercial buildings, and additional automobiles are pa... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A man reaching for loose matches carried in his pocket while holding a tobacco pipe in his other hand. The photograph was taken on International Harvester'... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman moves a curtain out of the way of an electrical fan sitting on a desk. Near the fan are some books, a floral arrangement, and a notepad. Outdoors, ... |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | An automobile driving down a driveway between two embankments, prohibiting a clear view of an intersecting road. |
| Date: | 05 1926 |
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| Description: | An automobile rounds a turn near several traffic signs placed along the edge of a paved state road. |
| Date: | 04 24 1926 |
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| Description: | Children walking along the side of a road in front of a one-room schoolhouse as an automobile approaches from behind. Other children are playing in the sch... |
| Date: | 04 23 1926 |
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| Description: | A man stops his automobile at a railroad crossing while waiting for the train to cross a paved road. The traffic sign to the right of the car reads: "Railr... |
| Date: | 04 23 1926 |
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| Description: | Two children playing on the stone foundation of a basement which appears to have been damaged by fire. A farmhouse with two automobiles parked nearby are i... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Men examine the wreckage of an automobile resting on the edge of a foundation near a collapsed bridge. A portion of a crane can be seen in the background a... |
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