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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Man unloading cases of 7-Up soda outside a delicatessen at the corner of Michigan and Northampton streets. Truck operated by Henry Guggenheimer. |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | San Francisco police arrest a "suspicious woman" and help her into an International Metro Wagon #689 truck during their Golden Gate beat. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an International 1700 Loadstar truck owned by George Miesel and Son, wholesale grocers, delivering daily foodstuffs to restaurants and ins... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | International Model 1310 ambulance at midday in the downtown area. |
| Date: | 1971 |
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| Description: | International Scout armored 4x4 truck on the job in the downtown area. The truck was owned and operated by Brinks, Inc. |
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| Description: | People assembled at storefront along the street of a small town in "poor farming country." |
| Date: | 07 1930 |
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| Description: | Downtown Aurora, a "prosperous town in good farming country," seen from the street. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Man driving an International Model M highwheeler with the Chicago skyline in the background. The Model M, introduced in 1915, was rated at 1000 pounds carr... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Police officer helping a young woman cross the street. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Three women in hats and long skirts walk with umbrellas in the rain. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down Wisconsin Avenue looking west, with the RKO Riverside Theatre on the right, and a large Christmas sign on the corner of a building on th... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View down Wisconsin Avenue looking east. |
| Date: | 04 1973 |
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| Description: | A Marlboro cigarette billboard advertisement looms over King Street. |
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| Description: | View up West Water Street from Grand Avenue with street cars. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Two men working on trolley car electrical wires (catenary) in the middle of a street. The men are standing on a platform in the back of an International Mo... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the St. Paul Ice Carnival; royal family equipages in street parade with crowd lining street. There is a real estate agency and a laundry o... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Evening Wisconsin building. There is a horse-drawn vehicle on the left near the curb. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Phillip Best Building and Matthew Brothers Store, built in 1878. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an intersection in Milwaukee, looking up Broadway. There is a sign for "Dentist" on the left. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wisconsin Avenue from East Water Street. |
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