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State Street View of Capitol Theatre Construction

Date: 06 03 1927
Description: Elevated view above State Street of the Capitol Theatre, with construction nearly completed.
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Loading Stones into a Truck

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Description: Members of the First Unitarian Society loading stones at a quarry to be used in the construction of the Meeting House. The building was designed by Frank L...
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Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
Description: A construction site with a truck manufactured by Winther Motor and Truck Company. A forty foot boom is mounted on the truck. Workers are positioning a stee...
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Employees of Bob Cooper Glass Company

Date: 10 1946
Description: Two employees of the Bob Cooper Glass Company, 755 East Washington Avenue, unloading a crate of glass from a company truck at an undisclosed location.
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International D-40 Truck in Gravel Pit

Date: 1937
Description: A man loads gravel into the back of an International D-40 truck. The original photograph caption reads: "Removing overburden from Gravel Pit - D40 of 134" ...
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International D-40 Road Repair Trucks

Date: 1937
Description: A group of road repair trucks are parked in a paved parking lot at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. A man is standing near one of the trucks. The original c...
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Big Rock Stone & Material Company Truck

Date: 1938
Description: A man stands on the back of an International truck used by the Big Rock Stone & Material Company. The advertisement on the side of the truck features an il...
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City of Quincy Truck

Date: 10 31 1938
Description: A man smoking a cigarette shovels what appears to be gravel onto the back of an International D-30 truck marked "City of Quincy" from a train car.
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Material Transit Company Truck

Date: 1939
Description: A man from the Material Transit Company drives an International D-50 dump truck to unload what appears to be gravel or rocks. There are houses on a hill in...
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International K-8 Truck with Crane

Date: 1941
Description: An International K-8 truck and a Byers crane are used to lift a piece of wood in the construction of a U.S. Army building. The original caption reads: "Nat...
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Hagen Materials Company Truck

Date: 1947
Description: A man stacks building materials on the bed of an International KBS-5 truck with a 159-inch wheelbase owned by the Hagen Materials Company. The truck is par...
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Hauling Lumber with an International Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Two men load bundles of plywood(?) onto the bed of an International KB-7 owned by Burnside Construction Company. The truck had a 157-inch wheelbase and a B...
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Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Construction

Date: 05 16 1942
Description: Men use a crane to work on the "Micro-Westco Addition" at International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal. The text on the crane reads: "Universal; Exca...
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Ordnance Steel Foundry Concrete Footings

Date: 07 21 1942
Description: Men pouring and smoothing cement on the construction site of the Ordnance Steel Foundry Company. The Foundry may have served as part of International Harve...
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Boiler House at Quad Cities Tank Arsenal

Date: 10 21 1942
Description: Men are standin on scaffolding to work on the Boiler House at International Harvester's Quad Cities Tank Arsenal. Another man is working on the ground besi...
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Joe Hughes Incorporated Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated three-quarter front view of an International truck owned by Joe D. Hughes Incorporated. A man sits behind the wheel of the truck parked in a dirt ...
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International Model M Truck at Construction Site

Date: 1914
Description: A man is standing at the back of an International truck holding a small chest or case. Behind him a group of construction workers are working near the scaf...
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Men at Construction Site

Date: 1913
Description: A man standing near the bed of an International Model M truck at a construction site. Behind him a group of construction workers are working near scaffoldi...
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International Trucks for Construction Industry

Date: 1932
Description: Advertising proof encouraging the purchase of International Harvester trucks by individuals in the construction business. The poster features a two-color i...
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Soldiers with Lumber and Frame of Building

Date: 07 1942
Description: Two soldiers from the 14th Infantry working among lumber in Panama. One man iswearing a hat and squatting on top of a pile of lumber while holding a hammer...

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