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Upside Down Smile Sign

Date: 1959
Description: Filling station sign reading: "smile," purposely put upside down. A young woman is bending over to read it.
Photograph

Milkman Exiting International Model M-2 Milk Truck

Date: 1933
Description: Milkman delivering bottles of milk and other dairy products to a residential home from an International Model M-2 milk truck. The truck was owned by Pevely...
Photograph

Decorated International Heavy-Duty Coal Truck

Date: 1929
Description: International heavy-duty coal truck owned by Pocahontas Coal Company decorated. Placard on truck reads: "International motor truck. All steel shapes, plate...
Photograph

Spot Lunch Diner

Date: 1949
Description: A little girl rides a tricycle in front of the Spot Lunch diner, a former streetcar. The Spot Lunch was located at 640 Williamson Street and owned by John ...
Book or Pamphlet

International School Buses

Date: 1940
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for International school buses. Cover features a photographic illustration of school children boarding a bus for the...
Book or Pamphlet

Advertisement for International D-2 Trucks

Date: 1939
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for the 1939 line of International Model D-2 trucks. Includes an image of a bakery delivery man returning to a truck...
Book or Pamphlet

International Model D-15 Delivery Trucks

Date: 1939
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for International D-15 delivery trucks. Cover features an image of man delivering goods from a delivery truck owned ...
Book or Pamphlet

International Trucks with Metro Bodies

Date: 1962
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for the 1962 line of International AM series trucks with Metro bodies. The cover features color illustrations of var...
Photograph

William Sachtjen

Date: 1940
Description: Future District Court Judge William Sachtjen, wearing an apron and holding a broom. He is standing behind a 7-Up sign. Sachtjen worked at Droster's Grocery...
Photograph

Minnehaha Cleaners Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Uniformed man stands with boxes at the back of an International model D-2 truck with 102-inch wheelbase and Metro body. The truck was owned by the Minnehah...
Photograph

Baseball Scene

Date: 
Description: Runner reaching first base with coach signaling for him to stop. Defensive players and the umpire look on. A portion of the crowd in the stands is visible ...
Print

International A-2 Truck Advertisement

Date: 1932
Description: International Harvester advertising proof illustrating the various ways in which trucks can be put to use in hauling and delivering goods. The poster featu...
Print

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...
Book or Pamphlet

International M-2 Truck Brochure

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the International Model M-2 truck. Features a photograph of a man carrying bottles back to a milk truck in a residenti...
Photograph

At Muscoda's First Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Man sitting in driver's seat of a Skelly Truck promoting itself with banners and streamers. In the background on the right is a church.
Photograph

Madison Auto Good Roads Highway Patrol Vehicle

Date: 1919
Description: Two men in suits and hats pose outdoors near a Madison Auto Good Roads Highway Patrol vehicle parked at the curb. On the side of the truck are painted sign...
Photograph

Shafer Pharmacy

Date: 1982
Description: View of Williamson Street from inside Shafer Pharmacy. The owner, Hugh Hessman, is standing by a large arched window looking out onto the street. He wears ...
Photograph

Three Tractors Pulling 36 Feet of Plows

Date: 1915
Description: View of partially plowed field, with two men in suits standing posing on the left with 36 feet of plows, pulled by three tractors. The tractors each have a...
Photograph

Children and Apple Barrel

Date: 1953
Description: Several children are gathered outdoors around a bushel basket filled with apples, taking as many apples as they can. Caption reads: "School children posed ...

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