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Fairchild at Gettysburg Monument

Date: 1869
Description: Governor Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin and an unidentified group visiting the still uncompleted national monument at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1869. Fair...
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International TD-80 Paymover Towing US Navy Jet

Date: 1960
Description: TD-80 Paymover towing a US Navy jet. The TD-80 was manufactured by Hough, the construction equipment subsidiary of International Harvester.
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Soldiers Operating Crawler Tractor

Date: 1958
Description: Sergeant Dennis McGhee and a student in an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) built for the U.S. Army. The student is learning how to operate the ...
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Soldier Using International TD-18 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1958
Description: Soldier using an International TD-18 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) during a training exercise. The original caption reads: "A graduate of the school assign...
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Civil War Memorial

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Description: The construction of the Civil War Memorial.
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Post-World War II Housing

Date: 03 11 1946
Description: Concrete block basement for a factory-built house in Wisconsin Rapids. The house was a product of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper, and it was ...
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Madison Housing Authority Project

Date: 11 23 1948
Description: This ceremony at Truax Field signaled the start of construction of the 120-unit apartment project for war veterans by the Madison Housing Authority. Henry ...
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Bettendorf Tank Arsenal Under Construction

Date: 1942
Description: Men work on what appears to be International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory).
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Two Men Converse on a Construction Site

Date: 1942
Description: Two men talking on a construction site, probably at International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory). A pile of bricks is in the foreground alon...
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Bettendorf Tank Arsenal

Date: 1942
Description: Construction site showing an additional to an International Harvester factory, probably the company's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal.
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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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International Dump KR-11 Government Truck

Date: 05 04 1942
Description: Side view of an International KR-11 dump truck with the bed raised. The original caption reads: "KR-11 M.T. Government Model, Contract 11401."
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Bettendorf Tank Arsenal Construction

Date: 10 27 1942
Description: Stacks of lumber used in the construction of what is probably International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory). The lumber is sitting on the gro...
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Battalion Seabees with International Truck

Date: 09 1943
Description: Battalion Seabees work on waterfront construction using an International K-line truck.
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International Crawler-Tractors with Cranes

Date: 1944
Description: International crawler-tractors outfitted with Trackson cranes park in rows in a dirt lot. The original caption reads: "Just as is the case with Internation...
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International TD-9 Crawler Tractors

Date: 1944
Description: Elevated view of International TD-9 crawler tractors (TracTracTors) equipped with bulldozers and front-end loaders parked in rows in a dirt lot. The origin...
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Seabees with International TD-18

Date: 1944
Description: Seabees at Camp Rousseau train to use an International TD-18 diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) equipped with a bulldozer. Various vehicles and machinery...
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Bulldozer Operator Training

Date: 1944
Description: Two men operate International crawler tractors (TracTracTors) with bulldozer blades on a rocky hillside as part of a military training program at Camp Pend...
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Uniformed Men with International Trucks

Date: 1944
Description: Uniformed men sit on top of International crawler tractors equipped with bulldozer blades in an area of brush with hills in the background. An internationa...
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Tractor with Road Ripper

Date: 1944
Description: A man uses an International TD-18 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a heavy-duty road ripper to do construction on rough terrain. Hills are in the backgro...

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