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Poster

International Crawler Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1946
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester crawler tractors with a color illustration of a tractor working a construction site for new suburban homes. ...
Photograph

Johnson Wax Research Tower

Date: 1949
Description: View of the Johnson Wax Research and Development Tower under construction.
Photograph

International Diesel TD-24 Crawler Tractor with Dual Roller

Date: 1948
Description: Color photograph of an International Diesel TD-24 crawler tractor with a sheepsfoot roller used for road construction on the south side of Dorena Lake Dam.
Print

International TD-24 Advertising Brochure

Date: 1948
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for an International TD-24 diesel crawler tractor ("TracTracTor") with "planet power steering." The ad shows two men with ...
Photograph

Rock Crusher

Date: 06 18 1940
Description: Truck-pulled rock crusher manufactured by Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company, 623 East Main Street. Left rear view of the unit parked along railroad track...
Photograph

Clearing Trees with International TD-24 Crawler

Date: 1949
Description: Construction worker clears trees along a hillside with an International diesel TD-24 TracTracTor (crawler tractor).
Photograph

International Crawler Tractor with Crane

Date: 1949
Description: A group of men are working with an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a crane.
Book or Pamphlet

The Why and Wherefore of the Diesel

Date: 1949
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for International diesel engines. Features two-color illustrations of an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor)...
Photograph

L-120 Truck with Pickup Body

Date: 1949
Description: View of an International L-120 truck with pickup body parked at a residential construction site. Two men in work clothes and hats stand near the truck.
Photograph

Blied Building Remodeling

Date: 05 09 1949
Description: Elevated view from Park Hotel Roof of the remodeling of the Blied Building, 29 West Main Street. Other West Main Street businesses visible are Madison Bank...
Photograph

Blied Building Remodeling

Date: 05 09 1949
Description: View from Capitol Park towards the Blied Building, 29 West Main Street, under construction. The corner of the building is covered with construction. The Fo...
Photograph

Blied Building Remodeling

Date: 05 09 1949
Description: View from Park Hotel towards the Blied Building, 29 West Main Street and Carroll Street facade, under construction. The corner of the building is covered w...
Poster

New International Harvester Logo Advertising Poster

Date: 1947
Description: Advertising poster linking the new International Harvester logo with the company's truck, agricultural equipment, construction equipment, and household ref...
Photograph

Hough Payloader with Buggy

Date: 1948
Description: Hough Payloader with buggy being loaded by another machine. According to the original caption, the machines were the property of the American Agricultural ...
Photograph

Hough HFH Payloader Loading Coal Truck

Date: 1947
Description: Hough HFH Payloader loading coal into a J.W. Petersen Company truck. The HFH was built by the Frank G. Hough Company, manufacturers of construction equipme...
Photograph

Painters on Scaffold

Date: 10 17 1945
Description: Two Capital Decorating Company employees on a scaffold painting window frames in the Park Hotel, 22 South Carroll Street. A man can be seen looking out of ...
Photograph

Safway Steel Scaffold

Date: 06 05 1946
Description: A Safway Steel Scaffold at the Capitol Heat and Power Plant, 624 East Main Street. Safway Steel Scaffolds Company, offices at 940 Williamson Street, is an ...
Photograph

Wisconsin Telephone Company Construction

Date: 05 15 1947
Description: Elevated view of men pouring cement into the forms of the Wisconsin Telephone Company's new seven story building on the corner of West Main Street and Sout...
Photograph

Mt. Olive Lutheran Church

Date: 09 11 1947
Description: Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, 4018 Mineral Point Road, is shown under construction.
Photograph

Highway 30 Overpass

Date: 09 30 1947
Description: Highway 30 overpass under construction over the railroad tracks just east of the Sun Prairie Road (East Washington Avenue) junction.

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