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Automobile Stuck in Rural Road

Date: 12 07 1915
Description: Three employees of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department working to free a car stuck in a muddy rural road. The original caption read...
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Changing a Tire

Date: 1923
Description: Tire blowouts were a frequent hazard of early automobile travel.
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: Buford Sennett, confessed murderer, soon after his capture at the Pomputis farm, sitting between a police officer and the driver of the car.
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Tire Change in Africa

Date: 01 30 1929
Description: A man stoops to change the tire of an International Special Delivery truck by the side of an African road. The truck was part of an expedition sponsored by...
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"Hi-Jinks"

Date: 1892
Description: Group of men staging an accident. Two men stand nearby watching as three other men pose on the wheels of an overturned vehicle.
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Fixing a Flat Tire on a Ford Car

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Description: A man fixes a flat tire on an early model Ford automobile. Another man stands to the side of the road, and a woman wearing a hat with a large ribbon waits ...
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International Truck Stuck in Sand

Date: 12 08 1936
Description: Men gather around an International D-40 truck stuck in soft sand on a road along a shoreline.
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International Truck Used for Towing

Date: 1920
Description: A man is towing a damaged automobile with an International Six-Speed Special truck. Original caption reads: "'Six speed special, 124" wheelbase, mounted on...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Joy Ride

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a man and a woman pushing their automobile through the mud because the wheels are caught in large ruts. Their feet have sunk to th...
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Truck Stuck in the Mud

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Description: A man with a tractor attempts to pull a truck out of deep mud. Two men stand on the bed of the truck, and another man sits on the front of the tractor. The...
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Keystone Automobile Club International Scout used for Roadside Assistance

Date: 07 31 1962
Description: Keystone Automobile Club's International Scout used for Roadside assistance. A man is fixing the tire, while another man looks on. Original caption reads: ...
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Scouts Pushing Car in Snow

Date: 1938
Description: Scouts at a winter camp push a car stuck in deep snow. Trees are in the background.
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"Blockade" Publicity Still

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Description: Marco (Henry Fonda) looking at the engine of a car while Norma (Madeleine Carroll) and Luis (Leo Carillo) are looking on. A team of oxen is standing on the...
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Ambulance on Bad Road

Date: 12 08 1918
Description: Soldiers looking at ambulance 4, 128th Ambulance Co. stuck on the worst hill on the road to the Rhine. 32nd Division between Buchel and Kaisersesck, German...
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Automobile "Accident" in the Desert

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Description: Posed image of an automobile striking a camel.
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Vehicle Stuck in Wet Sand

Date: 1925
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide showing a group of men on an archaeological expedition in Algeria pushing one of the expedition vehicles nicknamed "Hot Dog" in ...
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Man in Safari Clothes Changing Tire

Date: 12 1927
Description: A man is changing a tire on the truck that crossed the Sahara.
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W.A. Holt and Car Trouble

Date: 09 03 1917
Description: W.A. Holt is standing next to his broken down car in the woods. Three men on the left are examining the wheel of the car. One man is holding a crowbar. On ...

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