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Farmall Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1928
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering Farmall tractors showing a map of the United States with trains speeding in all directions from Illinois. Bears th...
Map or Atlas

Goodrich, Graham and Morton Steamship Lines Map

Date: 1926
Description: Pages 21 and 22 from the 1926 schedule are a map showing the routes of the Goodrich Transit Company, Great Lakes Transit Company, Detroit and Cleveland Lin...
Print

Summer Trips by Goodrich Ships

Date: 1930
Description: Page 4 from the schedule describes the trip from Chicago, Illinois, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the "Christopher Columbus" or "Theodore Roosevelt". Include...
Map or Atlas

Routes of the Goodrich Steamship Lines

Date: 1930
Description: Page 8 of the 1930 schedule is a map of the routes of the Goodrich Steamship Lines in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
Photograph

Showroom with Truck that Crossed the Sahara

Date: 02 07 1929
Description: Showroom featuring the Special Delivery truck (center) that crossed the Sahara Desert from 1927-1928. There is a framed map on an easel on the left.
Historical Object

Northwest Orient Airlines Ticket

Date: 1948
Description: Passenger ticket and baggage check for Northwest Orient Airlines, illustrating their newly initiated around-the-globe routes to the Far East. This ticket w...
Photograph

Zimmerman and Brayton

Date: 05 27 1941
Description: Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman and Robert "Bob" Brayton, Public Relations Director or the American Automobile Association. They are standing in front...
Photograph

Radio Display

Date: 09 26 1930
Description: Crosley radio display at Nelson's at Super Service Station, 220-222 N. Henry Street.
Poster

International Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1930
Description: Advertising poster for International Special Delivery trucks. Features photographic illustrations of a journey across the Sahara desert over a map of Afric...
Postcard

Manitowoc, The Gateway between the East and the West

Date: 1905
Description: Bird's-eye view of Manitowoc on the shores of Lake Michigan. A map of the northeastern part of the United States at the top indicates Manitowoc's location ...
Magazine or Periodical

Pictorial Map of Australia

Date: 1938
Description: A colorful pictorial map of Australia, featured on the front and back cover of a special Australian edition of International Trail.
Photograph

Calumet Harbor

Date: 1920
Description: Calumet Harbor on Lake Winnebago. On the left is a map, and on the right are two images, one captioned: "Calumet Harbor".
Book or Pamphlet

Scenic Wisconsin Motorways

Date: 1924
Description: Front and back covers of Scenic Wisconsin Motorways, a guide to Wisconsin roads compiled by Victor F. Pettric and published by the Wisconsin Motorists Asso...
Manuscript

Hoover Dam Builders Choose Internationals

Date: 03 1932
Description: Page from International Trail magazine featuring an article about the use of International trucks for the construction of the Hoover Dam. The title ...
Photograph

West Washington Avenue Underpass Hearing

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Elevated view of eleven men sitting on the stage at Central High School auditorium conducting a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenu...
Photograph

Lowell Frautschi at West Washington Avenue Underpass Hearing

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Lowell Frautschi, Vice President Frautschi's Furniture Store, speaking at a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenue under the Chicago,...
Photograph

International Trucks at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: International trucks on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair. Models include the International M-3 "H...
Photograph

International Truck at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: International truck on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
Photograph

Interior of IH Building at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 06 02 1933
Description: Tractors, agricultural machinery and trucks on display inside International Harvester's exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
Photograph

International Truck at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 05 31 1934
Description: An International paneled station wagon ("woody") on display in the International Harvester exhibit at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.

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