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Kids Drinking Milk in School

Date: 1921
Description: Classroom full of school children drinking milk at Washington school.
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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.
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Hotel Loraine Lobby

Date: 09 21 1928
Description: Loraine Hotel lobby with local business directory next to registration desk, male customer at registration counter and two clerks in front of Western Union...
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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".
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Alabama Demonstration Farm Plot

Date: 01 24 1924
Description: Plot for an International Harvester Company demonstration farm.
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Hemmeter Auto & Electrical Supplies Storefront

Date: 02 04 1929
Description: A display window for the "F. HEMMETER, JR. AUTO & ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES RADIOS - TIRES" showing a scale model diorama of an International truck and two men i...
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Factory Manager at Fort Wayne Works

Date: 04 23 1929
Description: A man, probably a factory manager, sitting at a large desk in an office at International Harvester's Ft. Wayne Works. A large map of the United States is h...
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Woman Working in Insurance Office

Date: 11 19 1927
Description: Young woman sitting at a typewriter, presumably a staff employee, in the office of the Indiana Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
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Earth Globe

Date: 12 27 1927
Description: An earth globe on a stand, featuring North America.
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"Sahara" Truck Loaded with Sandbags

Date: 10 31 1928
Description: A "Sahara" truck, loaded heavily with sandbags, is sitting in deep sand in an exhibition at a fair. A large building is in the background.
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Map of Northern Africa

Date: 1925
Description: Map of northern Africa with the border between Algeria and Tunisia drawn in red. Caption reads: "199A — (L61208) Map Series 2 The Eastern Barbary States."
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"Sahara" Trucks

Date: 10 31 1928
Description: Rear view of the "Sahara" truck, with the back heavily loaded with sandbags, driving through deep sand at an exhibition. There is a map on a signboard in t...
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"Sahara" Trucks

Date: 10 31 1928
Description: Left side view of the "Sahara" truck, with the back heavily loaded with sandbags, sitting in deep sand at an exhibition. There is a map on a signboard in t...
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Sahara Truck on Display

Date: 02 07 1929
Description: The Sahara truck on display with information panels. Other vehicles are on display in the large room.
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The Truck that Crossed the Sahara

Date: 03 18 1929
Description: "The Truck that Crossed the Sahara" on display in a showroom.
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"Truck That Crossed The Sahara"

Date: 03 26 1929
Description: "Truck That Crossed The Sahara" is on display in a dealership. In the foreground is a map on an easel.
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"Truck That Crossed The Sahara"

Date: 04 06 1929
Description: View through a show window of a display of the truck that crossed the Sahara. There is a map on an easel on the left. A poster on an easel on the right has...
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The Truck that Crossed the Sahara

Date: 04 05 1929
Description: View of a display of the truck that crossed the Sahara. Banners and flags are hanging around the room. A sign above the trucks reads: "Here It Is! The Truc...
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Professor E.A. Birge's Laboratory

Date: 1925
Description: Equipment is set-up in a laboratory at Trout Lake. A map of Oneida County is on the far wall between two windows.
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Sigrid Schultz Seated at a Desk in Berlin

Date: 1920
Description: Sigrid Schultz is seated at a desk holding a document. A man is typing at a desk behind her. There is a map on the wall.

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