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Capitol Theatre Construction

Date: 05 02 1927
Description: View of Madison businesses on Henry Street, with steel frame construction of the Capitol Theatre in the background.
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Worker Hauling Metal Bars at McCormick Works

Date: 02 17 1916
Description: Man standing holding up the front of a wooden cart loaded with metal parts outside International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built...
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Factory Worker Standing at Pile of Scrap Parts

Date: 03 18 1920
Description: Older factory worker standing in front of a pile of scrap parts in a factory yard, most likely at International Harvester's Osborne Works.
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Rake Wheels on McCormick Works Shipping Platform

Date: 1900
Description: Two workers among hundreds of hay rake wheels stacked on a shipping platform next to rail cars at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by the ...
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Pahl Tire Co.

Date: 06 03 1937
Description: Pahl Tire Company, located at 208 E. Washington Avenue. Opened in 1936, moved to 202 East Washington Avenue about 1960, closed in 2013.
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Goodyear Service Employees and NRA Sign

Date: 08 01 1933
Description: Group portrait of 13 Goodyear Service employees. Includes one woman, and nine men in uniform, posing in front of a store window with an NRA (National Recov...
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Winnebago Auto Replacement Parts Co. Employees

Date: 09 07 1946
Description: 19 employees (entire sales force) standing in front of Winnebago Auto Parts Replacement Parts Company, 103 North Park Street.
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Forklift Operator at Tractor Works

Date: 1950
Description: Factory worker Horace Holmes uses a forklift to move parts at International Harvester's Tractor Works.
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Automatic Scout Advertisement

Date: 1969
Description: Full-page advertisement for the International Harvester automatic Scout truck, featuring the text: "it pays to be SHIFT-LESS" and two color photographs.
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Men in Scrap Yard

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of two men wearing business suits standing near an automobile and a truck in a scrap yard as part of a Harvester World story on World ...
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Scrapped Automobiles in Mud

Date: 03 24 1962
Description: Chief's automobile parts "graveyard" near the intersection of the West Beltline and Highway 51.
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General Tire Company Truck

Date: 1950
Description: A man parks an International L-130 truck owned by the General Tire Company next to the Motor Supply Company building. Two large tires are loaded onto the b...
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Tire Pile

Date: 10 13 1963
Description: A large pile of used tires near a DX gasoline sign. In the background are several grain elevators, a house, and a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer sign.
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Truck Chassis for Government Contract Vehicle

Date: 05 01 1942
Description: View of a K-7-269 International truck chassis, possibly used for military vehicles under a government contract. The truck chassis has been set on its left ...
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Federal Center

Date: 05 1981
Description: View across road of buildings at 202 - 222 East Washington Avenue including Pahl Tire Co., Paradise Printing and Federal Center.
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Disassembled Torque Amplifier Unit

Date: 05 16 1952
Description: Disassembled experimental Torque Amplifier unit and transmission gears which were removed from a Farmall H chassis Q5514.
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Man Parked Outside Automotive Store or Dealership

Date: 1914
Description: Man in an International Model M truck outside an automotive shop or dealership. Signs in the store window advertise tires and "vulcanizing." The bed of the...
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Berkley Chevrolet

Date: 1930
Description: The Berkley Chevrolet dealership, 224 Third Avenue, housed in a two-story brick building with Red Crown Gasoline pumps in front. Signs in the window advert...
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Philbrick Garage

Date: 1930
Description: Five trucks loaded with tires are parked in front of the Philbrick Garage, a Ford and Lincoln dealership at 207 Third Avenue. Boxes on the far right truck ...
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Tire Yard

Date: 2009
Description: Elevated view of a tire yard on a foggy day.

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