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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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Three Men with $5000 Check

Date: 03 30 1936
Description: Three men displaying $5000 check issued by U.S. Treasury Dept. to Richland Cooperative Electric Association for Rural Electrification Program.
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Radio Display

Date: 09 26 1930
Description: Crosley radio display at Nelson's at Super Service Station, 220-222 N. Henry Street.
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Rentschler Floral Company F.T.D. Display Window

Date: 12 05 1952
Description: Rentschler Floral Company Floral Telegraph Delivery window display, "Flower's-by-Wire, Around the World."
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Rentschler Floral FTD Window Display

Date: 12 08 1952
Description: Rentschler Floral Company, 230 State Street, Floral Telegraph Delivery window display with plants and floral arrangements, banner with world map and "Flowe...
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Wisconsin Felton Sporting Goods Window Display

Date: 03 17 1947
Description: Wisconsin Felton Sporting Goods window display of state map and pairings chart for 1947 State Basketball Tournament. "Welcome State Tournament Fans."
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International Harvester Service Map

Date: 1913
Description: Map showing the locations of IHC branch houses, works (factories), iron mines, coal lands, and timber lands.
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United States Map in Milking Machine Parts Display

Date: 1931
Description: A group of people look at an 1831 United States map, part of a McCormick-Deering milking machine parts display. The title on the map reads, "The United St...
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Farmall 100 Tractor on Display

Date: 1955
Description: A Farmall 100 tractor on display in a showroom. The showroom may have been at the International Harvester headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.
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Education and Training Center Interior

Date: 1946
Description: Interior view of International Harvester's Education and Training Center. Machinery parts and equipment are on display along the wall of a service and part...
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Landaal Brothers Office

Date: 07 16 1937
Description: George J. Landaal sits at a large wooden desk and examines a piece of paper taken from a box in the Landaal Brothers office while Alfred Faller looks on ov...
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Oil Progress Week Proclamation Signing

Date: 10 12 1951
Description: Madison mayor George Forster signs the proclamation to observe Oil Progress Week, while Arnold Wake (center), the general chairman for the observance, and ...
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IH Branch House Map, U.S. and Canada

Date: 06 17 1933
Description: A map of International Harvester branch houses in both Canada and the United States.
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Cranberry Exhibit

Date: 1950
Description: Agricultural exhibit designed by the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association and Eatmor Cranberries. The exhibit shows various types and stages of cr...
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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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Service Counter at Mt. Victory Service Plaza

Date: 1962
Description: Two men speak across the service counter at Mt. Victory truck stop. Several posters and a map hang on the wall, and a cash register sits on the counter.
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Men at Service Counter

Date: 1962
Description: Three men, probably truck drivers, gather at the service counter at the Mt. Victory truck stop.
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Group in front of General Store Counter

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Description: A general store counter at Weigands Bay. Two women are behind the counter, with boxes of cigars on display behind them. Other canned goods are on the shelv...
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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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