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Carriage Stuck in the Mud

Date: 1898
Description: Horse-drawn carriage stuck in a rut on a muddy road near the Ohio River in Floyd County, Indiana. One man is holding the horse while another attempts to di...
Book or Pamphlet

1972 International Camper Pickups

Date: 1972
Description: Front cover of advertising brochure for the 1972 line of International camper pickup trucks featuring the slogan: "When your camp goes with you." The cover...
Photograph

Elephant Riders in the Congo

Date: 1938
Description: Four Congolese men ride elephants in the African Congo. An International "Jungle Yacht" is on the street in the background and an International Harvester a...
Photograph

Elephant Rider in Africa

Date: 1939
Description: The grill of an International truck with an African man riding an elephant in the background. The truck was built by International Harvester for Commander ...
Photograph

Stuck in the Mud

Date: 1898
Description: Two men attempt to move a buggy mired in the mud on a rutted, dirt road. One man is steadying the horse and his hat is laying in the middle of the road. Th...
Photograph

The Dam Road House

Date: 
Description: View across snow-covered road towards several men and horses in front of the Dam Road House on the Fairbanks-Valdez Trail. Caption reads: "The Dam Road Hou...
Photograph

Leaving Chicago

Date: 1919
Description: Pier and a ship at Chicago, taken from aboard another vessel. Taken by the Richard Lloyd Jones family during their move from Madison to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Photograph

Eugene and Magda Herzberger in Israel

Date: 1955
Description: Eugene and Magda Herzberger (at left) with friends in the Negev region of Israel. They pose near a camel held on a tether by a man, possibly of Bedouin des...
Photograph

Frank O. King on Horse

Date: 1923
Description: Frank O. King poses for a photograph while riding horseback in the American Southwest. In 1923, Frank and Delia traveled to the Grand Canyon, Monument Vall...
Poster

Far West National Parks, USA and Canada Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting the national parks of the western United States and Canada, as well as promoting train travel. The poster depicts a creek...
Photograph

Mr. Duncan on Root Commission Passage

Date: 1917
Description: Man identified in original caption as "Mr. Duncan" on board the ship Buffalo as part of the Root Commission's trip to Russia. A goat appears to be l...
Print

Seasons Greetings

Date: 1934
Description: Holiday card of a horse-drawn coach with passengers inside as well as on the roof. Many gifts and pieces of luggage are on top. Four horses are pulling the...
Photograph

Agricultural Extension Agent in Surrey

Date: 01 27 1932
Description: Miss Zella Wigent, International Harvester extension agent, travels across a dirt road in the back of a surrey from Florence, Alabama to present a talk in ...
Print

International Truck Advertising Proof Featuring Commander Gatti

Date: 1949
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring color photographs relating to an expedition to Africa by explorer Attilio Gatti. Includes images of n...
Photograph

Hauling Pipe on a Rutted Dirt Road

Date: 1898
Description: Rear view of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon filled with pipe on a muddy, rutted dirt road. A split-rail fence can be seen on both sides of the road and ...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Wagons on Rutted Dirt Road

Date: 1989
Description: Two horse-drawn wagons travel toward each other on a rutted, dirt road. It appears that a woman wearing a bonnet and shawl is driving the nearer wagon, wit...
Photograph

Mired in Mud on a Dirt Road

Date: 05 19 1898
Description: Two men sit in a horse-drawn wagon mired in the mud on a dirt road. Several houses are in the background, with two women standing on a porch on the left, i...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Buggy on Rutted Dirt Road

Date: 1898
Description: A man sits in a horse-drawn buggy while another man appears to be digging dirt out from under a front wheel. Fences and a gate are on the left. This image ...
Photograph

Tipped Over in the Mud

Date: 1898
Description: Two men attempt to move a buggy that has tipped over in the mud on a rutted, dirt road with steep embankments on both sides. One man is steadying the horse...
Photograph

Wagons Passing On a Muddy Road

Date: 1898
Description: View over fence of two men sitting in their horse-drawn wagon that appears to be stuck in the mud on a rutted dirt road. A buggy has just passed them in th...

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