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Hubert H. Humphrey Speaking to Workers

Date: 1968
Description: Hubert H. Humphrey speaking to factory workers through a megaphone from the back of a convertible.
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Edwards Tire Company

Date: 12 15 1945
Description: "Ole" Odegaard, tire repairman at Edwards Tire Company, 506 University Avenue, re-treading tires.
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Orange Crush Truck

Date: 08 25 1925
Description: A woman wearing a dress and a cloche hat is standing next to an Orange Crush truck while drinking from a soda bottle. The driver of the truck is sitting be...
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Korean War Opinion Poll

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: Journalist John Prindle, left, doing an on-the-street interview with Conrad Druse, veteran and University of Wisconsin graduate student, about his opinions...
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Dangers of Poor Eyesight

Date: 07 1927
Description: John Esch, sitting behind the wheel of an automobile, adjusting his eyeglasses while smoking a tobacco pipe. Photograph taken for International Harvester's...
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Core Slinger at Indianapolis Works

Date: 1940
Description: Factory workers making cylinder block barrel cores with a Beardsley and Piper core slinger at International Harvester's Indianapolis Truck Engine Works.
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Spiegel Family Butchering Chickens

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Description: Six men of the Spiegel family stand outdoors around a long wooden table butchering chickens. The table is covered with large steel pots and pieces of meat....
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International Diesel Demothon

Date: 08 21 1967
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of farmers and businessmen gathered to attend International Harvester's "Diesel Demothon." In the foreground two men and a young g...
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Joe Dottl at The Ideal Body Company

Date: 1955
Description: Joe Dottl standing in the Ideal Body Company on Park Street.
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Limousine on Havana Street

Date: 1959
Description: Parked limousine with open doors on a Havana street at the end of the Cuban Revolution. Two men in the foreground appear to be taking photographs of the ve...
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Man Working on International Motor Truck

Date: 1959
Description: A factory worker leans through the windshield of an International motor truck while adjusting one of its parts. The photograph was possibly taken at the co...
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Truck Manufacture

Date: 1959
Description: View through a truck body of men at work in an International Motor Truck Division factory, probably the Springfield Works. Other men can be seen working on...
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International Metro Assembly Line

Date: 1959
Description: Men work on a partially-assembled Metro truck body raised on an assembly line inside the factory of the Metropolitan Body Company, an International Harvest...
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Schappe Motors Employee

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: Portrait of Persh Curran, Service Director at Schappe Motors Incorporated, 801 East Washington Avenue.
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Schappe Motors Employee

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: Portrait of William "Bill" Zurian, in the car-repair business for 34 years. He has been recognized as a Master Technician after graduating from Chrysler Mo...
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Photographing International Metro Mite Truck

Date: 1961
Description: Two men set up a photography shot of an International Metro Mite truck in a studio at International Harvester's Hickory Hill Farm.
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International Harvester Styling Seminar

Date: 1966
Description: International Harvester engineer Ted Ornas with a group of students at the company's first styling seminar at the Fort Wayne motor truck engineering depart...
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Men at International Harvester Styling Seminar

Date: 1966
Description: IH engineer Ted Ornas and a student discuss the building of a "Multipurpose Safety Utility Vehicle" during International Harvester's first styling seminar ...
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Space Buck Design

Date: 1966
Description: A man constructs a space buck on a divider during International Harvester's first styling seminar at the Fort Wayne motor truck engineering department. The...
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Men Consulting on Automobile Design

Date: 1966
Description: IH engineer Ted Ornas consults with a student in International Harvester's first styling seminar at the Fort Wayne motor truck engineering department. Anot...

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