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Shooting a Refrigerator Advertisement

Date: 07 31 1950
Description: A woman wearing an apron posing with a refrigerator in a photography studio while a photographer takes a picture for advertising.
Photograph

Evansville Works Home Economics Kitchen

Date: 1948
Description: Three women in the home economics model kitchen at International Harvester's Evansville Works. Zelma Purchase is wrapping a food product at the table. Lori...
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Floyd Kaylor Restaurant

Date: 1937
Description: A woman is filling a glass from a faucet mounted on a McCormick-Deering 6 can cooler in the Floyd Kaylor Restaurant. Three people are sitting at a counter ...
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Woman with 11FC Freezer

Date: 1949
Description: A woman in a dress, heels, apron, and pearls poses next to an open International Harvester freezer. The freezer, a unit with the lid on top, is full of foo...
Photograph

Woman and Child with 11FC Freezer

Date: 1949
Description: A woman in a dress, apron, heels, and earrings leaning over an open International Harvester freezer, smiling at a girl. The girl, in a dress, braided pigta...
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Man and Woman with 11FC Freezer

Date: 1949
Description: A woman in an apron, dress, and heels, standing on one side of an open International Harvester freezer with a food package in her hand. On the other side, ...
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Man and Woman with 11FC Freezer

Date: 1949
Description: A woman is standing on the left in a dress, apron, and heels holding packaged food. On the right is a man standing on the other side of an open Internation...
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Woman with 15FC Freezer

Date: 1949
Description: A woman in a long dress, heels, earrings, and a double strand of pearls is holding of platter of food in front of an open International Harvester freezer.
Photograph

Woman with Model 8HI Standard Refrigerator

Date: 1949
Description: A woman in a checkered dress, apron, and heels is standing in front of an open International Harvester refrigerator. The door is behind her, and she is ho...
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International Harvester Refrigerator

Date: 1944
Description: A woman and girl standing by an International Harvester upright refrigerator loading food onto the shelves. A curtain is in the background.
Photograph

Man and Woman with Freezer

Date: 1944
Description: A man and woman standing at an International Harvester chest freezer holding pieces of poultry and meat. They are standing in front of a curtain.
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Woman and Girl with Freezer

Date: 1944
Description: A girl handing a piece of poultry to a woman standing in an International walk-in cooler and freezer. They are standing in front of a curtain.
Magazine or Periodical

Home Economics Department Kitchen

Date: 02 1948
Description: View of the new home economics department kitchen. Zelma Purchase is at the range and Priscilla Cobb is standing at the sink.
Photograph

Spot-Checking Production Line

Date: 04 1953
Description: Mae Houston inspecting a new supply of Pantry-Dors for the model L-103 refrigerator with a man on a factory floor.
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Mae Houston Discussing Foot Pedal Design

Date: 1953
Description: Mae Houston discussing foot pedal design of the Decorator with Ray Edwards and M. Jura of Experimental and Test.

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