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Joe's Place

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: Interior of Joe's Place with bartender, possibly Joseph Puccio. The bar was located at 786 W. Washington Avenue in what was known as the Greenbush neighbor...
Photograph

Morey's Flying Billboard

Date: 04 17 1928
Description: Howard Morey posing in an airplane that advertised Pennco Oil, his distributorship of Waco airplanes, and his flying school. Two women sit in front of him....
Photograph

Workers Erecting Billboard

Date: 1955
Description: Construction workers erecting a billboard for Hines Lumber using a crane mounted on the back of an International heavy-duty truck. The billboard is sitting...
Photograph

Miller High Life Truck

Date: 1950
Description: An International L-182 truck owned by the Arizona Distributing Company parked near an opened garage door of a warehouse. The truck advertises Miller High L...
Photograph

Whitmier & Ferris Company Truck

Date: 03 17 1925
Description: An International Model 43 truck owned by Whitmier & Ferris Company parked along the bank of a river where men are constructing the framework to a billboard...
Print

Fleetstar Advertising Brochure Cover

Date: 1962
Description: Cover of a brochure advertising International Fleetstar BBC Series 1900 and 2000 semi-trucks. The cover features the IHC logo and an illustration of a man ...
Photograph

Wautoma Teens Counter-Picketing Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: Four young men sitting in front of a grocery store. The young man on the left is sitting beside a crate of corn, wearing sunglasses and holding a bag of gr...
Photograph

Ready-Mix Concrete Mixer

Date: 03 01 1927
Description: A man stands on a piece of equipment holding a shovel to move the contents of an International truck owned by the Ready-Mixed Concrete Corp. into a wheelba...
Photograph

Theresa State Bank

Date: 11 1995
Description: "Moving ground for the Theresa State Bank in Lomira."
Book or Pamphlet

Caterpillar on the Road

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Caterpillar tractor, featuring an illustration of a Caterpillar crawler tractor pulling a road grader.
Book or Pamphlet

Caterpillar in the Woods

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising: "The Caterpillar in the Woods." The illustration depicts two men using a Caterpillar tractor to haul logs through a ...
Book or Pamphlet

Caterpillar Tractor Brochure

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising Caterpillar tractors. The page includes a photograph of men using the tractor to work in a field.
Book or Pamphlet

Caterpillar 45 Tractor

Date: 1917
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Caterpillar 45 tractor.
Photograph

Men Using Tractor to Pull Trailer with Tank

Date: 1910
Description: Left side profile view of men with 12-25 Horse Power tractor parked in a cobblestone street. The tractor is pulling a trailer with a large tank that has a ...
Photograph

Washington Street Repaving & Widening

Date: 1948
Description: Crews of the Vinton Construction Co. are laying a 20 foot wide concrete slab in front of the northeast corner of Washington and S. 9th Streets. A truck is ...

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