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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....
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Workers Service Oil Field Equipment

Date: 1956
Description: Color photograph of two men servicing oil field equipment. An International model RDF-192 truck owned by "Dowell" is parked in the foreground.
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International G-61 Coal Truck

Date: 1921
Description: A man is driving an International Model G-61 truck with a bed full of coal for the Clyde Barber Coal Company. Bicycles are leaning against a stone building...
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Filling an Oil Truck

Date: 1930
Description: Two men filling an International oil truck used by the Canadian McColl Frontenac Oil Company. Storage tanks and a building are in the background.
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Cream Separator Oil

Date: 04 26 1927
Description: A man, possibly an International Harvester salesman, presents a can of cream separator oil to a customer. The setting is likely an International Harvester ...
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Power Units on Drilling Rig

Date: 1937
Description: Two men wearing white hats stand near a drilling rig on which two International PA-50 power units are compounded. The machine on the right has a sign readi...
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Cowie Brothers Company Truck

Date: 05 07 1938
Description: A man stands near the back of an International D-30 truck owned by Cowie Brothers City Service Company as the truck supplies a service station with oil. Th...
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Olson's Broadway Cities Service Station

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: Advertising portrait of Ole Olson. He is wearing a uniform and bow tie with emblem patches on his jacket and cap. He is holding a gas hose nozzle and is st...
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Southeast Construction Company

Date: 06 1988
Description: "Workmen from Southeast Construction Company are laying a 10-inch gas line that begins at Pine Bend, MN and will end at Granville, IL."
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Leyda's Service Station

Date: 1931
Description: Leyda's Service Station on the corner of Park Street and Olin Avenue. This service station was a member of the Wadham's Oil and Grease Company chain of Mil...
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Gasoline Delivery Truck

Date: 07 05 1927
Description: Driver's side view of a gasoline delivery truck. A man is sitting in the driver's seat. The logo on the side of the truck reads: "Mileage Gasoline." The tr...
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Men with Winnipeg Lumber & Fuel Co., Trucks

Date: 08 07 1928
Description: Men are on two trucks on a road in front of the Winnipeg Lumber & Fuel Co., building.

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