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Accident in Milwaukee

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Description: On-lookers observing an accident, in downtown Milwaukee, of the Hamman's Express Line, piano and furniture mover.
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Loaded Moving Van

Date: 09 03 1931
Description: A Whalen Transfer Company moving van, parked in front of a large brick building, is filled to the brim with items to be stored or moved.
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International Moving Van

Date: 1929
Description: Two men load or unload furniture from an Allied Van Lines moving truck parked in a residential driveway. The truck's lettering reads: "Long Distance Moving...
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Family Loading Truck

Date: 1967
Description: Shelly and Mary Louise Grossman, and their children Keith and Julie, load items including teddy bears, suitcases, and boxes into an International Scout tru...
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International Moving Truck

Date: 03 05 1925
Description: Men remove furniture from a Model 53 International motor truck owned by the Northwestern Moving Company of Detroit, Michigan. An end table and upholstered ...
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Relocating a House

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Description: View down street of movers relocating a house. A two-story wood house, with front porch still attached, sits on the flatbed of a truck as it moves down Wes...
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Sam Davis Company Truck

Date: 1925
Description: Furniture movers from the Sam Davis Company load the back of a Model 53 International motor truck with chairs and boxes. The text on the truck reads: "The ...
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International KB-7 Moving Truck

Date: 1947
Description: View from across a residential street of a moving scene. Men are loading household items into an International KB-47 truck owned by Security Storage Compan...
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International K-7 Truck

Date: 1941
Description: International K-7 tractor and trailer (semi-truck) operated by Allied Van Lines. The truck was owned by Ware Transfer & Storage of Des Moines, Iowa.
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John Hahn Piano and Furniture Moving

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Description: View from the street of John Hahn standing on the right with a horse hitched to a passenger wagon. In the center is the furniture moving wagon he owns, in ...
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John Hahn Furniture Moving

Date: 1906
Description: John Hahn is leaning on a motorized moving van in the S. Sixth Street neighborhood of Walker's Point. At the steering wheel is a man, with another seated n...
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Picketers at Reynolds Transfer and storage

Date: 07 17 1964
Description: Teamster Union picket marching at Reynolds Transfer and Storage Company, 725 E. Mifflin Street.
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Moving Van Parked Outdoors

Date: 08 10 1926
Description: A moving van is parked along the curb in front of a building with signs that read: "John Clark & Sons, Storage Warehouses."
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Tunnel Motor Vans Moving Truck

Date: 02 27 1928
Description: View across street towards a truck parked along the curb. The sign reads, in part: "Local & Long Distance Moving," "Piano Hoisting" and "Storage."
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Moving Van

Date: 01 05 1929
Description: View down street towards two men sitting in the cab of a moving van backed up to the curb, with a sign painted on the side that reads: "Redman's Transfer."...
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Alex Zembrzycki Truck

Date: 12 26 1929
Description: View across street towards a truck with a sign on the driver's side door that reads: "Dump Truck Service." The sign on the stake body of the truck bed read...
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Shore Road Vans

Date: 04 27 1929
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck parked along a curb. The signs painted on the side of the truck read: "Shore Road,...
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Moving Furniture in Wartime

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Description: Providing aid in South Tyrol. Soldiers helping with a move of furniture.

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