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Testing the International Transtar Semi

Date: 1969
Description: Color photograph of an engineer attaching a Transtar nameplate to an International semi-truck during testing.
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Phoenix Proving Ground Truck Testing Headquarters

Date: 1953
Description: Headquarters building for truck testing at International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used by International H...
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First Four-Wheel Drive

Date: 1909
Description: Five men pose with the first successful four-wheel drive vehicle, which was made in Clintonville in 1909. The inventor, Otto Zachow, is the man seated at t...
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Hmong Vegetable Sellers

Date: 1997
Description: Hmong farm family selling vegetables on Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square at Madison's Farmer's Market.
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Man in Street Department Office

Date: 1976
Description: An older man is standing in an office, possibly a weigh station of the Philadelphia Street Department. He is at a bench with papers and various office supp...
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Grain Delivery Truck

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of an open truck loaded with grain on a scale at a weigh station. A man is standing near a small building holding the...
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Truck Development at Fort Wayne

Date: 1972
Description: A man is in a room with testing equipment. In the background is a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck.
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Ice-Covered Truck in Cold Lab

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Description: A man is looking through a window towards another man in a cold lab testing a truck. Caption reads: "A parka-clad engineer braves thirty below zero tempera...
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Farmers' Market Vendors

Date: 08 1975
Description: Vendors weighing produce for customers from the back of a truck at the Dane County Farmers' Market on the Capitol Square.

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