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International Harvester Building

Date: 1937
Description: Elevated view of the headquarters of the International Harvester Company at 180 North Michigan Avenue. The building was completed in 1937 and was located a...
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Parts Man at International Harvester Dealership

Date: 03 08 1939
Description: Man at the parts counter of an International Harvester dealership owned by the Great Lakes Supply Corp.
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Vegetable Store

Date: 1917
Description: Small vegetable store known as the North Shore (Home Grown) Vegetable House, along the north shore of Lake Michigan. To the right of the store two men are ...
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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...
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Cub Cadet Production Celebration

Date: 05 01 1974
Description: The original caption reads: "Comely Chicago models Dianne Trunda (left) and Joyce Szulc (right) help Earl A. Comerford, manager, agricultural and consumer ...
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Man Operating Dump Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Man operating an International dump truck near the Standard Glass Company on La Salle Street, possibly in Chicago.
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Man Operating Dump Truck

Date: 1917
Description: A man unloads an International dump truck full of gravel in La Salle Street near the Standard Glass Company, possibly in Chicago.
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Sales Room at McCormick Works

Date: 07 22 1936
Description: Men in the Repairs Department Sales Room at the McCormick Works factory.
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Men Stacking Twine Fiber

Date: 01 27 1925
Description: Three men use a lift to stack bales of bound fiber in a storage area, possibly at the McCormick Works twine mill. The company used sisal and hemp fiber to ...
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Men at Parts Counter

Date: 1946
Description: A man in an International work coat is standing behind a counter and showing another man a binder with photographs of machinery parts. A storage area of ma...
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Petersen-Lund Paint Company Truck

Date: 1947
Description: An International KB-3 truck used by the Petersen-Lund Paint Company is parked along the curb in front of a block of commercial buildings. A man on the side...
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Strictly Kosher

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Description: At an unidentified kosher butcher shop, a butcher holds up a chicken for a customer to examine. A sign in the background indicates that the butchers were m...
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Braslawsky's Kosher Market

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Description: At Lou Braslawsky's kosher meat market, a butcher holds a roast for a customer to examine. A sign at the back of the store suggests that chickens, not beef...
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Don't Buy Cudahy

Date: 1953
Description: Outside a Chicago A&P grocery store, striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America urge shoppers to boycott products of the Cudahy company...
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Wilson Meatcutters Local

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Description: Exterior view of men walking into the Chicago headquarters of the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workers Local 594, all employees of the Wilson Packin...
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Storing Sisal Fiber

Date: 07 28 1910
Description: Men use a pulley to raise bales of sisal from the ground of a warehouse to the top of a pile of stacked bales. Others use dollies to wheel in additional ba...
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Group with Bestline Truck

Date: 1972
Description: Elevated view of a group of salesmen and "Cameo Girl" saleswomen from Bestline Incorporated. They are standing in a snow-covered parking lot in front of tw...
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Chicago Journal of Commerce Truck

Date: 01 18 1939
Description: View from across street of a man unloading newspapers from the back of an International D-Series panel truck owned by the Charles Levy Circulation Company....
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Parrett Motor Cultivator

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Parrett motor cultivator, featuring an illustration of the machine at center flanked by illustrations of a farmstead, and a man using...
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Sievert Electric Service Truck

Date: 12 1926
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck. The sign painted on the side of the truck reads: "Sievert Service Satisf...

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