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Bartender with McCormick-Deering 10 Can Cooler

Date: 1938
Description: Male bartender at Clyde Cockersham's Bar. The bar was equipped with a McCormick-Deering ten can cooler.
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Parts Technician on Telephone at Office Desk

Date: 10 26 1937
Description: Parts technician on the telephone at his desk in the International Harvester dealership of H. Metz. The portrait was taken as part of store modernization p...
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Mechanics at Work on Truck Engines

Date: 10 22 1943
Description: Mechanics repairing truck engines in the service department of an International Harvester dealership.
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Old Grocer in his Office

Date: 06 21 1960
Description: William Behnke goes over bills in his office at the rear of his store, which was in business since July 12, 1899.
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Selling Defense Savings Bonds

Date: 01 1942
Description: Man and woman consider buying Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps from a clerk at a basement CUNA Credit Union National Association office.
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Interior View of the Frank Bros. Grocery Store

Date: 04 07 1939
Description: Morning view of the interior of Frank Bros. grocery store, located at 609-613 University Avenue, with two shop keepers stocking the window with Seald Sweet...
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Relaxing in the Barber Chair

Date: 06 1971
Description: Barber Mike Godsell sitting back and relaxing in his shop.
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Business Man Watches Construction

Date: 1969
Description: A business man stands in a seafood store with a neon lobster sign. He is watching the construction of the World Trade Center through the window.
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"Wisconsin State Journal" Staff

Date: 01 28 1949
Description: The Advertising Department of the "Wisconsin State Journal" has artists, copy writers, and technical experts to "help you shop."
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Kayser Motors

Date: 04 13 1949
Description: Five automotive technicians work on engines inside the engine rebuilding department at Kayser Motors.
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International Truck at City Sales

Date: 10 03 1935
Description: Two men sit at a desk near an International station wagon (possibly in an International truck dealership). Original caption reads: "City Sales, Dan Strong ...
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Man Sitting at Desk

Date: 1936
Description: A man at the Number 1 Motor Truck Station sits at a unorganized desk. Possibly a photograph from an instructional film about proper International Harvester...
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Two Salesmen in an Office

Date: 1936
Description: Two men, one talking on the telephone with his feet on the desk and another reading paperwork, work at a disorganized desk. Possibly a photograph from an i...
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Two Men at a Desk

Date: 1936
Description: Two men converse in a tidy office. Possibly a photograph from an instructional film about proper International Harvester salesmanship. This photograph is a...
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Hamburg Branch House Interior

Date: 1935
Description: Men in a work room with parts bins at International Harvester's Hamburg branch house in Germany. An enclosed office is on the right, with a clock above the...
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Breslau Branch House Office

Date: 1935
Description: Office workers at desks next to a showroom at International Harvester's branch house in Breslau, Germany. A skylight illuminates reapers, grain binders and...
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McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler Demonstration

Date: 10 06 1937
Description: C.L. Thompson, a McCormick-Deering dealer explains a milk cooler, which is loaded on a trailer hauled by an International truck, to Wayne Wakefield. Both m...
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Customers in General Store

Date: 1939
Description: Two women and a girl stand near a counter inside a general store as a man shows them a product. A cat and a dog sleep on the floor in the background, and a...
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International PD-80 Diesel at Sawmill

Date: 09 14 1938
Description: Men working outdoors at a sawmill powered by an International PD-80 Diesel power unit purchased by the A.B. Carroll Lumber Company.
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International PD-80 Diesel Power Unit

Date: 1938
Description: An International PD-80 diesel power unit used to power an A.B. Carroll Lumber Company sawmill. Several men are at work on the site; trees, and what appears...

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