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International Truck Carrying Female Employees

Date: 1918
Description: International G-1(?) truck carrying International Harvester Company women workers during World War I. The truck is decorated with flags and shields bearing...
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Bakery Trucks

Date: 1918
Description: Two bakery trucks reading "American-Maid Bread," "...ansfield Bakery," and "New England Bakery Co." are parked side by side in a paved lot.
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Pawling & Harnischfeger Co. Truck with Artillery Gun Mounted on Bed

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Description: A Pawling and Harnischfeger Company truck, with an artillery gun mounted on the bed, decorated with banners and flags. Two soldiers are standing on the bac...
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International Bus in Nebraska

Date: 07 06 1925
Description: Group of men, likely World War I veterans, sitting in an International model 52 or model 53 bus in the streets of Omaha. One man is standing outside near t...
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Armistice Day Street Parade

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: Elevated view from building of informal Armistice Day street parade at an intersection of the downtown area. They are celebrating the conclusion of the fir...
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Community Fair, Main St.

Date: 09 18 1918
Description: Stalls are set up along Main street for the community fair. A truck with flag decorations is tethered to two lampposts to block off the street. Several peo...
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Road to Verdun

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View down road towards trucks and ambulances. Captioned: "Part of our cantonment at Dombasle on the road to Verdun."
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Man Standing Near Ambulance

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: View across road towards a man standing in front of an ambulance. Caption reads: "Two months out of Paris. Taken the day he left Wambasle en route for Waly...
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French Villagers First American Encounter

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: School children gathered around a American. Caption reads: "Sammy Lloyd, Cornell instructor in botany, with a group of merry villagers. We were the first A...
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Town of Folgaria

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Description: Street view of Folgaria in South Tyrol. Soldiers are walking down the street, and two other soldiers are near a truck on the right. Red Cross wagons are pa...
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Red Cross Vehicle

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Description: Red Cross truck on the way to the front carrying packages for the troops and returning with wounded soldiers.
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Women Dump Truck Drivers

Date: 1916
Description: Women drivers of light dump trucks for the highway department in Ashland County during the first World War. The truck in the foreground has a service flag ...

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