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Post Office in Rabbit Hash

Date: 05 26 1894
Description: Exterior view of the Wilson Riddell general store, with a horse-drawn wagon parked in front. There is a post office and paint shop attached to the store. S...
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Students Board Bus at Auburndale District School

Date: 03 22 1938
Description: Students boarding an International D-30 school bus outside the Auburndale 47th District School in Jefferson County. Some students appear to be dressed as c...
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International Harvester Dealership Parts Department and Showroom

Date: 1937
Description: Cramped quarters during a modernization project inside the Parts department and showroom of the International Harvester dealership of Marshall Moore. A Fa...
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Residential Construction Site

Date: 11 02 1918
Description: Residential building site near railroad tracks, looking west. Several houses are under construction. Benham was a "company town" created by International H...
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Construction of Retaining Wall

Date: 04 05 1919
Description: Men working on a hillside retaining wall to "P tipple" of no. 2 mine. Railroad tracks and houses are below in the distance. Benham was a "company town" cre...
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Steam Shovel Digging Borrow Pit

Date: 03 01 1919
Description: Workers digging a "borrow pit" for no. 2 mine with a steam shovel. The men are standing along a set of narrow gauge railroad tracks. Benham was a "company ...
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Railroad Tracks and Bridge

Date: 03 19 1919
Description: Small steam engine hauling empty cars over a bridge along a narrow gauge railroad track. Houses in a residential neighborhood are in the background. The tr...
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Construction of "Borrow Pit"

Date: 02 22 1919
Description: Workers using a steam shovel to dig a "borrow pit" for the no. 2 mine. The shovel is loading soil onto a rail car on a narrow gauge railroad track. Benham ...
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Opening to No. 2 Mine

Date: 12 11 1918
Description: Two men, at least one of them a miner, standing in front of the no. 7 opening to the no. 2 mine. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harve...
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Miners with Mine Sprinkler

Date: 1919
Description: Three miners with a mine sprinkler inside a mine shaft. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisconsin Ste...
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Construction of Railroad Dock

Date: 03 29 1919
Description: Men building a dock along railroad tracks. The tracks run along a stream or small river. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for...
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Freshly Painted Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: Freshly painted Farmall Cub tractor hanging in a paint oven at International Harvester's Louisville Works.
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Farmall Cub Ready to Leave Assembly Line

Date: 1948
Description: Farmall Cub tractor ready to leave the assembly line at International Harvester's Louisville Works.
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Farmall Tractors Ready for Shipment

Date: 1948
Description: Color photograph of hundreds of Farmall tractors lined up outside the International Harvester's Louisville Works(?) (factory). Some of the tractors are loa...
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Air Pollution Inspector

Date: 1975
Description: Color photograph of an air pollution inspector wearing sunglasses is holding his badge near the door emblem on his International Scout II pickup. The truck...
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On the Trip to the Mammoth Cave

Date: 1858
Description: Hölzlhuber journeyed from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky, and from there took a train south to Cave City, from which passengers boarded a stagecoach for t...
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Striking Sugar Workers

Date: 1955
Description: Striking members of the United Packinghouse Workers employed by the Colonial Sugar Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, distribute literature to passers-by u...
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Men Gathered Around International Fire Truck

Date: 1917
Description: A group of distinguished men in hats, coats and suits are standing around an International fire truck.
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International Model F Feed Delivery Truck

Date: 1916
Description: A man drives an International Model F (or 31) truck owned by a feed store. The truck is parked next to a building with a sign that reads: "Feed, hominy mea...
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Houseboat near Shoreline

Date: 05 30 1894
Description: A houseboat on the Ohio River. A man stands on the deck of the boat on the right.

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