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International DR-500 Cement Truck

Date: 1940
Description: International DR-500 cement truck with 94-inch wheel base owned and operated by Ireland and Lester Ready Mixed Concrete.
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OS-6 Orchard Tractor and Spray Unit Spraying Crops

Date: 1946
Description: McCormick-Deering Model OS-6 orchard tractor in operation in an apple orchard with a 500 gallon Hardie Spray Rig. The rig had a 30-35 gallon pump capacity ...
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Farmall Cub and International Truck Float for Automotive Golden Jubilee

Date: 1946
Description: Farmall Cub tractor and an International truck on a parade float for the Automotive Golden Jubilee celebration May 31-June 9.
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Loading a 20mm Cannon

Date: 1945
Description: Original caption reads: "A loaded magazine is mounted on a 20mm cannon in one of the test stands at Hazel Park Firing Range." Frederick Viator is the gunne...
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Automotive Golden Jubilee Parade Float

Date: 1946
Description: An International Harvester parade float in the Golden Jubilee celebration parked alongside a road. The text on the side of the float reads: "Motor Transpor...
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Road Construction with TD-18 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: Men work on a new road with an International TD-18 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) and an Austin-Western grader. Original caption reads: "TD-18 T.T.T. and Au...
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Mobile Disaster Unit

Date: 1942
Description: Side view of an International truck used as a mobile disaster unit by the Detroit Chapter of the American Red Cross. The truck is parked in what appears to...
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UPWA Officers

Date: 02 11 1949
Description: Swearing-in ceremony for Local 190 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America in Detroit by field representative George Sinclair: Daniel Penn, president...
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Wartime Labor Agreement

Date: 07 14 1942
Description: Meeting of United Packinghouse Workers Local 69 stewards and committeemen employed at the Hygrade Food Products plant. They were meeting to organize a labo...
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International Harvester Dealership in Benton Harbor Michigan

Date: 1944
Description: William Gardner working at a grinder, and Otto Varbrough(?) working at a pin fitting machine in the tool room of an International Harvester dealership. A l...
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Two Men in International Harvester Dealership

Date: 1944
Description: Two men stand at a parts counter in an International Harvester farm equipment dealership.
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Three Men Working in Service Shop

Date: 1944
Description: Three men working in a service shop of an International Harvester dealership. The men are standing at work tables with vises along a row of large windows.
Postcard

Postcard of Downtown Detroit

Date: 1940
Description: Postcard with retouched photomechanical reproduction, printed in color, of an elevated view of the Campus Martius and surrounding buildings in downtown. Ca...
Drawing

Panshin House, Floor Plan

Date: 03 28 1947
Description: A rendering on tissue paper of the floor plan of a house for Mr. and Mrs. Alexis J. Panshin.
Drawing

Hayworth House, First Floor Plan

Date: 06 06 1949
Description: A rendering on tissue paper of the floor plan for the first floor of a house design for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hayworth.
Drawing

Hayworth House, Second Floor Plan

Date: 06 06 1949
Description: A rendering on tissue paper of the second story floor plan for a house design for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hayworth.
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Farmall M Tractor Moving a Railroad Car Away from a Fire

Date: 1947
Description: Two men on a Farmall M tractor are moving a railroad car loaded with alfalfa meal away from a fire at Piehl Alfalfa Mill.
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DR-500 Truck

Date: 1940
Description: A man sitting in the driver's seat of a DR-500 with 94 inch wheelbase. Blair Knox 2 1/2 cubic yard truck mixer. FF-42-C direct in fifth transmission. Paint...
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K-5 Truck Mounted with Elgin Corps as Refuse-Getter

Date: 1941
Description: View across lawn towards two men standing near a K-5 truck used by the Department of Public Works, St. Joseph. The doors of the cab are removed. One man is...
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IH Model Beet Harvester

Date: 1947
Description: Model beet harvester in a 26-acre field of beets on the 500-acre farm of Ed Zeneberg. Three men are working on the machine to harvest the beets, with one o...

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