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"Strides Into the Future"
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International Harvester "Dealer News" article "Strides Into the Future" featuring photographs of new dealerships, recently constructed with the IH red pylons and expansive showrooms ("prototype" dealerships). The caption attached to the images reads: "Everywhere in the land, from coast to coast and border to border, the red pylons, the distinctive showrooms, and the well-equipped service areas of the International Harvester dealer stand as landmarks of product, service, and management distinction."
May 1949
International Harvester Company
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W012VXX
WHi 48268
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International Harvester Building
1945
View of a red pylon and sign reading: "McCormick-Deering...Parts...Service...International." The red pylon is similar to that used at the company's "prototype" dealerships.
"International Harvester World: The Red Pylon... Symbol of Postwar Progress" Article Cover
March 1948
The "International Harvester World" title page and cover image for the magazine edition and "International Harvester World: The red pylon... symbol of postwar progress" article written by M.E. Nink...
International Harvester Dealership Parts Department and Showroom
1937
Cramped quarters during a modernization project inside the Parts department and showroom of the International Harvester dealership of Marshall Moore. A Farmall F-30 tractor and International D-ser...
International Harvester Dealer Sign Catalog Cover
1950
Front cover of a catalogue of International Harvester dealer signs. Features an illustration of a International Harvester "prototype" dealership building with a red pylon and free-standing letters...
Interior of IH Dealership
1944
Showroom floor and service counter of the Brown Tractor Company, an International Harvester dealership. Two men are at the service counter. Advertising posters and banners are posted throughout the...
Interior of IH Dealership
1944
Showroom floor and service counter of the Brown Tractor Company, an International Harvester dealership. Two men are at the service counter. Advertising posters and banners are posted throughout the...
