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Canada Bread Truck
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A man unloads a box from an International Model C-1 truck with a 125-inch wheelbase parked in front of a grocery store. The text on the truck reads: "Canada Bread" and "Wholesale Cakes." The store's awning reads: "Groceries A-R-G Store Confectionery."
January 22, 1935
International Harvester Company
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