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Telephone Line Installation
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Telephone linemen working on scaffolds at different levels on a telephone pole as they install line in a rural area. Their International Harvester truck is parked in the grass nearby.
1928
International Harvester Company
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WHi 22733
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation
August 9, 1927
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation
August 9, 1927
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Truck and Telephone Pole Installation
August 9, 1927
Men installing a telephone pole in a field. A truck is parked along a road behind them, and a large auger is attached to an apparatus at the front of the truck. Young children are standing in the r...
Installation of Telephone Pole
July 19, 1928
View down street towards a man driving a McCormick-Deering tractor to install a telephone pole on a city block. Other men are standing at the front of the tractor to help position the pole.
