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Men Using Tractor to Pull Trailer with Tank
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Left side profile view of men with 12-25 Horse Power tractor parked in a cobblestone street. The tractor is pulling a trailer with a large tank that has a banner that reads: "Weight 42000 Pounds." A sign on the trailer reads: "Merchants Transfer & Storage Co., We Move Anything." A young boy is sitting on the long trailer arm in between the tractor and trailer, and a man is looking out of the first floor window of a brick buildng in the background. The sign painted on the building reads: Merchants Transfer & Storage Co." Across the street on the far left are large billboards, with one for "Federal Tires."
1910
International Harvester Company
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Truck with Trailer
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