Photograph
Metro Trucks in Outdoor Lot
| Elevated view of Metro trucks and Metro-Mites parked bumper to bumper in an outdoor lot at the Metropolitan Body company, an International Harvester subsidiary. |
| Image ID: | 85672 |
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| Creation Date: | 1959 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Bridgeport |
| County: | |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company Photographs for Company Magazines, 1955-1973 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | M2005-077, B2727-8, #16 |
| Original Dimensions: | 35mm |
| The photograph was taken for an article called "Production; A Pictorial Report" appearing in the February-March 1959 issue of "Harvester World Magazine". The original captions read: "Incoming components symbolize stake of other manufacturers in IH production. But one uncertainty on '59 horizon is possibility of strikes in other industries" and "These IH Metros, massed bumper to grilled under the Connecticut sun, represent slightly more than one day's production for the Metropolitan Body company, the International Harvester subsidiary in Bridgeport. Last November, Metropolitan was winging along with an average output of 50 Metros a day. Currently the schedule calls for 66 and the plant is surpassing that figure by ten or more trucks a day. Hottest item in the line is the new Metro-Mite (front and center in facing photo) which accounts for nearly five-sixths of the total. The order bank for all Metros is more than three times its normal size. A recent government order for 1,049 has swelled the figure further." The photo may have been taken by Angus McDougall. |
| Cities and towns |
| Factories |
| Fences |
| Automobile industry and trade |
| Outdoor photography |
| Automobiles |
| Parking facilities |
| Roads |
| Trucks |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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