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Man Driving McCormick-Deering Industrial Tractor

Date: 08 17 1926
Description: A man is driving a McCormick-Deering industrial tractor to pull a large trailer on a street. In the background is what may be a park, with many types of tr...
Photograph

American Garage and Machine Shop Tow Truck

Date: 08 17 1926
Description: Three-quarter view from rear left of a tow truck for American Garage & Machine Shop. There is a brick building in the background, which also has a sign abo...
Poster

The Navy Still Calls Men and More Men

Date: 1917
Description: Poster featuring a photograph of men signing paperwork in an office with naval recruitment posters. In a "dream" bubble, sailors are sighting and adjusting...
Photograph

William Otto and Jane Browne Petersen

Date: 1978
Description: William Otto Petersen and his wife Jane Jordan Browne Petersen pose seated and holding hands for a portrait around the time of their wedding. He is wearing...
Manuscript

W.C. Fields Letter

Date: 05 15 1933
Description: A typed letter from W.C. Fields to Phillip Goodman. It is full of personal news items. In the letter he mentions that "Prohibition ends today."
Photograph

Senator La Follette Addresses a Crowd

Date: 04 1907
Description: Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., addressing a crowd in a Los Angeles park. This view, which is similar to ID# 30219, shows La Follette reaching into hi...
Book or Pamphlet

La Follette on the Firing Line

Date: 04 1907
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., addressing an audience of 12,000 in Los Angeles. The photograph is on the cover of a pamphlet entitled "La Follette On The Firi...
Photograph

Men Unloading Pane of Glass from International C-300 Truck

Date: 04 26 1938
Description: Two men unloading a pane of glass from an International C-300 truck with special streamlined body designed for transporting large panes of plate glass with...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: View down front walk and lawn toward a street where automobiles are parked along the curb.
Photograph

Broadway at Eighth Street

Date: 
Description: Slightly elevated view down center of Broadway at Eighth Street. Pedestrians cross the street in front of automobiles and cable cars, while stores, theater...
Photograph

Louis Koplin and Family

Date: 04 1971
Description: From left: Louis Koplin's nephew, Lanny Lichter, son Steven, wife Lorraine, Louis Koplin; on a visit to Joe Fink, the man responsible for bringing Koplin t...
Photograph

International KRD-11 Truck at Loading Dock

Date: 
Description: International KRD-11 truck with a 35 foot Trailmobile closed-body semi-trailer (back 10 ft. removable for loading with crane); 161 inch wheelbase; and Brow...
Photograph

KR-11 Truck at Filling Station

Date: 1944
Description: International KR-11 truck and semi-trailer (semi-truck) parked near gas pumps at a service station. Original caption: "The truck shown is [this picture] at...
Photograph

Portrait of John Gilbert

Date: 1918
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of actor John Gilbert wearing a tuxedo.
Photograph

Robert M. La Follette Addressing a Crowd

Date: 04 1907
Description: Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., speaking to a crowd in a Los Angeles park. This photograph was used to illustrate the brochure "La Follette on the Firi...
Photograph

Red Skelton on International Harvester Stage

Date: 1959
Description: Red Skelton entertains an audience while onstage at the convention of American Trucking Associations. The International Harvester logo is displayed on the ...
Photograph

Safeway Store and International C-35 Truck

Date: 06 01 1936
Description: View across street of an International truck parked outside of a Safeway grocery store. The sign on the truck reads: "Meat Refrigerator Service; Safeway Ma...
Photograph

International Model 94 Street Cleaner Truck

Date: 04 04 1923
Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an International Model 94 truck owned by the City of Los Angeles. It is marked with the text: "Eng. Dept. 384." The truck i...
Photograph

Alice at the Great Wisconsin Tailgate

Date: 1998
Description: Courtney Ott, Alice in Dairyland '97, at the Great Wisconsin Tailgate party with actress/comedienne Kathy Griffin. The tailgate party, which was sponsored ...
Photograph

Robert Bloch At Home

Date: 
Description: Bloch at his work space in his home in Los Angeles.

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