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Hoosier Corn Planter Advertising Poster

Date: 1908
Description: Advertising poster for Hoosier brand corn planters showing a color illustration of a corn planter inside a "The Shield of Quality," with three corn cobs at...
Photograph

First African American International Truck Dealer

Date: 05 29 1974
Description: Original caption reads: "Bob Ross, president of Bob Ross Buick, Richmond, Indiana, is the first black International truck dealer in the United States. Twen...
Book or Pamphlet

Kentucky Drills Catalog Cover

Date: 1900
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for light draft Kentucky automatic lift grain drills manufactured by the American Seeding-Machine Company featuring color i...
Photograph

International Model F Moving Truck

Date: 1918
Description: Two men standing near an International Model F (or 31) truck operated by Forest Monger Public Transfer and Storage. The truck is parked in front of the Int...
Photograph

Joe Pettit's International G-61 Truck

Date: 1921
Description: A man leans out of the cab of an International Model G-61 truck parked on an unpaved street in front of a building identified as "garage." The truck has th...
Photograph

Fairway 12 Tractor

Date: 1937
Description: Man uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway 12 tractor and mowing attachment to care for lawns (and golf course?) at a country club. Sun bathers are in the backgr...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Store--Milk Cooler

Date: 07 01 1935
Description: A six-can McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler on display in an International Harvester dealership. A display case on the left near a window holds either toys or...
Photograph

Abram and Agnes Gaar House

Date: 1933
Description: Mansion of Abram and Agnes Gaar, built in 1876. Gaar was one of the founders of the Gaar-Scott Company, manufacturers of steam engines and threshing machin...
Photograph

Road Construction with International Trucks

Date: 07 25 1925
Description: A line of International trucks are parked in a line along a dirt road lined with fences and power lines. Each truck has a load of dirt, and metal forms are...
Photograph

Rock Crusher at Stone Quarry

Date: 01 11 1938
Description: Simmons stone crusher powered by an International power unit at a State Highway Commission stone quarry.
Photograph

Badger Shovel with McCormick-Deering Engine

Date: 11 11 1937
Description: A man shovels dirt from a highway five miles north of Richmond next to an Austin-Western Badger shovel powered by a McCormick-Deering engine. The equipmen...
Photograph

Richmond Indiana City Line Department Truck

Date: 01 24 1928
Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an International truck marked "City Line Dept. No.4" Other men raise what appears to be a telephone pole along the side of a...
Photograph

Telephone Servicing with International Truck

Date: 1922
Description: A man climbs a telephone pole next to a building while two others work near its base. Another man sits behind the wheel of an International truck marked: "...
Photograph

City Line Department Truck

Date: 1922
Description: A man sits behind the wheel of an International truck marked: "City Line Dep't. No.4." The truck is parked on a rural road and a telephone pole is in the b...
Photograph

Shera Coal and Oil Company

Date: 06 13 1925
Description: International heavy duty truck (possibly a model 103) loaded with coal outside the Shera Coil and Oil Company building. In the background is a bridge and ...
Photograph

Front Street

Date: 1910
Description: View down Front Street showing businesses and horse-drawn carriages. Caption reads: "Front Street, From Post Office - Richmond, ME."
Photograph

Fairlawn Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: Bedroom featuring an elaborately carved bed, a table with an embellished lamp, and chairs in a guest room. Caption reads: "Guest Room, Looking North 'Fairl...
Photograph

Richmond and Dresden Ferry

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Richmond and Dresden ferry in the Kennebec River, about to land. A man and a horse with cart are on the ferry. Several canoes and a sailboat is...
Photograph

Fairlawn Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: View looking south inside a guest room at 'Fairlawn' Hotel (?). The room features tables, chairs, and decorative items above a fireplace. Published by Ye...
Postcard

Reunion of Confederate Veterans: "Human Confederate Flag"

Date: 1907
Description: Colored postcard view of crowd in front of the stand. Caption reads: "Human Confederate Flag." Text at top right reads: "And 'twill live in song and story....

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