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Flyer for Sternwheel G.W. Hill

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Description: Advertisement for the sternwheel excursion, G.W. Hill, with an engraving of the sternwheel docked at the riverside, and a description of its feature...
Photograph

Jesse Brabazon Over the Mississippi

Date: 11 1912
Description: Jesse Brabazon, pioneer aviator from Delavan, flying over the Mississippi River in a Wright Model B airplane. "It was quite a sight to fly over the Mississ...
Photograph

International Wholesale Fruit Delivery Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Man sitting in an International Model G delivery truck along street curb. The truck was owned by G. Dattilo & Sons, wholesalers of fruits, and featured a c...
Photograph

International L-185 Moving Truck

Date: 1952
Description: International L-185 moving truck owned by United Van Lines parked in a residential driveway.
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International SF-36 Petroleum Truck

Date: 1927
Description: International SF-36 petroleum truck owned by Roxana Petroleum Company. The truck is carrying Shell kerosene and is parked outside an International motor tr...
Painting

Herndan Hotel on the Missouri River

Date: 1858
Description: Hölzlhuber received a request from the German theater director Henry Börnstein in St. Louis, Missouri, to purchase his theater sets and music. Accordingly,...
Drawing

Ferry "New Era"

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Description: "Ferry 'New Era' being transformed into a gunboat at St. Louis." Drawing includes workers building with lumber.
Drawing

Building Pontoons to Mount Mortars

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Description: "Building rafts, or pontoons, upon which to mount huge mortars — for use on the river. Scene at St. Louis." Men are building on a pontoon with lumber. Ther...
Photograph

St. Louis Branch House

Date: 1917
Description: International Harvester branch house. A bystander watches a man work on one of the railroad tracks outside the building. An man in a automobile is driving ...
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Broadway Laundry Co. Truck

Date: 1940
Description: A man in a uniform standing at the back of an International Metro truck with one leg up on the bumper. He is writing on a pad held on his knee, and there i...
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P&H 30-Ton Type "AN" Bridge Crane at St. Louis Exposition

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Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 30-ton type "AN" bridge crane with a 5-ton type "A" trolley at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair in either the Palace of Electricity ...
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International S-120 Ice Cream Supply Truck

Date: 1955
Description: International Model S-120 truck used by Border's Ice Cream for deliveries. A delivery man stands near the passenger door of the truck holding some of the p...
Photograph

Dairy Products Delivery Truck

Date: 1950
Description: International truck with a metro body used by Valley Farm Dairy Company. A delivery man is standing on the foot board of the truck carrying a basket of bot...
Photograph

International Metro Van

Date: 1942
Description: A man is standing beside International Metro delivery van used by St. Louis Dairy parked outside company factory. A sign on the dairy building reads: "St. ...
Photograph

International R-196 Rescue Services Truck

Date: 11 19 1954
Description: Original caption reads: "Model R-196, 157" wheelbase, 501 engine, Leece-Neville alternator with 110 volt transformer, 12 volt system, no-spin rear axle, 5-...
Photograph

St. Louis International Fire Truck

Date: 08 14 1957
Description: St. Louis fire company fire truck parked outside public building. Original caption reads: "V-196 A. 175" wheelbase. 9.00X20-10 ply tires dual rear, V-549 e...
Photograph

International Metro Newspaper Delivery Van

Date: 1950
Description: Two men in an International Metro van owned by the "Globe-Democrat," "St. Louis' only morning newspaper." Another man is standing on the loading dock behin...
Photograph

International Fire Truck

Date: 1925
Description: International fire truck parked outside an International Harvester dealership. The truck was used by the Brentwood Fire Department.
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International C-55 Truck Brochure

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the International C-55 truck. Features the International Triple Diamond logo, and a photograph of a C-55 truck operate...
Photograph

St. Louis Branch House

Date: 07 29 1920
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's St. Louis branch building. The painted signs read, "International Harvester Company of America Inc. Farm Operati...

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