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Schlitz Train Celebrating End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Schlitz train and group of revelers, celebrating the end of prohibition in Milwaukee. Schlitz Engine #8027 departs to deliver the first Schlitz beer at 12:...
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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison.
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Trail Through Pines

Date: 1905
Description: Trail through the pines between Chippewa Falls and Long Lake, Chippewa County.
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Yellow Cab Transfer Company

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior view of the Yellow Cab Transfer Company located at 643 E. Wilson Street, (housed in the Denison Building) with two cabs with drivers out front.
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Orpheum Theatre

Date: 04 10 1927
Description: Elevated view of buildings in the 200 block of State Street, with the Orpheum Theatre as a focal point. The theatre marquee reads "New Orpheum." Next door ...
Book or Pamphlet

Collings Vehicle and Harness Catalog

Date: 11 13 1914
Description: Cover art for Collings Vehicle and Harness Company catalog, comprised of International Harvester logo and black and white photograph of a man on a horse-dr...
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Olaf Noer Drugstore

Date: 1920
Description: Brick building containing the Olaf Noer Drugstore. A man (presumably Mr. Noer himself) poses in the doorway.
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Oxygen Delivery

Date: 11 04 1940
Description: James Robinson and E. Newton of the Professional Pharmacy prepare to load a Linde oxygen tank for home delivery.
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International D-2 Truck Delivering Candy

Date: 1938
Description: Man unloading boxes of "Baby Ruth" and "Butterfinger" candy bars from an International D-2 truck outside the Monona Club. The truck was owned by the Suprem...
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Photographer on International C-1 Truck at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1934
Description: Photographer from Kaufmann and Fabry on top of an International C-1 truck at the "A Century of Progress" Worlds Fair. Kaufmann and Fabry were the official ...
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International Model VCO-202 Fire and Rescue Truck Battling Fire

Date: 1963
Description: Fire fighters use an International Model VCO-202 fire and rescue truck with an eighty-five foot mounted ladder to fight a fire, possibly as part of a train...
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International BTD-6 with Bucketloader

Date: 1963
Description: A man excavating with a British built International BTD-6 crawler tractor and Drott bucketloader in front of the west facade of St. Paul's Cathedral in Lon...
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Truck Driver Joseph Gonzalez in International DB-405 Truck

Date: 1963
Description: Truck driver Joseph Gonzalez in his International DB-405 Budweiser beer truck at the terminus of U.S. Highway 1. A sign in front of the truck reads "end of...
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Distribution of Food

Date: 12 02 1956
Description: Elevated view of a Cub Scout, Girl Scout, and Brownie Scout standing on the sidewalk bringing boxes of food to St. Vincent de Paul to be distributed to rec...
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Per-Ola Land Company

Date: 1915
Description: Men in hats and coats stand in exhibit booth for the Per-Ola Land Company.
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Springfield Works Factory Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Men operating large machines at International Harvester's Springfield Works. The factory produced trucks.
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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...
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Employees of International Harvester Dealership

Date: 07 01 1935
Description: Employees of a McCormick-Deering dealership posing at the service entrance with an International truck.
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Locomotive Artifacts

Date: 03 29 1958
Description: A young boy rings a locomotive bell. Other artifacts of locomotive history are on the table before him with members of the Milwaukee chapter of the Nationa...
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International TD-40 TracTracTor and Grader

Date: 11 30 1937
Description: Road construction workers using an International TD-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) and an Adams Model 4 grader owned by the City of Signal Hill.

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