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Photograph

Arrival of "Woodrush"

Date: 1949
Description: View from dock of the U.S. Coast Guard ship "Woodrush" arriving at the La Pointe dock to clear ice. Two trucks are on the dock, one with a piano.
Poster

War Bonds Advertising Poster

Date: 1949
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks promoting United States government bonds. Features a color illustration of an International K-line truck pullin...
Photograph

First Doncaster Farmall Tractor

Date: 1949
Description: First Farmall M tractor manufactured at International Harvester's Doncaster Works (factory) in England, Great Britain. The tractor is loaded on the bed of ...
Photograph

International L-line Truck

Date: 1949
Description: International L-line truck hauling produce. The L-line was promoted as "a truck for every hauling job" and featured an innovative "Comfo-Vision" cab with o...
Book or Pamphlet

International Model KB-5 Trucks

Date: 1949
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for the 1949 line of International Model KB-5 trucks. Features a color illustration of the grill and front hood of a...
Book or Pamphlet

International Model KB-8 Trucks

Date: 1949
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for International Model KB-8 trucks featuring color illustration of truck.
Photograph

International K -2 Special Coach Truck and Airplane

Date: 1949
Description: View towards men in an International KB-2 truck, with a special coach type panel body owned by United Air Lines, parked in front of a United passenger airp...
Photograph

International LC-180 Cab-Forward Truck

Date: 1949
Description: A deliveryman unloading crates of cottage cheese from his International LC-180 International truck with refrigerated body outside Richards Drive-In.
Photograph

L-120, L-110, and L-130 Trucks

Date: 1949
Description: Color photograph of International L-120, L-110, and L-130 trucks outside of a long building.
Photograph

L-130 Truck with Stake Body

Date: 1949
Description: View of a man on a loading dock near an International L-130 truck with stake body.
Photograph

LFD-405 Truck-Van, Closed Top with Semi-Trailer

Date: 1949
Description: View of an International LFD-405 Truck-Van, closed top with semi-trailer. The model year is 1950.
Photograph

L-160 Truck with Platform Body

Date: 1949
Description: View of an International L-160 Truck with platform body. Men are loading bales of hay from the back of the truck into a barn.
Photograph

L-120 Truck with Pickup Body

Date: 1949
Description: View of an International L-120 truck with pickup body parked at a residential construction site. Two men in work clothes and hats stand near the truck.
Photograph

L-Line Truck with Stake Body

Date: 1949
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man in the driver's seat of an International L-Line truck with stake body.
Photograph

Welding a Milk Truck

Date: 1949
Description: Welding a milk truck at the Heil Corporation in Milwaukee. The Heil company was founded by German-born Julius P. Heil in 1901. As the Heil Rail Joint Wel...
Photograph

Loading Bales of Fiber onto Truck

Date: 1949
Description: Factory workers loading bales of fiber at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "Loading the weighed bales onto the ...
Photograph

Ambulance Interior

Date: 1949
Description: Interior view of an International KB-2 panel truck converted into an ambulance. The original caption reads: "These trucks equipped with Baumgardner cots, o...
Photograph

International Ambulance

Date: 1949
Description: Rear view of an International KB-2 panel truck converted into an ambulance. The rear doors are open, allowing a view of the collapsible bed inside. The ori...
Photograph

Testing International Truck

Date: 1949
Description: Front view of an International Model KB-7 working through a special "Figure 8" wheel and wheel bearing breakdown test, possibly at International Harvester'...
Photograph

Truck Carrying Torpedoes

Date: 1949
Description: Two men load torpedoes onto the bed of an International truck marked: "The Independent Eastern Torpedo Co." A sign reading: "Explosives" is on the grille o...

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