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Pontiac Station Wagon Adorned for Chicago Parade

Date: 1951
Description: Pontiac Silver Streak station wagon decorated with a Wisconsin Steel Works banner parked along a curb before Chicago's East Side Centennial Parade.
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Women in Parade

Date: 1918
Description: Women, possibly International Harvester employees, carrying American flags and a company banner in a parade. The parade may be on Michigan Avenue in Chicag...
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Confetti Falls at Parade

Date: 1918
Description: Confetti falls as pedestrians and automobiles take to the street during a parade.
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Large Flag in Parade

Date: 1918
Description: As confetti falls from above, men are walking on Michigan Avenue in a parade. The man on the left is carrying a large American flag on a pole over his shou...
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Parade on Michigan Avenue

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of a parade on Michigan Avenue taken from the International Harvester building. Grant Park is in the background.
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Harvester Employees(?) Grouped for Parade

Date: 1918
Description: Group of men and women, many holding American flags, on top of and around a wagon or an International truck on a city street. The truck has a banner which ...
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Automotive Week Parade at "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1933
Description: A woman driving an International Harvester tractor leads the Automotive Week parade down the "Avenue of Flags" at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair.
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American Legion Parade

Date: 1933
Description: Elevated view of the American Legion Parade in Grant Park(?). The photograph was likely taken from the window of the International Harvester offices on Mic...
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Joseph H. Brown Iron & Steel Company Parade Truck

Date: 1951
Description: Side view of a Joseph H. Brown Iron & Steel Company International Harvester truck decorated with flags and banners for Chicago's East Side Centennial Parad...
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Group of Shriners in Oriental Band at Chicago Parade

Date: 1949
Description: Shriners on parade in Chicago. The men are dressed in middle eastern costume for an "Oriental Band" from the "-ktash Shrine Temple" [name obscured].
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1924
Description: Presidential campaign photo of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. standing up in the back of a convertible automobile with an American flag behind him. Two signs i...
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Tickertape Parade in City

Date: 1920
Description: Tickertape parade in a city. There appear to be people standing on the edge of the roof of the building in the center, standing near the base of a flagpole...
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International Motor Truck Decorated as Float

Date: 08 01 1927
Description: The truck is decorated with plants and flowers, and the sign on the side reads: "International Motor Trucks," at the Am Foundrymen's 31st Annual Convention...
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International Motor Truck Decorated as Float

Date: 08 01 1927
Description: The truck is decorated with plants and flowers, and the sign on the side reads: "International Motor Trucks," at the Am Foundrymen's 31st Annual Convention...
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Great Northern Laundry Fleet of Trucks Lined Up for Parade

Date: 09 21 1927
Description: View towards a fleet of trucks for the Great Northern Laundry lined up for a parade. Men are sitting in the driver's seat of each truck which are parked at...
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Fleet of Trucks Lined Up for Parade

Date: 09 21 1927
Description: View across street toward a fleet of trucks lined up for a parade. An International Harvester Motor Trucks is decorated, and two other trucks have a sign f...
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Tourism Float

Date: 09 1939
Description: The Wisconsin float in the 1939 American Legion Convention parade features a log cabin and a boat and is decorated with small evergreen trees and boughs. T...
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Landing a Muskie

Date: 09 26 1939
Description: A Wisconsin Conservation Department float in the 1939 Chicago American Legion Parade. The float features two women who are standing in a canoe pretending t...
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International Harvester Company Parade Float for "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1934
Description: International Harvester Company parade float for the "A Century of Progress" Worlds Fair. This is the front section of the two-section float, and it is par...
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International Harvester Company Parade Float for "A Century of Progress"

Date: 1934
Description: International Harvester Company parade float for the "A Century of Progress" Worlds Fair. This is the front section of the two-section float, and it is par...

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