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Man Standing in Office Doorway

Date: 03 02 1926
Description: Factory employee standing in an office doorway (possibly a gate house?) at International Harvester's Osborne(?) Works. He is wearing eyeglasses, and a swea...
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Riders on an Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle

Date: 04 09 1917
Description: Two riders on an early Excelsior-Henderson motorcycle near a community garden at Harrison and Jefferson streets in Chicago. An International Harvester trac...
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International Mobiloil Service Vehicle

Date: 08 09 1929
Description: Two men are filingl oil cans from the back of an International truck operated by Mobiloil. Text on the side of the truck reads: "The World's Quality Oil" a...
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P&H Mobile Dragline

Date: 04 29 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered mobile dragline with a horizontal trench digger in the background. A large group of men are standing and posing on...
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Men with NuGrape Bottling Co. Truck

Date: 08 25 1925
Description: Four men wearing hats are standing next to an International truck while holding bottles of NuGrape soda(?). The lettering on the truck reads: "Drink NuGrap...
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DR-60 Truck

Date: 1938
Description: Two men use a DR-60 truck owned by J. Robert Bazley, Inc. to dump coal taken from Pennsylvania coal strippings into a chute leading to railroad cars. The m...
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International C-30

Date: 06 22 1936
Description: A man stands beside an International C-30 truck owned by the Southern Canada Power Company and places an object into a side compartment. There is a "Danger...
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Man Washing International Truck

Date: 05 24 1937
Description: A man uses a hose to wash the tires of an International truck in the third floor wash rack at International Harvester's Manhattan truck branch.
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R.E. Cox Cotton Gin Interior

Date: 11 30 1937
Description: A worker stands at a machine inside a cotton gin owned by R.E. Cox.
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Woman with International Truck

Date: 1946
Description: A woman wearing a skirt and high-heeled shoes is holding a grip handle on the door of an International truck as she steps into the driver's seat.
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Copeland Ryder Shoe Co.

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Description: View of the exterior of the Copeland Ryder Shoe Company, established in 1868. The three-story brick building is bordered by trees, a sidewalk, and a road a...
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Leader Messenger Service Truck

Date: 05 31 1938
Description: An International D-15 truck owned by Leader Messenger Service is backed up to a loading dock, and a man on the dock is pushing a wheeled cart.
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Man Tapping Sugar Maple Tree

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Description: A man drilling a hole in a sugar maple tree, for extracting the sap, using a hand drill. A bucket is hanging on the opposite side of the tree under a tap. ...
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Group in front of Sawmill

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Description: Two men, two women, a girl, and a dog posed standing next to a man displaying two oxen. In the background are two men posed sitting on a wagon loaded with ...
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Rear View of Horses

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Description: View of three horses with tightly braided tails standing together in a yard. A person (legs only) is standing behind the horses holding their bridles. In t...
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Worker Resting Against Cart

Date: 08 15 1911
Description: A man dressed in light overalls and a stripped button-up shirt is leaning against a cart in a factory yard at International Harvester's Osborne Works (late...
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Folk Dancing

Date: 1932
Description: Four students of the Fontana State Graded School strike a pose while folk dancing outdoors. The boys are wearing knickers; the girls wear dresses and patte...
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Krueger Family on the Quarry Pond

Date: 1908
Description: Members of the Krueger family sitting in a boat at the shoreline about to launch into the quarry pond. Sarah Krueger is sitting in the end of the boat, whi...
Postcard

Collapse of a Structure

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Description: Group portrait of men wearing winter coats and hats. They are standing on a metal roof, examining a large collapsed industrial structure which is behind th...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 102

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Description: He was taught restraint and patriotic fiction,
letting automation by
to wipe the chimneys clean of issues
and make horizons in the sky

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