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Construction of Retaining Wall

Date: 04 05 1919
Description: Men working on a hillside retaining wall to "P tipple" of no. 2 mine. Railroad tracks and houses are below in the distance. Benham was a "company town" cre...
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Steam Shovel Digging Borrow Pit

Date: 03 01 1919
Description: Workers digging a "borrow pit" for no. 2 mine with a steam shovel. The men are standing along a set of narrow gauge railroad tracks. Benham was a "company ...
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Construction of Railroad Dock

Date: 03 29 1919
Description: Men building a dock along railroad tracks. The tracks run along a stream or small river. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for...
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International Turbostar Truck

Date: 1968
Description: Color photograph of a man driving an International Turbostar truck on a highway in a mountainous landscape. The location is likely International Harvester'...
Drawing

Frederick Jackson Turner Drawing

Date: 1924
Description: A hand-drawn cartoon in crayon entitled "Westward The Course Of Empire". It features Frederick Jackson Turner on a rocking horse with a sunset in the backg...
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P&H 25-Ton Type "N" Bridge Crane

Date: 07 19 1917
Description: Elevated view of Pawling & Harnischfeger 25-ton type "N" bridge with a 5-ton type "A" trolley and a standard bottom block, equipped for exterior use. There...
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Bulldozer on Hillside

Date: 1944
Description: A man uses an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) equipped with a bulldozer blade on a hillside in the construction of a road. The original caption...
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Uniformed Men with International Trucks

Date: 1944
Description: Uniformed men sit on top of International crawler tractors equipped with bulldozer blades in an area of brush with hills in the background. An internationa...
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Bowes Automotive Metro Truck

Date: 1950
Description: A man drives an International truck with Metro body owned by the Bowes Automotive Products company. The text on the side of the truck reads, "Bowes Dependa...
Poster

Central Pacific Railway California Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Pacific Railway's route from New York to California, encouraging people to "Go and See the Great American Pa...
Photograph

Wallace Stegner

Date: 1965
Description: Writer and conservationist Wallace Stegner, and his wife Mary, during a visit to Alaska as a member of the National Parks Advisory Board and special assist...
Photograph

International Scout Truck on Mountain

Date: 1967
Description: Photographer Shelley Grossman leans out the driver's side window of an International Scout truck as he drives through the Rocky Mountains.
Photograph

Hong Kong Harbor Scene

Date: 09 1951
Description: The large, ornamental office building of Thomas Cook and Sons on the waterfront in Hong Kong. The firm was one of the oldest and largest travel companies i...
Photograph

Robert Kennedy in Hong Kong

Date: 1962
Description: Robert Kennedy, then attorney general, surrounded by young people during a visit to Hong Kong. Kennedy was traveling in Southeast Asia, and the tall white-...
Photograph

Dump Truck at Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: An International dump truck empties its load down the side of a canyon during the construction of the Hoover Dam.
Photograph

International Truck at Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: Workers use an International truck to haul building material up and down the dirt roads of a canyon during the construction of the Hoover Dam.
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Trucks at Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: Two International trucks exit a tunnel on a dirt road leading through a canyon during the construction of the Hoover Dam. Two men stand on the top of a squ...
Photograph

Men with International Trucks at Hoover Dam

Date: 1932
Description: Men stand along a riverbank as International trucks are used to haul loads from the cliffs during the construction of the Hoover Dam. An electric shovel is...
Photograph

International Trucks Constructing Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: Men use International trucks to loads from the cliffs during the construction of the Hoover Dam. One of the men is smoking a cigarette. Two shovels are wor...
Print

International KBR-11 Truck Advertising Proof

Date: 10 1947
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring a color illustration of a Model KBR-11 truck-tractor with semi-trailer. Includes the text: "Winter Tr...

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