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Man Talking on Telephone

Date: 07 1927
Description: Man using a telephone mounted to an interior wall. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. It was used to...
Poster

Health and Safety Poster on Pure Drinking Water

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard with the title "Pure Drinking Water - Friend to Health - Foe to Typhoid." Includes images illustrating old and new ways of providing dr...
Photograph

Davis Campbell in Truck

Date: 01 03 1939
Description: Davis Campbell, Decatur Cartage Company's safe driver, leans out the driver's window of an International truck.
Photograph

Ash Container

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man pouring ashes from a bucket into a larger metal container.
Photograph

Woman Disposing of Ashes

Date: 04 23 1926
Description: A woman wearing a dress and bonnet empties a pail of ashes into a refuse pile in the front yard of a farmhouse.
Photograph

Child Playing near Cistern

Date: 04 24 1926
Description: A child wearing a coat and hat is throwing rocks into an open cistern in what appears to be an alleyway between two buildings. The wooden cistern lid is ly...
Photograph

Farmhouse and Barnyard

Date: 04 1926
Description: Chickens stand in a barnyard surrounding a farmhouse. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustrat...
Photograph

Man with Scrap Heap

Date: 03 1926
Description: A man is looking through a scrap heap full of metal and wooden parts piled beside a shed or barn.
Photograph

Refuse Pile

Date: 03 1926
Description: A refuse pile consisting of glass, a broken basket, bottles, cans, and other items behind a farmhouse. A crumbling foundation is in the background.
Photograph

Farm Refuse in Attic

Date: 1926
Description: Close-up view of a pile of garbage in a farmhouse attic consisting of metal pieces, pipes, machine parts, and other items.
Photograph

Kerosene and Gasoline Cans

Date: 07 1926
Description: Gasoline and kerosene cans stand side by side on a shelf at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm, demonstrating a farm hazard.
Photograph

Pressure Tank for Stove

Date: 07 1926
Description: View of a pressure tank for a Coleman Air Gas stove placed on a wooden crate outside of a building on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm,...
Photograph

Smoking Near Gasoline

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man is using a funnel to siphon gasoline from a tank into a pail while smoking a pipe. The photograph was staged on the K. Legge Memorial Farm to demonst...
Photograph

Electric Wires and Railroad Tracks

Date: 03 1928
Description: Power lines along both sides of railroad tracks running through a rural area.
Photograph

Man Near Oil Tank

Date: 05 26 1926
Description: A man is filling a metal pitcher with oil from a barrel stored in a garage with litter on the ground, illustrating a farm hazard.
Photograph

Pedestrian Sign

Date: 05 26 1926
Description: A sign reading: "Walk on Left" is posted on a power line pole. A man is walking on the left side of a rural road in the background as a truck drives by.
Print

International Truck Advertising Proof with Truck Driver and Boy

Date: 09 30 1950
Description: Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring a color photograph of a boy on a bicycle talking to a man with a truck behind them. Includes the text...
Photograph

View from Atop Ladder Truck of Parade

Date: 1971
Description: Looking down the length of a fire engine ladder truck during a Fire Prevention Week Parade. On the right is a float with a picture of a child and the words...
Photograph

Fire Prevention Week Parade Float

Date: 1971
Description: Color photo of an International Scout pulling a parade float for Fire Prevention Week. The float has a large finger pointing to the word "YOU" and on vario...
Photograph

Fire Prevention Week Parade Float and Truck

Date: 1971
Description: International Sno-Star Scout towing a float for Fire Prevention Week. The vehicle is yellow and white with large "fog lamps" mounted on the front. A white ...

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