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Parked Caravan of Trucks
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A caravan of trucks are parked along both sides of a road en route from International Harvester's Akron Works factory in Ohio to Chicago. A sign on one of the buildings (left) reads: "Medina Granite and Marble Works." A sign on another building (right) reads: "Walter A. Wood Harvesting Machines."
1917
International Harvester Company
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Caravan at Railroad Crossing
1917
A caravan of International trucks en route to Chicago from International Harvester's Akron Works factory in Ohio, stops at a railroad crossing to allow a train to pass.
Line of International Trucks outside Akron Works
1920
Long line of International trucks on a road next to International Harvester's Akron Works. Placards on the first two trucks read: "International motor trucks from the factory, Akron, Ohio, to Phila...
Fueling the Caravan
1917
Men with International trucks from a caravan bound for Chicago from International Harvester's Akron Works in Ohio stop to fuel up at a Red Crown gasoline station. The text on the truck reads: "Inte...
Truck Caravan on Road
1917
A caravan of trucks en route from International Harvester's Akron Works factory in Ohio to Chicago is traveling down a rural road lined with telephone poles.
International Model G Truck Carrying Wooden Boxes
1917
A man in an International model "G" truck with wooden boxes in the bed is parked outside of a vine-covered building. The building is most likely International Harvester's Osborne Works (the factory...
