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Roadside Advertising
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A country road including a barbed wire fence, advertising signs and trees. One of the signs is in the shape of an airplane diving toward the ground and advertises York & Massey, an International Harvester dealership. The sign reads: "Make a Dive for York and Massey. Buick, Good Year, International Trucks and Tractors, Hardware." Another sign advertises: "Quaker State" oil.
1940
International Harvester Company
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Simpson Motor Truck Co. Billboard
1940
An automobile drives down a road near a billboard advertising the Simpson Motor Truck Company, an International truck dealership. The original caption reads: "The Simpson Motor Truck Company, Clark...
Becken Motor Company
1930
A sign advertises International motor trucks on the exterior of the Becken Motor Company, an International Harvester dealership. The signs on the building advertise Red Crown Gasoline, the "Lowest ...
New Zealand General Agency Building
1912
Exterior view of an International Harvester general agency (dealership) building in New Zealand. A sign advertises "British & American Built Farm Machinery."
Algona Implement Co. Building
1943
Automobiles and trucks are parked in a row in front of a former International Harvester dealership. A sign on the side of the building advertises 7 up soda.
Two Men Conversing Outdoors
1940
Salesman Walter E. Seliguan at the wheel of an International truck, talking with J.G. Lauchner, general manager of the Hicksville Implement Company. The Hicksville implement company was an Internat...
Burlington Farm Machinery Co.
May 5, 1926
International trucks line the sidewalk in front of the Burlington Farm Machinery Company, an International Harvester dealership.
