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Radio Broadcast
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Two men are speaking into a microphone labeled "WGL", while a man in the foreground on the left is wearing headphones and operating radio equipment. Men are watching from behind, and other men are mingling in what appears to be a large building with many rows of lights on the ceiling. The man third from the left may be John L. McCaffrey, president of International Harvester Company.
1947
International Harvester Company
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W0149O1
WHi 65803
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