Photograph
Hemmeter Auto & Electrical Supplies Storefront
| A display window for the "F. HEMMETER, JR. AUTO & ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES RADIOS - TIRES" showing a scale model diorama of an International truck and two men in the sand dunes of the Sahara desert. A sign to the right reads: "MINIATURE MODEL OF THE FIRST FOUR WHEELED STOCK MODEL MOTOR VEHICLE TO CROSS THE SAHARA DESSERT On a trip over from Nairobi, British East Africa to London, England via Stanleyville Kano Algiers Marseilles and Paris." A sign on the left reads: "The identical International Harvester Truck Which preformed this remarkable achievement On display at our showroom 2565 Pennsylvania Avenue January 21 to 26 International Harvester Company." The store may have been located in Baltimore, Maryland. A man can be seen inside the window looking out at the camera. |
| Image ID: | 94315 |
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| Creation Date: | 02 04 1929 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Baltimore (?) |
| County: | |
| State: | Maryland |
| Collection Name: | Glass negative series, circa 1900-1939 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | IHI-38255 |
| Original Dimensions: | 10 x 8 inches |
| Selling |
| Show windows |
| Storefronts |
| Signs and signboards |
| Trucks |
| Advertising |
| Maps |
| Men |
| Models and modelmaking |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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