Please Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society. The user is responsible for all issues of copyright. Images altered beyond standard cropping and resizing require further negotiation with a staff member. The image should not be significantly altered through conventional or electronic means. It may not be sold or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media. Use of the image requires written permission from the staff of the Collections Division. RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS This image is issued by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Image-purchasing questions? Please Contact Us. The photo was likely taken by IH photo editor Angus McDougall.įor commercial or non-profit use, please contact Image Sales.īy clicking "BUY" you agree to our Terms of Use. A recent government order for 1,049 has swelled the figure further." The order bank for all Metros is more than three times its normal size. Hottest item in the line is the new Metro-mite (front and center in facing photo) which accounts for nearly five-sixths of the total.
Currently the schedule calls for 66 and the plant is surpassing that figure by ten or more trucks a day. Last November, Metropolitan was winging along with an average output of 50 Metros a day. These IH Metros, massed bumper to grille under the Connecticut sun, represent slightly more than one day's production for the Metropolitan Body company, the International Harvester subsidiary in Bridgeport. The original caption reads: "Metros in Bridgeport. International Harvester Company Photographs for Company Magazines, 1955-1973ĪDDITIONAL INFORMATION The photograph was taken for an article called "Production A Pictorial Report" appearing in the February-March 1959 issue of "Harvester World Magazine". A group of cars are parked in the background on the left. DESCRIPTION Elevated view of International Metro trucks parked beside a highway overpass.
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