Woman on Farmall H Tractor | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Woman on Farmall H Tractor

Woman on Farmall H Tractor | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
A Red Cross motor corps woman sitting on a Farmall H tractor at Herbert's Hill Angus farm. The original caption reads: "Red Cross motor corps women in Paoli and West Chester, Pennsylvania, took what might be called postgraduate tractorette courses. In the pictures several of the West Chester class are shown on the big, beautiful Herbert's Hill Angus farm where they did real farm tractor work on a variety of jobs." The woman in the photograph is possibly Mrs. P.F. Smith, Mrs. S.E. Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Swayne, or Mary G. Baldwin.
DESCRIPTION
A Red Cross motor corps woman sitting on a Farmall H tractor at Herbert's Hill Angus farm. The original caption reads: "Red Cross motor corps women in Paoli and West Chester, Pennsylvania, took what might be called postgraduate tractorette courses. In the pictures several of the West Chester class are shown on the big, beautiful Herbert's Hill Angus farm where they did real farm tractor work on a variety of jobs." The woman in the photograph is possibly Mrs. P.F. Smith, Mrs. S.E. Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth M. Swayne, or Mary G. Baldwin.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:50949
Creation Date: 1942
Creator Name:International Harvester Company
City:
County:
State:Pennsylvania
Collection Name:International Harvester Company photo albums, circa 1899-1965
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:MCC MSS 7Z, Album 596, Pg.71
Original Dimensions:10 x 8 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Similar images appear in the International Harvester publication "News and Views of the Tractorettes: Food for Victory" [McCormick Mss 6z, file 496].
SUBJECTS
Women
Red Cross
Agricultural machinery
Corn
Field crops
Fields (Agriculture)
Tractors
Trees
Work clothes
Hills
Farms
World War, 1939-1945
Outdoor photography

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