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Operating Your Tractor, Tractor Safety Cartoon
| A safety cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon appears under the heading: "Operating Your Tractor". The cartoon depicts a man wearing overalls, a bandana, and hat singing "Don't Bury Me On the Lone Prairee". A personified tractor says "This guy is really dressed for an accident!" A caption below the cartoon reads: "Loose or 'floppy' clothing should not be worn by the operator because of the danger of it wrapping on or getting into the moving parts." |
| Image ID: | 53231 |
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| Creation Date: | 1958 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
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| Collection Name: | Operator's, parts, and service manuals (technical publications), 1879-1995 |
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| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 8Z, doc. 91, pg. 12, #1 |
| Original Dimensions: | 3.5 x 4 inches |
| This cartoon also appears in other manuals from approximately 1947-1965. |
| Tractors |
| Caricatures and cartoons |
| Drawing |
| Hats |
| Work clothes |
| Accidents |
| Prevention |
| Safety education |
| Men |
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