Preparing Cemetery Plots | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Preparing Cemetery Plots

Preparing Cemetery Plots | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor and a Perry automatic scraper to prepare the grounds at Mount Emblem Cemetery. Farm buildings are  in the background, including a large windmill.
DESCRIPTION
A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor and a Perry automatic scraper to prepare the grounds at Mount Emblem Cemetery. Farm buildings are in the background, including a large windmill.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:83386
Creation Date: 06 1926
Creator Name:International Harvester Company
City:Franklin Park
County:
State:Illinois
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 260, Pg.87
Original Dimensions:7.75 x 5.75 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The typewritten caption at the bottom of the photograph reads: "June 1926. McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractor & Perry Automatic Scraper. Mount Emblem Cemetary [sic] near Franklin Park, Ill. I-31768."
SUBJECTS
Hats
Automobiles
Agricultural machinery
Land use, Rural
Silos
Fields (Agriculture)
Farms
Cemeteries
Farm buildings
Tractors
Windmills
Work clothes
Men
Outdoor photography
Cities and towns

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