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Farmers Threshing Grain

Date: 10 05 1928
Description: Elevated view of farmers threshing grain in a field with a belt-driven McCormick all-steel thresher run by a Farmall tractor. One person is working inside ...
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Photographer Capturing Repairmen at Work

Date: 11 09 1928
Description: View towards a photographer or an assistant holding a flashbulb as a photograph is taken of repairmen working on tractors in the shop of an International H...
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Two Men Crouching in a Farm Field

Date: 09 12 1927
Description: Two men dressed in hats and ties are crouching down in a farm field to show the size of the plants. One of the men has a pipe in his mouth.
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International Heavy-Duty Truck in Oil Fields

Date: 07 24 1929
Description: Men standing next to an International heavy-duty oil truck. Two delivery drivers from Barrington Transfer Company are in the cab of the truck. An oil well ...
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Filming a "Home Economics" Scene

Date: 1925
Description: Mr. Hyde and Miss Wigent filming a woman and child while the woman is filling pails with water from a hand-pump. The original caption reads: "Taking footag...
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International Stripper-Harvester

Date: 06 21 1920
Description: An Australian farmer uses a team of five horses and a stripper-harvester to complete field work.
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Deering Harvester-Thresher

Date: 08 1921
Description: A farmer feeds grain from a wagon into a thresher.
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Deering Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1921
Description: Two farmers are using a Deering harvester-thresher (combine) and horse-drawn wagon to thresh grain.
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Photographer at Cotton Harvest

Date: 1921
Description: A cameraman films a man stooping to pick cotton while other people are looking on from the background.
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Female Employees at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1921
Description: Female factory workers standing at work stations at Milwaukee Works. The women are likely engaged in the manufacture of cream separators.
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Evans Implement Company

Date: 11 27 1928
Description: An International truck carrying a Farmall Regular tractor backs into a garage at the Evans Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. The te...
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Lady Clementine Truck

Date: 1920
Description: Man driving an International truck advertising "Lady Clementine Pure Food Products" is parked on a dirt road in front of a fence near a brick building. The...
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Factory Worker at Work Table

Date: 1923
Description: A man is using tools on a table to work with a metal part, possibly for a cream separator.
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Children at Happy Hearts Park

Date: 1925
Description: Children are sitting on benches looking at books, and other children are playing in a sandbox at Happy Hearts Park.
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Children at Playground

Date: 1925
Description: Children playing games behind a fence. In the foreground other children are playing in a sandbox on a school playground next to several buildings.
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Children at Playground

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of adults supervising children using swings, a see-saw, a slide, and other playground equipment at Parker Street playground.
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Hauling Potatoes

Date: 03 21 1925
Description: A man loads burlap bags of potatoes from a railroad car onto the back of an International Model S truck owned by Howard Reilley.
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IH Cartage Trucks with Concrete Tubes

Date: 10 15 1928
Description: Two IH trucks for "W.E. Draper Cartage" are parked on the side of the road. Both trucks are hauling large concrete tubes, probably for construction work. T...
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Truck with Empty Trailer

Date: 06 05 1925
Description: Right side view of a truck parked in front of a tall, sturdily supported wood fence. There are three-story brick buildings and a tall smokestack in the bac...
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Man Driving 10-20 Tractor Pulling Plow

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man using a 10-20 tractor to pull a plow in a field.

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