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County Agent Demonstrating Methods of Judging Swine

Date: 1928
Description: Sitting on pig pen fence, a county agent is demonstrating methods of judging swine to a local Boys & Girls club youth.
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International Truck Carrying Clowns in Parade

Date: 1928
Description: International Model S speed truck carrying reindeer and men dressed as clowns, Eskimos, and Santa Claus during a winter parade. A blanket on reindeer reads...
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Telephone Line Installation

Date: 1928
Description: Telephone linemen working on scaffolds at different levels on a telephone pole as they install line in a rural area. Their International Harvester truck is...
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International SF-46 Oil Truck

Date: 1928
Description: International Model SF-46 2 ton motor truck equipped with 500 gallon oil tank and power take-off pump. The truck was owned by the Polar Wave heating oil co...
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Woman on a Tractor in a Field

Date: 1928
Description: Elevated view of a woman in a field on a McCormick-Deering 15-30 or 10-20 tractor with attached disk harrow.
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Edward A. Johnston

Date: 1928
Description: International Harvester engineer E.A. Johnston. Johnston eventually became Vice President in charge of Engineering for the company.
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Farmall Regular Tractor in Soybean Field

Date: 1928
Description: A farmer in a field is using a Farmall Regular tractor with a mower attachment to cut soybeans for hay. The tractor is equipped with an umbrella that reads...
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Early Grain Binder

Date: 1928
Description: Side view of an early model grain binder in front of a backdrop.
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McCormick Automatic Self-Rake Reaper of 1858

Date: 1928
Description: Two men are using a McCormick automatic self-rake to perform work in a field. A girl in a white dress and hat is standing to the side, wearing a dress and ...
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Front Yard Landscaping of House

Date: 1928
Description: Front yard landscaping of the residential home of A.R. Matthews, master farmer.
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Sniffing for Tainted Food

Date: 1928
Description: Miss Neary smells the contents of an opened can, demonstrating the hazards of ingesting tainted food.
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International HS-54 Trucks

Date: 1928
Description: Two International HS-54 dump-trucks loaded with gravel. Original caption reads: "Model HS 54 Cylinder, 148" wheelbase, mounted on 36x8 front and 56x8 dual ...
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First Combine Made and Operated in Oregon

Date: 1928
Description: Elevated view of three men using a horse-drawn combine. Letter accompanying the image reads: ". . . we are mailing you to-day, picture of the first Combine...
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Truck Delivery

Date: 1928
Description: Truck with trailer loaded with lumber. More lumber is stacked under a roofed storage area in the background. Sign on front and side of truck reads: "W.R. B...
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Man Posing on Horse-Drawn Dump Rake

Date: 1928
Description: Left side view of a man sitting on a horse-drawn dump rake. Another man is standing behind him. Farm buildings are across a road in the background.
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Horse-Drawn Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1928
Description: View across field towards a man driving a large team of horses pulling a harvester thresher. A man is standing in the field in the foreground. A silo, a lo...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1928
Description: A man is standing in a field near a harvester-thresher pulled by a large team of horses. The horses are wearing fly-nets. Three other men are standing on t...

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