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Crowd at Indiana State Fair

Date: 1931
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large crowd gathered around two men handing out souvenir International Harvester yardsticks at the Indiana State Fair.
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No. 7 Mower on Bary Farm

Date: 1931
Description: Rear view of a man mowing a field with a horse-drawn No. 7 mower on the Bary Farm. The mower has a side attachment.
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Groundskeeper at Waubonsie Golf Course

Date: 1931
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway tractor with a mowing attachment to cut the grass at Waubonsie Golf Course.
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Australian Haying Scene

Date: 1931
Description: A group of farmers loads hay into a hay press on an Australian farm. The men are also using a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor and a pickup truck.
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Making Irrigation Laterals with 10-20 Tractor

Date: 1931
Description: A dog sits on a 10-20 tractor beside Paul M. Dazier as he makes irrigation laterals with an orchard cultivator outfitted with an irrigation attachment.
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Meat Packers Parade Float

Date: 1931
Description: A large float decorated with a farm scene and blanketed with flowers moves down a city street (possibly Michigan Avenue in Chicago). The float is part of t...
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Herd of Holsteins

Date: 1931
Description: A small herd of Holstein cows graze in a field.
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Frank Johns Farm

Date: 1931
Description: Farm of Frank Johns of Hastings, Florida. Two men wearing hats are standing among stacks of filled burlap bags. There is a birdhouse on the right atop a lo...
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McCormick-Deering Windrow Harvester

Date: 1931
Description: Elevated view of a man using a Farmall tractor to pull a McCormick-Deering windrow harvester in a field of rye. Original caption reads: "Elliot A. Pritchar...
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Breakfast Nook

Date: 1931
Description: Two benches, and a table covered with a cloth is set with a vase of flowers and a creamer dish, are standing beneath curtained windows in a farmhouse break...
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International Garbage Truck

Date: 1931
Description: Elevated view of two men emptying a metal garbage can into the bed of an International Model AW-2 truck. The lettering on the truck reads: "Garbage Dept. P...
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Garbage Collection

Date: 1931
Description: Three men empty metal garbage cans into the bed of an International truck parked along the side of a residential road.
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International A-4 York-Hoover School Bus

Date: 1931
Description: International A-4 York-Hoover School Bus. This bus was equipped with 185-inch wheelbase and body number 498-C.
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Traveling Library

Date: 1931
Description: Two women select books from the opened back of a traveling branch library in a truck parked on a street.
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Men Laying Pipe with Industrial Tractor

Date: 1931
Description: Men laying pipe in a field. An industrial tractor on the left has a pulley to lower the pipe. Behind the men is a horse-drawn wagon and another piece of ma...
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Man Plowing in Orchard

Date: 1931
Description: View through an orchard towards a man using a horse-drawn hand plow.
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Farmall Tractor Belt-Driving Machinery in Field

Date: 1931
Description: View across field towards men working in a field. A Farmall tractor is belt-driving machinery, perhaps to bale hay. Farm buildings and silos are in the far...

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