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Refueling a Tri-Motor

Date: 1936
Description: Refueling a Ford Tri-Motor airplane. Because gasoline truck hoses did not have pumps, airplanes were refueled by filling 5-gallon cans and then lifting the...
Photograph

Residential Housing

Date: 1936
Description: View down road of mass-produced residential housing with farm in background.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering No. 31-RW West Coast Special Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1936
Description: Farmer Frank Rakow harvesting corn with a McCormick-Deering no. 31-RW West Coast Special harvester-thresher (combine). Mr. Rakow and the No. 31-RW are work...
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Potato Spraying

Date: 1936
Description: Two farmers using a Farmall tractor with a Bean-Royal #20 sprayer to spray a crop of potatoes.
Photograph

International Truck and I-30 with Loader

Date: 1936
Description: A man is using an International I-30 industrial tractor with front loader to scoop gravel into the bed of an International truck owned by People's Gas Comp...
Photograph

Bronstein & Rovner Truck

Date: 1936
Description: Four men load fruits and vegetables into the back of an International C-30 truck owned by Bronstein & Rovner. The truck is backed up at the loading dock of...
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Power Dam

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of the power dam on the Wisconsin River at Prairie du Sac.
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Village on the Bluffs

Date: 1936
Description: View along side of road across a field of a village on the Mississippi bluffs, with many houses and telephone lines visible.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering No. 31 Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1936
Description: McCormick-Deering No.31 harvester-thresher (combine) in a field. Original caption reads "New 31-RW West Coast Special harvester-thresher in "gyp" corn on 1...
Photograph

Small Grain Elevator

Date: 1936
Description: A view of a small grain elevator and various other farm buildings near a road.
Photograph

Contour Plowing

Date: 1936
Description: A view of two men on tractors, contour plowing a field. Two other men stand near a dirt road.
Photograph

Man Riding on Hay Rake

Date: 1936
Description: Man seated on hay rake pulled by two work horses. Original caption reads, "raking alsike clover with new McCormick-Deering Sulky rake owned and operated by...
Print

International Mower Attachment Advertising Brochure

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an International brochure for mower attachments. Features a photograph of a man mowing along the side of a road or highway in a rural area. Text o...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Moldboard and Disk Plows Catalog Cover

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog featuring both moldboard and disk plows. Features a photograph from the rear of a man driving a tractor with a plow through...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Deering Plow Catalog Cover

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for moldboard an disk plows for tractors or horses. Features a photographic illustration of a man plowing a field with a Fa...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Deering Seeding Equipment Catalog Cover

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for McCormick-Deering seeding equipment. Features two photographs of men using horse-drawn and tractor driven grain drills.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering T-20 and TA-40 TracTracTor Brochure

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of a brochure for McCormick-Deering T-20 and TA-40 TracTracTors (crawler tractors), "For Heavy loads — For Steep Slopes — For Soft Soils."
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering TD-40 TracTracTors Brochure

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the McCormick-Deering TD-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Features a photograph of a man sitting on a TD-40 TracTracT...
Print

Flyer for IH Diesel and Gasoline Industrial Power

Date: 1936
Description: Advertising flyer for International Harvester diesel and gasoline industrial power. Features two photographs showing International TracTracTors (crawler tr...
Print

IH Outdoor Recreation Equipment Brochure

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International Harvester golf equipment. Features a photograph of a man driving a Fairway-12 Tractor on the Bobby Jones...

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