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Group Relaxing Outdoors

Date: 1939
Description: Two men, a young boy, and two women relax by a tree near a stream.
Photograph

Road Construction with an International T-14

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of two men working with an International T-14 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and an Adams grader to level a new road.
Photograph

TD-35 Snowplow Clearing Road

Date: 1939
Description: Man operating an International TD-35 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and an Isaacson snowplow to clear a road in Kootenai County. According to the original c...
Photograph

International Harvester Diesel Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Two men operate an International Harvester Diesel Tractor. Original caption reads: "International Diesel tractor with dual pneumatic tires and new type of ...
Photograph

TracTracTors Building Route 39 in Florida

Date: 1939
Description: Three TD-40 TracTracTors (crawler tractors) and a TD-18 help construct Route 39 in western Florida. The tractors were owned by Smith Engineering and Constr...
Photograph

Sloping a Levee with a TD-35 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: A man operates an International TD-35 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) to create a slope for a levee. Original caption reads: "A TD-35 TracTracTor with 10 foo...
Photograph

Man on TD-40 Crawler Tractor Bulldozing Dirt

Date: 1939
Description: Man operating an International TD-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) with a bulldozer and two wheel scraper attached. The tractor is possibly leveling dirt t...
Photograph

Two-Story House

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior of two-story house with brick work on front corner. There is an enclosed patio extending from the house towards the front drive. A street lamp is ...
Photograph

Freshly Built Two-Story Houses

Date: 1939
Description: Two freshly built two-story houses in a clearing with trees. Both have small, covered back patios. There are no driveways or shrubbery in place yet.
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Two-Story House

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior of a freshly built two-story house located at 293 East Orchard Court. The house has a covered patio. There is no driveway in place yet, and a fres...
Photograph

Car Parked in front of Row of Houses

Date: 1939
Description: A car is parked on the street in front of a row of houses. Children are playing in the front yards. There is a large tree in the foreground. Men are workin...
Photograph

Picnic Tables at Picnic Grove

Date: 1939
Description: Two picnic tables in a clearing at picnic grove.
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Showers' Store Exterior

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior view from road of a log building with a sign reading: "Showers' Store." Automobiles are parked outside and a Shell filling pump stands near the st...
Photograph

Tug Boat in Frozen Lake Minnetonka

Date: 1939
Description: View of a tug boat docked on frozen Lake Minnetonka. The boat was powered by an International PD-80 power unit and bears signage reading "Priscilla" and "....
Print

Tractor Mowers and Sweep Rakes Brochure

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering tractor mowers and sweep rakes, featuring a photo of men mowing a field with a Farmall tractor and m...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Seeding Equipment Brochure

Date: 1939
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering seeding equipment, featuring a photograph of a farmer operating a Farmall tractor and grain drill in...
Photograph

Truck Hauling Logs

Date: 1939
Description: An International D-246-F truck owned by the C.D. Ray Logging Company parked under what appears to be a loading device constructed from a tree stump and log...
Photograph

Cutover Land

Date: 1939
Description: Cut-over land in northern Wisconsin.
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Young Trees

Date: 1939
Description: Described on the reverse of the print as, "Four to five year old evergreen trees," young trees grow in neat rows beneath overhead irrigation pipes. The gr...

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