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Parishioners Outside New Fellowship Church of God

Date: 1939
Description: Parishioners gather at the entrance outside New Fellowship Church of God In Christ at North Eighth Street.
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IH Dealership in Oskaloosa

Date: 1939
Description: Exterior view of the Oskaloosa Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership. A group of men and young boys pose near a Farmall A Tractor, and o...
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Train and Automobile at Intersection

Date: 1939
Description: A train is shown at the intersection of Williamson, S. Blair, and E. Wilson Streets in front of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot.
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Experimental Combine Harvesting Grain

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men harvesting grain with a McCormick-Deering 12 foot experimental combine (harvester-thresher) pulled by a Farmall M tractor. There is a ...
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Experimental Combine with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men field testing an experimental 12 foot McCormick-Deering combine (harvester-thresher) with a Farmall M tractor. Mountains are in the ba...
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Experimental McCormick-Deering Combine and Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of men field testing an experimental McCormick-Deering 12 foot combine with a Farmall M tractor.
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Men Harvest Beans with Farmall A Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Men harvesting beans with a four foot combine (harvester-thresher) and a Farmall A tractor. Original caption reads: "4-ft. combine in beans — note special ...
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Harvesting Tobacco Leaves

Date: 1939
Description: Field workers gathering and spearing cut tobacco leaves.
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WPA Work at the State Fairgrounds

Date: 1939
Description: A WPA program on the State Fair Grounds. The workers have dug a long trench, and the project probably concerns improved sanitary facilities for the fair, a...
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Commander Attilio Gatti in Africa

Date: 1939
Description: Commander Attilio Gatti poses in front of a Congolese village during his tenth expedition to Africa. The expedition was sponsored by International Harveste...
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Cocktail Hour in the Congo

Date: 1939
Description: Commander and Mrs. Attilio Gatti have cocktails during the Commander's tenth African expedition. The expedition was sponsored by International Harvester. T...
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Explorers Photographing in the African Congo

Date: 1939
Description: Members of Commander Atillio Gatti's tenth African expedition taking photographs from the top of an International truck. Native Africans are standing, hold...
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Directing Traffic

Date: 1939
Description: A Chicago police officer holds up his hand to signal pedestrians that they should not enter the crosswalk.
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International TD-14 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Men grade a new road surface with an International TD-14 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and Adams Power Grader. There is a house in the background and peopl...
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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.
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Skulls Arranged to Spell "Peru"

Date: 1939
Description: A man crouches behind an arrangement of human skulls and bones that spell "Peru". Caption on photograph reads: "Illustrations for article on the TracTracTo...
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I-14 Street Cleaner

Date: 1939
Description: A man operating an International I-14 tractor and Hough street cleaner. The tractor was owned by the city of Santa Barbara. According to the original capti...
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New York City Snow Removal

Date: 1939
Description: A man plows snow with an International I-30(?) tractor on a New York City street. Men with shovels are standing on the sidewalk.
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TD-18 Tractor and Adams Elevating Grader

Date: 1939
Description: Four men with an International TD-18 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) and an Adams Elevating Grader. Caption on photograph reads, "A TD-18 and 42-inch Adams E...
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International TD-14 Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: An International Harvester TD-14 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with "B.E. Bullgrader" levels a mound of dirt for a highway exit. Original caption includes ...

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