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Fond du Lac Airport

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of Fond du Lac Airport.
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Church in the Kettle Moraine State Forest

Date: 1940
Description: Church, several houses and field from a hill.
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Turkey Farm

Date: 1940
Description: A farmer standing near a tractor amidst turkeys at Reif Turkey Farm. The original caption reads: "Mr. Glenn Reif uses Farmall H for general farm work, belt...
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Farm Scene

Date: 1940
Description: Farmhouse with several barns, a silo, and a windmill surrounded by fields and a bright, cloud strewn sky.
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Farmer Using Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor with a Number 8 bottom plow to work in a field.
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Farmall M with Number 8 Bottom Plow

Date: 1940
Description: Rear view of a man using a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor with a Number 8 bottom plow to do field work on a hillside. Farm buildings are in the backgr...
Photograph

Wm. Harris Estate Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Two men handle bags near a barn. One of the men is standing on a wooden ramp leading up to the open barn door, the other is standing in the back of an Inte...
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Iowa Farm

Date: 1940
Description: The William Langenbaw farm, viewed against a cloud-filled sky.
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Man Milking Cows

Date: 1940
Description: Roger Thomas uses a McCormick-Deering milker on a Holstein cow at the Lee Thomas farm.
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Man Weighing Milk

Date: 1940
Description: A man inside a building uses a hanging scale to weigh a can of milk. He writes the weight on a chart hanging adjacent to the scale.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering Tractor Mower Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for McCormick-Deering tractor mowers. Features two photographs of farmers pulling mowers with Farmall tractors. Original c...
Print

Plowshares Are Swords

Date: 1940
Description: Flyer promoting International Harvester's war work, featuring a color illustration of a man dressed in overalls and his Farmall tractor. In the background ...
Photograph

Construction Crew on Silo

Date: 1940
Description: Construction crew on Kastenmeier farm. They are standing at the top of a silo they are building. A barn is on the left and a shed is on the right. Names fr...
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Farmall H Tractor with Spring Tooth Harrow

Date: 1940
Description: Right side view of a man driving a Farmall H tractor pulling a spring tooth harrow. George Cabak farm of 200 acres.
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Clayton Nissley, Jr. with Two Men and Farmall B Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: Clayton Nissley, Jr. sits on a Farmall B tractor. Standing next to him, left to right, are R.C. Northamer, sales promotion, general line, Harrisburg; and J...
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Amos Shelby, Jr. on Farmall A Tractor

Date: 1940
Description: Amos Shelby, Jr. sitting on a Farmall A tractor on his father's 80-acre farm near Manheim. He is talking with J.B. Hostetter, of Mount Joy, International H...
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Elmer Tompkin Driving Farmall M with No. 12 Two-Row Digger

Date: 1940
Description: View from rear of Elmer Tompkin driving a Farmall M tractor down a hilly field. The tractor is pulling a No. 12 two-row digger on Elmer Merrill's 400-acre ...
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Elmer Tompkin Driving Farmall M with No. 12 Two-Row Digger

Date: 1940
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of Elmer Tompkin driving a Farmall M tractor down a hilly field. The tractor is pulling a No. 12 two-row digger on Elme...
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Mr. Bagley on Farmall M

Date: 1940
Description: Alden G. Bagley driving a Farmall M pulling a wagon loaded with barrels of seed potatoes. Behind him is his 6,000 barrel storage house.
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Man Driving Farmall H Tractor and Disk Harrow

Date: 1940
Description: Left side view of a man driving a Farmall H tractor with disk harrow in a field. Shocks of corn are in long rows in the field. Farm buildings are in the fa...

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