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"Tractorette" School

Date: 1942
Description: A group of seated young women at "Tractorette" School are instructed by John Schneider outside Nodaway County Implement Company, an International Harvester...
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John W. Thompson on Farmall Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: John W. Thompson riding a Farmall tractor through a 47-acre cornfield on the 120-acre farm of his father, J.D. Thompson.
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Wanda Lee Grace on Farmall B Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: 16-year-old Wanda Lee Grace, a participant in "Tractorette" class offered by the Nodaway County Implement Company, driving her father's Farmall B tractor t...
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Betty Stevens on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Betty Stevens, a participant in "Tractorette" class offered by the Nodaway County Implement Company, is riding a Farmall H tractor through J.D. Thompson's ...
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Mrs. Ada Adkins on Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Ada Adkins, recently widowed, learning to use a tractor in a "Tractorette" class offered by the Nodaway County Implement Company.
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"Tractorette" Class

Date: 1942
Description: Several participants from a class of 22 "Tractorettes" standing around a Farmall tractor with their instructor, John Schneider, proprietor of the Nodaway C...
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Harry M. Cosway

Date: 1942
Description: Elevated view of Harry M. Cosway, tractor operator for Porter & Bonney, driving a tractor through a crop of potatoes.
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Phillippa Monachino Driving Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Elevated view of Phillippa Monachino, a participant in "Tractorette" class, driving a tractor through a field of potatoes.
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"Tractorette" Class

Date: 1942
Description: A group of female "Tractorette" class participants with their male instructor gather around a Farmall tractor. The original caption reads: "Part of tractor...
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"Tractorette" Group

Date: 1942
Description: A group of participants in the "Tractorette" program gathers around a Farmall tractor operated by Fred R. Walkley, proprietor of Walkley Farm Equipment Com...
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The Sowerbys with a Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Chester Sowerby is sitting on a Farmall H tractor while her husband is standing in the field beside her. The original caption reads: "Mrs. Chester Sow...
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Woman on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: A Red Cross motor corps woman sitting on a Farmall H tractor at Herbert's Hill Angus farm. The original caption reads: "Red Cross motor corps women in Paol...
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Tractor Training for Jewish Women

Date: 1942
Description: Ruth Sager stoops to speak to Wood Hendrickson, manager of C.O. Smith, an International Harvester dealership. Two women stand behind Sager and Hendrickson,...
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Family Farming

Date: 1942
Description: Slightly elevated view of Louis Finn and his five sons and three daughters working on their 150-acre potato farm with a Farmall tractor, a potato digger an...
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Gladys Skipka with Farmall Tractor and Potato Digger

Date: 1942
Description: Elevated view of Gladys Skipka using a Farmall tractor and a potato digger to work on a 71-acre potato farm. The original caption reads: "Gladys Skipka of ...
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Elsie L. Meyer on Farmall AV Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Elsie L. Meyer operating a Farmall AV tractor on her father's farm. The original caption reads: "Elsie L. Meyer of Hicksville, New York, not only operates ...
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Mrs. Herbert B. Schwaller on Farmall Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Herbert B. Schwaller of Morning Sun, Ohio drives a Farmall tractor through a field. Mrs. Schwaller may have taken part in International Harvester's wa...
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Muriel Thomas on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Muriel Thomas of Sperry, Idaho, uses a Farmall H tractor to stack hay outside of a barn. Ms. Thomas may have taken part in International Harvester's wartim...
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Donald Jarvis on a Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Donald Jarvis uses a Farmall H tractor to stack hay outside a barn.
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Women on Farmall H Tractors

Date: 1942
Description: A woman is steering a Farmall H tractor through a farm field, while another person driving a tractor is following closely behind.

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