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Men Harvesting Hemp with Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of two men harvesting hemp using a McCormick Farmall H tractor and hemp binder No.2. In the background are houses among trees.
Poster

World War II Victory Garden Poster

Date: 1943
Description: International Harvester poster promoting "Victory Gardens" and war bonds. Features an illustration of a family working in a field while the father shakes h...
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McCormick-Deering Farmall H Tractor with Hemp Turning Machine

Date: 1943
Description: Slightly elevated view of farmer Axel Anderson in his barnyard on a Farmall H tractor with a hemp turning machine. The hemp turning machine was made by the...
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McCormick-Deering 123-SP Combine in Wheat Field

Date: 1943
Description: Slightly elevated view of farmer Ed Frey at the controls of a McCormick-Deering 123-SP combine on his 1400 acre farm.
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Solomon Islands Men Standing on U.S. Marine Corps Truck

Date: 1943
Description: Men, natives of the Solomon Islands, standing on a U.S. Marine Corps truck made by International Harvester. Some of the men are holding rifles.
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Workers Assembling Gun Carriages

Date: 1943
Description: Workers on an assembly line at an International Harvester factory. The original caption reads: "assembling 57mm gun carriages."
Poster

Both Working for Victory

Date: 1943
Description: Poster of a woman driving a Red Cross truck and a woman on a Farmall tractor with the text "Now farm work is war work," and "Join the Farm Victory Voluntee...
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McCormick-Deering TracTractor

Date: 1943
Description: Men using a McCormick-Deering TracTractor (crawler tractor) to pull tree stumps from the ground. The men may be clearing the way for a road.
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Hydraulic Press

Date: 1943
Description: Factory worker operating a 500 ton triple-action hydraulic press at Chatham Works. According to the original caption, the second pass has completed the for...
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Swedish Branch Office

Date: 1943
Description: Several children look in the window of an International Harvester branch office at Ingelstavagen 4, Norrkoping, Sweden.
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Deering TD-14 Crawler Tractor and Plow

Date: 1943
Description: A man pulls tractor plows with a Deering TD-14 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) in the South American country of Argentina. He is preparing the soil for corn ...
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International 15-30 with Combine in Argentina

Date: 1943
Description: Three men operating an International 15-30 tractor and a No. 31 harvester-thresher (combine), cutting wheat in a 12-foot swath in Argentina.
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High-Speed Prime Mover

Date: 1943
Description: A M-5 high-speed prime mover carries men through a field. The original caption reads: "The M-5 high-speed prime mover, designed and engineered by Internati...
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Physical and Chemical Laboratory

Date: 1943
Description: Men stand at the counter of a physical and chemical laboratory. The original caption reads: "A complete modern physical and chemical laboratory, a portion ...
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Experimental Combine

Date: 1943
Description: Lee and Gray, International Harvester employees, and Fowler McCormick, looking at an experimental combine (harvester-thresher) in a field. A Farmall tracto...
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Gardening

Date: 1943
Description: A gardener sprays a row of plants with a sprayer and metal container. The container likely holds pesticide.
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Man Working in Garden

Date: 1943
Description: A gardener works in a vegetable garden.
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Gardens Near Apartment Building

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of men and women working in a large garden behind what appears to be an apartment building.
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Garden Cultivating

Date: 1943
Description: A man uses a walking cultivator(?) to complete garden work.
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Planting a Garden

Date: 1943
Description: A man uses a taut rope to plant straight garden rows.

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