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Farmer Poses with Watermelon aboard Cotton Picker

Date: 1944
Description: Farm worker, Frank White, stops harvesting to pose with watermelon found among the cotton crop. The field, part of the O'Neill Ranch located in Helm, Calif...
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McCormick-Deering 123-SP Harvester-Thresher

Date: 1944
Description: Slightly elevated view of fifteen-year-old Peggy Wold operating a McCormick-Deering 123-SP (self-propelled) harvester-thresher (combine) on the farm of Car...
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Experimental Cotton Picker Mounted on a Farmall B Tractor

Date: 1944
Description: Field test of an experimental International Harvester cotton picker mounted on a Farmall B tractor. The caption reads "Experimental IH low-drum 1-row Farma...
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Women Peeling Apples

Date: 1944
Description: Three seated women with bowls on their laps peel apples outdoors while two men stand in the background.
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Diorama of Development of Grain Harvesting Machines

Date: 1944
Description: An exhibit depicting the development of grain harvesting machinery at the Northwestern University Technological Institute. The exhibit includes scale model...
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Grain Binding

Date: 1944
Description: Young Ralph and Richard Quinney pose for a picture while they cut grain by themselves for the fist time. View includes a grain binder, a tractor and their...
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McCormick-Deering Cotton Harvester

Date: 1944
Description: Dorothy Hutchison operating a McCormick-Deering H-10-H cotton picker in a field. Stencils and/or decals are on the machine.
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Deering #123 Prototype Self Propelled Combine

Date: 1944
Description: Man driving an experimental Deering #123 self propelled harvester-thresher (combine). Original caption reads: "Argentina, South America-Deering #123 self p...
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Women with 123-SP Combine

Date: 1944
Description: Two women in a field with a McCormick-Deering 123-SP harvester-thresher (combine). An automobile is parked in the background on the left.
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123-SP Combine and International Truck

Date: 1944
Description: Two women and a man with a McCormick-Deering 123-SP harvester-thresher (combine) and an International truck in a field.
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Man Raising Platform of Stationary Loader for Beets

Date: 1944
Description: View of a man raising platform of stationary loader by ratchet. This moves the beets to conveyor operated by small 3-horsepower Model LB engine. An Interna...

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