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Workers Processing Sisal in Philippines

Date: 1948
Description: Workers processing bundles of sisal fibre (fiber) at a factory or mill in the Philippines. The factory likely was owned by the International Harvester Comp...
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Workers Process Sisal in Philippines

Date: 1948
Description: Workers processing sisal at a factory in the Philippines. The factory likely was owned by the International Harvester Company as part of its twine producti...
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Workers Hanging Sisal in Yucatan(?)

Date: 1948
Description: Workers, mostly female, hanging bundles of sisal on wires on a plantation in the Yucatan(?). The plantation was likely run by the International Harvester C...
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Processing Sisal in the Philippines

Date: 1948
Description: Workers processing bundles of sisal in large piles at an International Harvester facility in the Philippines.
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Hunter Shows Prize to Man on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: McCormick-Deering Farmall H tractor in a fall setting. A hunter, Mr. Vinson E. Gritten, is holding up a dead rabbit for William Foreman and Junior Scott (b...
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International TD-24 Advertising Brochure

Date: 1948
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for an International TD-24 diesel crawler tractor ("TracTracTor") with "planet power steering." The ad shows two men with ...
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Hamilton Works Hockey Team

Date: 1948
Description: Group portrait of a hockey team from International Harvester's Hamilton Works in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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U.S. Soil Conservation Albuquerque Demonstration

Date: 1948
Description: Farmer demonstrating 6-row forward-mounted beet and bean cultivator for Farmalls M, MD, or H at the U.S. Soil Conservation Albuquerque Demonstration. Capti...
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Farmall M Tractor Pulling a 122 Combine

Date: 1948
Description: View across field of a man harvesting wheat with a Farmall M tractor and No. 122 combine (harvester-thresher).
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McCormick Farmall H Tractor and Plow

Date: 1948
Description: View towards the left side of a man on a McCormick Farmall tractor H pulling a plow, either at or near the company's experimental farm in Hinsdale.
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McCormick Farmall H Tractor with Mounted Cultivator

Date: 1948
Description: View towards a man in a field on a Farmall H tractor with a mounted cultivator, either at or near the company's experimental farm in Hinsdale.
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Farmall H Tractor and Plow

Date: 1948
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man in a field operating a Farmall H tractor and plow, either at or near the company's experimental farm in Hinsdale, Illinois.
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McCormick W-4 Tractor with Plow

Date: 1948
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man in a field operating a McCormick standard W-4 tractor with a plow.
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Assembling the Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: Two factory workers are attaching a Farmall Cub engine to the clutch housing, while a third worker is attaching brake pedals. Taken on the assembly line at...
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Worker Finishes Assembly of Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: Factory worker completing assembly of a Farmall Cub tractor at International Harvester's Louisville Works.
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Hunter Shows Prize to Man on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: Hunter shows a dead rabbit to a man on a Farmall H tractor and a boy in a wagon full of pumpkins. The caption reads: "Mr. [William] Foreman is on the tract...
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Farmer Cultivating Field with Farmall AV Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: Rear view from right of a farmer cultivating a field with a McCormick-Deering Farmall AV tractor and attached cultivator.
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Farmer Plowing Field with McCormick WD-6 Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: Three-quarter view towards front left of a farmer plowing a field with a McCormick WD-6 tractor and an attached plow.
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Loading Coal into International K-6 Dump Truck

Date: 1948
Description: Man loading coal from an overhead bin into an International K-6 dump truck owned by South Chicago Coal and Dock Company. The slogan "coal stoker heat is be...
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McCormick-Deering Dealership with Farmall C

Date: 1948
Description: Man sitting on a Farmall C tractor in front of a prototype International Harvester dealership. The man is talking with another man. Farm fields are in the ...

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