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Farmall 300 Tractor with McCormick Baler

Date: 1955
Description: Color photograph of two men operating a Farmall 300 tractor and a McCormick baler in a field.
Photograph

Scene from "Design for Life"

Date: 1955
Description: Friendly counsel on pharmaceutical salesmanship is offered a prospective pharmacy student Dale Saunders (David Bain) by Sales Representative Randall (Art G...
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Still from "Time for Tomorrow"

Date: 1955
Description: A professor checks a prescription prepared by a pharmacy student in this lab scene from "Time for Tomorrow". Women, as well as men, can find a rewarding ca...
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At Grandfather's House

Date: 1955
Description: A young boy helps his grandfather unload a cart of split logs.
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Worker Inspecting M-1 Rifle

Date: 1955
Description: Factory worker inspecting the barrel of an M-1 rifle produced at International Harvester's Evansville Works for the U.S. military.
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Farmall 100 Series Tractor Family

Date: 1955
Description: McCormick Farmall 100 series tractors in a line, including the Farmall Cub, Farmall 100, Farmall 200, Farmall 300, and Farmall 400 tractors.
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Two-Row Mounted Corn Picker on Farmall 400 Tractor

Date: 1955
Description: View of a man picking corn with a two-row corn picker mounted on a Farmall 400 tractor.
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Farmall 400 Tractor with Disk pPlow

Date: 1955
Description: Color photograph of a man plowing a field with a McCormick Farmall 400 tractor and attached disk plow.
Photograph

34HM-120 Cotton Picker

Date: 1955
Description: Man operating a 34HM-120 cotton picker mounted on a Farmall 400 tractor in a cotton field.
Photograph

St. Cloud Combine Promotion

Date: 1955
Description: Tour of International Harvester's East Moline Works (factory) for the St. Cloud combine promotion. Original caption reads: "There are hundreds of inspectio...
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Workers Erecting Billboard

Date: 1955
Description: Construction workers erecting a billboard for Hines Lumber using a crane mounted on the back of an International heavy-duty truck. The billboard is sitting...
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International Farmall 300 Assembly Line

Date: 1955
Description: Factory workers making Farmall 300 tractors on an assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
Book or Pamphlet

International S-Line Medium-Duty Trucks

Date: 1955
Description: Advertising brochure for the 1955 line of International S-series medium-duty trucks featuring a color illustration of a man unloading an S-160 refrigerated...
Photograph

International S-110 Light Duty Pickup Truck

Date: 1955
Description: View of a truck driver at a loading dock with an International S-110 light duty pickup truck with panels. The truck was owned and operated by Parkway Deliv...
Photograph

Checking on Beehive

Date: 1955
Description: Robert E. Bodoh checks on the condition of a hive by opening it using smoke to calm the bees. Bodoh wears a protective hat with mesh veil. Several other hi...
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Cranberry Processing

Date: 1955
Description: Professor Kenneth Weckel of the University of Wisconsin demonstrates his new method of preserving and canning cranberries whole without smashing them. The ...
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Water Tower

Date: 1955
Description: "Workers put the finishing touches on the new water tower."
Postcard

Pabst Brewing Kettles

Date: 1955
Description: Postcard of the Pabst Brewery showing an elevated view of men working near the copper kettles in a vaulted room. There is a large, stained glass window on ...
Book or Pamphlet

Annual Report

Date: 1955
Description: Front cover of the International Harvester Company's annual report, featuring a color photograph of a man operating a Farmall 400 tractor in a field. Farm ...
Photograph

Child Receiving Vaccine

Date: 1955
Description: Child receiving a shot, most likely the polio vaccine.

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