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Mowing Machine

Date: 06 1927
Description: A mowing machine with its cutter raised is resting near the entrance to a barn as a man is walking nearby while carrying a metal bucket. The photograph was...
Photograph

Coats Hanging in a Barn

Date: 06 1927
Description: Coats with matches in the pockets are hanging on nails inside a barn on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm, demonstrating a farm hazard. ...
Photograph

Man Standing on Barrel

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man is standing on a wooden barrel which is resting on a wooden box on concrete entrance steps near a door. He is using a hammer to fix a window frame. T...
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Children Near Hay Pulley

Date: 06 1927
Description: A boy wearing a cowboy hat is sitting on the back of a horse as a man hoists hay into a hayloft using a pulley system. Another boy is standing in the barn ...
Photograph

Smoking Near Gasoline

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man is using a funnel to siphon gasoline from a tank into a pail while smoking a pipe. The photograph was staged on the K. Legge Memorial Farm to demonst...
Photograph

Smoking Near Haystack

Date: 10 1926
Description: Two men are resting against a haystack while smoking pipes. The photograph was staged at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm to demonstrat...
Photograph

Stretching Fence Wire

Date: 09 1926
Description: A man is standing and directing another man who is driving a McCormick-Deering Farmall tractor for stretching a fence wire. The photograph was staged on In...
Photograph

Gun Safety

Date: 12 1926
Description: A man smoking a pipe is pulling a gun by the muzzle out from the back seat of an automobile, while another man holding a gun is standing beside him. The sc...
Photograph

Electric Wires and Railroad Tracks

Date: 03 1928
Description: Power lines along both sides of railroad tracks running through a rural area.
Photograph

Man Near Oil Tank

Date: 05 26 1926
Description: A man is filling a metal pitcher with oil from a barrel stored in a garage with litter on the ground, illustrating a farm hazard.
Photograph

Pedestrian Sign

Date: 05 26 1926
Description: A sign reading: "Walk on Left" is posted on a power line pole. A man is walking on the left side of a rural road in the background as a truck drives by.
Photograph

Wooden Water Pump

Date: 05 26 1926
Description: A man using a wooden pump to fill a metal pail with water. The photograph was staged to demonstrate a hazard found on farms.
Photograph

"No Parking" Sign

Date: 1926
Description: A sign reading: "No Parking on Pavement - State Law" is posted alongside a road, and in the background a man is standing in the line of traffic to inspect ...
Photograph

Road Sign Warning of Curve Ahead

Date: 05 1926
Description: A sign reading: "Look Curve L." is posted along the side of a paved road. An automobile is on the road in the background.
Photograph

Man Near Scythe

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man is working to fix a wooden fence while standing near a scythe which is hanging from the branch of a nearby tree, demonstrating a farm hazard. A farm ...
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Unsafe Farm Tool

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man is standing on a crate while using a sledge hammer to strike a piece of wood being held in place by another man who is standing in front of him. Two ...
Photograph

Farm Hazard: Boy Dumping Ashes

Date: 1926
Description: A boy dumping ashes against the side of a house. This photo was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustrate potenti...
Photograph

School Safety Patrol

Date: 12 27 1956
Description: Three girls wearing Wisconsin Safety Patrol t-shirts and belts pretending to show a girl that it is all right to cross the street.
Photograph

Demonstration of Possible Accident at Work

Date: 04 25 1928
Description: Man posing demonstrating possible accident in work situation.
Poster

Warning! Consider The Possible Consequences If You Are Careless In Your Work

Date: 1917
Description: Poster with an illustration depicting an elevated view of a downed plane tail up and floating in the sea with survivors standing on top of it. A seaplane i...

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