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Farmall F-20 Tractor and Combine on Rural Highway

Date: 07 03 1934
Description: Farmer driving a McCormick-Deering Farmall F-20 tractor and combine (harvester-thresher) on a rural highway. The tractor and combine were equipped with Fir...
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Farmall F-20 Tractor and Combine in Wheat Field

Date: 07 1934
Description: Farmers combining wheat on Purdue University's Edgewood Farm using an air-tired McCormick-Deering combine (harvester-thresher) and Farmall F-20 tractor.
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Tractorette School

Date: 1942
Description: Women assembled for a Tractorette School at Nodaway Co. Implement Co., an International Harvester dealership. Instructor and dealer John Schneider is condu...
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Tractorette Instruction

Date: 1942
Description: Women sitting on grass watching a lecture on maintenance of Farmall A and Farmall M tractors. The lecture was part of International Harvester's "Tractorett...
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Women Engaged in "Tractorette" Training

Date: 1942
Description: Dan Downey, International Harvester blockman from Philadelphia, teaches three women how to operate a Farmall M tractor and a McCormick-Deering harvester-th...
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Tractorette Field Demonstration

Date: 1942
Description: Instructor Mr. Schweitzer reviewing the operation of a Farmall M tractor with a group of women. The women are (L to R): Donna Mehaffy, Oakville; Marian Hul...
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"Tractorette" Operating Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Elizabeth Lancton cultivating with a Farmall H tractor on the 105 acre farm of Cliff Lee. Mrs. Lancton attended classes offered by Fred R. Walkley, pr...
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Unloading Oats at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stock Pavilion

Date: 12 09 1929
Description: A cargo of oats is unloaded from a horse-drawn wagon with the assistance from a tractor, via a grain elevator at the Stock Pavilion on the University of Wi...
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Power Farming Lecture

Date: 04 30 1925
Description: A group gathers near a McCormick-Deering tractor and a sign advertising a power-farming lecture.
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Poster Illustrating Old and New Harvesting Methods

Date: 05 15 1928
Description: Poster or display board illustrating the differences between "old" and "new" methods of harvesting grain. Includes images illustrating harvesting methods b...
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Kansas State Agricultural College Traction Engine Laboratory

Date: 01 1921
Description: Students working on tractors outdoors, including the Titan 10-20, while two men (professors?) look on at the Kansas State Agricultural College Traction Eng...
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International Harvester Parade Display: Hay Loading

Date: 1917
Description: A man pulls a wagon full of hay and a hay loader with an International 8-16 tractor. On both the car and the cart two large signs read: "Loading Hay the Mo...
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"Tractorette" Group on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. John T. Shea, Mary Elma Riddell, and Mrs. John R. Riddell, participants in "Tractorette" class, are posing around a Farmall H tractor with J.S. Inman,...
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"Tractorette" Student

Date: 1942
Description: Slightly elevated view of a participant in International Harvester's "Tractorette" class sitting on a Farmall H tractor. The class consisted of 15 women an...
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"Tractorettes" with Instructor

Date: 1942
Description: "Tractorettes" pose with their instructor, McCormick-Deering salesmen Robert L. McCaffrey, on a Farmall H tractor.
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Machinery on Display at "100 Years in Chicago"

Date: 1947
Description: Tractors and farm equipment on display at International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration at Soldier Field. Original caption reads: "Partial v...
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Hammer Mill Demonstration

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view of men and women gathered to watch a hammer mill demonstration at an International Harvester Company demonstration farm. There is a Farmall t...
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Farms Hazards: Children on Machinery

Date: 1926
Description: A child on a Farmall tractor. The original caption warns of the danger of children "fooling with levers on running machinery." This photo was taken for Int...
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Mrs. John T. Shea, Tractorette

Date: 1942
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a woman on a Farmall H tractor in a field. Caption: "A very successful tractorette class of twenty women was organize...
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Mrs. John T. Shea, Tractorette

Date: 1942
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a woman on a Farmall H tractor in a field. Caption on accompany photograph: "A very successful tractorette class of t...

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