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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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Kleinheinz Hall

Date: 04 01 1945
Description: Kleinheinz Hall (old Sheep Barn) at 1815 Linden Drive on University of Wisconsin campus.
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Kleinheinz Hall

Date: 03 01 1945
Description: Kleinheinz Hall (old Sheep Barn) at 1815 Linden Drive on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Building was used as housing for United States Navy Radio ...
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Agricultural Extension Publications

Date: 1946
Description: An array of publications produced and distributed by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. Includes booklets relating to plowing, ho...
Book or Pamphlet

Safe Home Canning Booklet

Date: 12 15 1944
Description: Cover of a booklet on home canning produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. The booklet promotes "safe home canning" of fru...
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Farmer-Labor Unity Meeting Speakers

Date: 03 18 1944
Description: Six of the speakers for the farmer-labor "unity meeting" held at the Loraine Hotel; left to right: N.R. Johnson, head of the Railway Brotherhoods; Claude R...
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Soviet Government Representatives at Farm

Date: 08 11 1944
Description: Six Russian representatives of the Soviet government observing a new McCormick-Deering Company Model 50-T hay baler at the Bowman Dairy Farm on Fish Hatche...
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Future Farmers of America

Date: 10 1946
Description: Group portrait of members of Future Farmers of America, taken for Wisconsin State Department of Agriculture.
Poster

Cutaway View of Farmall Tractor Chart

Date: 1945
Description: An International Harvester Farmall chart featuring a color illustration cutaway view, with labels, of a Farmall tractor.
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Teacher and Students in Classroom

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: A male teacher and students at their desks in a classroom working on a project involving growing plants. Taken for the Wisconsin Agriculturist.
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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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Apprentice Classroom at McCormick Works

Date: 1949
Description: A group of young men receive instruction in the apprentice classroom at McCormick Works.
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Electrical Apprentice at McCormick Works

Date: 1949
Description: An electrical apprentice repairs an electric motor at McCormick Works.
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Machinist Apprentice at Tractor Works

Date: 1949
Description: A machinist apprentice at Tractor Works (factory) makes a layout to prepare for machining.

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