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Terrace Plowing Demonstration

Date: 09 27 1945
Description: Exhibit of new machinery at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. Some of the 2,000 cars and b...
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Hinsdale Farm

Date: 1945
Description: People examining machinery on display in front of a tent at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. A building with a red pylon and signs adv...
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Grove Workers with DS-30

Date: 1937
Description: Three men use an International DS-30 truck and sprayers to work in a grove.
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Purdue University Livestock Farm

Date: 1938
Description: Two men use a McCormick-Deering grain drill with a team of four horses and an International D-2 truck to work in a field on the Purdue University livestock...
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Model Dairy Farm

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Description: A model dairy farm maintained by Hoard's "Dairyman Magazine" for experimental purposes. Two women are walking in the driveway near the buildings on the rig...
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Plowing on an IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 04 28 1932
Description: View across field on an International Harvester Company farm towards a group of men standing and watching a plowing demonstration. Several barns and other ...
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Crowd at Farm Sale

Date: 01 1924
Description: Large crowd gathered at a sale on the farm of Bert Dunbar. Harrows and other farm implements are on the snow-covered ground. Several automobiles are in the...
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Man Operating Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 04 18 1927
Description: A man wearing a hat sitting on a two-horse manure spreader with farm buildings, an automobile, and a cow in the background. The original caption reads: "Ke...
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Man Operating Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 1926
Description: Elevated view of a man driving a manure spreader pulled by a team of horses. In the background is a large barn with three silos, a tractor, wagons and an a...
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Tractor Tilling Newsletter

Date: 07 1917
Description: Cover of the Volume 1, Number 2 issue of Tractor Tilling newsletter, produced by the Smith Form-a-Tractor Company. The cover features a photograph o...
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Plowing on International Harvester Company Farm

Date: 1962
Description: Elevated view of International Harvester employees using the company's tractors and plows to work in a field on a company farm in Tifton. International Har...
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International Harvester Employees with Competitor's Plow

Date: 1962
Description: Instructor Jim Brosnahan (left, with foot on plow) gathers around a Kewaunee plow with International Harvester employees to study it at an International Ha...
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Farmall H with Sweeprake Mounted on Front

Date: 1941
Description: Mr. Frank Ridgway's 17-year-old son, Charles Ridgway, is on a Farmall H on the Frank Ridgway farm. A sweeprake, which Mr. Ridgway built himself, is mounted...
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Farmall Tractor at Maple Crest Farms

Date: 1930
Description: Farmall tractor parked on the farm of C.E. Hussey & Sons. A truck parked on the left has a sign painted on the driver's side door that reads: "Maple Crest ...
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Cultivator

Date: 10 04 1926
Description: Close-up of a cultivator. In the background is a man standing in a barnyard, and an automobile parked on the far right. In the far background are farm buil...
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Family in front of House

Date: 07 15 1929
Description: A man and women and two children are posing in front of a fence surrounding a small house. There is a tractor, an automobile, agricultural implements, and ...

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