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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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Workers on a Farmall Cub Modified for De-Tasseling

Date: 1949
Description: Six women and a man on a McCormick-Deering Farmall Cub tractor modified for de-tasseling work. The unit was built with a special mounting frame by Knudsen ...
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McCormick Farmall H in Cornfield by Pond

Date: 1949
Description: Farmer using a McCormick Farmall H tractor in a cornfield near a pond. The tractor is equipped with a cultivator.
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Harvesting Corn with McCormick No. 24 Corn-Picker

Date: 1949
Description: Farmer harvesting corn with a McCormick no. 24 two-row corn-picker and farm wagon ("barge wagon") attached to McCormick Farmall H tractor.
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Farmer Shelling Corn with Belt-Driven Hammer Mill

Date: 1949
Description: Farmer standing in open barn door shelling corn with belt-driven McCormick hammer mill run by a Farmall C tractor.
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Farmers Unloading Corn into Barn

Date: 1941
Description: Delmer Miller is standing in a farm wagon while farm hand, Gus Setser, is shoveling corn from the back end. The wagon is hitched to a Farmall H tractor and...
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Farmer Field Tests Experimental 24-SC Corn Picker

Date: 1949
Description: Farmer Dale Eisenman, Jefferson, Oregon, field tests pre-production Model 24-SC corn picker attached to Farmall H tractor on the farm of Douglas Bradley. C...
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Farmall M Tractor Pulling a 122 Combine

Date: 1948
Description: View across field of a man harvesting wheat with a Farmall M tractor and No. 122 combine (harvester-thresher).
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Picking Corn with Farmall H Tractor and No. 24 Corn Picker

Date: 10 28 1949
Description: Slightly elevated view of farmer Jack Warren picking corn with a McCormick Farmall H tractor and a No. 24 corn picker.
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Blaney's Seed Corn

Date: 06 04 1948
Description: New style bag of Blaney's seed. Writing on bag states: "Blaney's Hybrid Seed Corn, Blaney Farms, Certified Seeds, Madison, Wisconsin, Member of Wisconsin E...
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Blaney Farm Seed Corn

Date: 05 17 1948
Description: Bag of Blaney Farm seed corn. Sign on bag reads: "Blaney's Hybrid Seed Corn, Blaney Hybrid Seed Corn Farms, Madison, Wisconsin, Member of Wisconsin Experim...
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Man Tending Corn Plants

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man in cornfield, tending a plant.
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Harvested Corn Still in Husks

Date: 1940
Description: Close-up of ears of corn.
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John W. Thompson on Farmall Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: John W. Thompson riding a Farmall tractor through a 47-acre cornfield on the 120-acre farm of his father, J.D. Thompson.
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Betty Stevens on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Betty Stevens, a participant in "Tractorette" class offered by the Nodaway County Implement Company, is riding a Farmall H tractor through J.D. Thompson's ...
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Mrs. Ada Adkins on Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Ada Adkins, recently widowed, learning to use a tractor in a "Tractorette" class offered by the Nodaway County Implement Company.
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"Tractorette" Class

Date: 1942
Description: Several participants from a class of 22 "Tractorettes" standing around a Farmall tractor with their instructor, John Schneider, proprietor of the Nodaway C...
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Woman on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: A Red Cross motor corps woman sitting on a Farmall H tractor at Herbert's Hill Angus farm. The original caption reads: "Red Cross motor corps women in Paol...
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Elsie L. Meyer on Farmall AV Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Elsie L. Meyer operating a Farmall AV tractor on her father's farm. The original caption reads: "Elsie L. Meyer of Hicksville, New York, not only operates ...
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Building Diversion Terraces with Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: Hugh N. Brown is using a Farmall H and 2-bottom 14-inch plow to build diversion terraces. Shocks of corn are in the background. The original caption reads:...

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