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Titan Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1919
Description: Advertising poster of World War I veteran returning home to family, farm and new Titan 10-20 tractor. The caption on the poster reads: "Look what dad bough...
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Soldiers on a World War I Recruiting Drive

Date: 1917
Description: World War I soldiers standing in front and on the back of an International truck with a recruiting poster.
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World War II Victory Garden Poster

Date: 1943
Description: International Harvester poster promoting "Victory Gardens" and war bonds. Features an illustration of a family working in a field while the father shakes h...
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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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Harrison Street Community Garden

Date: 04 1917
Description: Children working in an urban community garden. Original caption reads: "Scene in Harrison Street Community Garden showing each plot staked off. Up to 1917 ...
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Boxed Artillery Cart Ready for Shipment

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Boxed 240 mm mortar cart ready for shipment to the U.S. military from International Harvester's McCormick Works. Includes a trench mortar barrel. A man is ...
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Men Planning for World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: International Harvester dealer Charles Landaal signs a pledge to help collect scrap as part of Governor Julius P. Heil's "MacArthur Week" scrap drive. Milw...
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International R-200 Truck

Date: 1954
Description: International RF-200 truck owned by the U.S. Air Force. The sign on the driver's side door reads: "U.S. Air Force D-14312 For Official Use Only".
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New Female Employee Training

Date: 01 13 1941
Description: A group of new female factory workers receiving their first day of training at an International Harvester factory. The factory was responsible for making ...
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New Female Employee Training

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: A group of recently hired factory female workers receive their first day of training at an International Harvester factory. The factory was responsible for...
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Female Employees Assembling Torpedo Parts

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Female workers assembling torpedoes for the U.S. Military at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "This large group of women employe...
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Crated Machine Gun Cart at McCormick Works

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Crated "U.S. Machine Gun Cart" outside in factory yard.
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U.S. Government War Exposition

Date: 09 1918
Description: Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition at Grant Park taken from a window the International Harvester building on Michigan Avenue. A large crow...
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U.S. Government War Exposition

Date: 09 1918
Description: Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition at Grant Park taken from a window the International Harvester building on Michigan Avenue. A large crow...
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"Tractorette" School

Date: 1942
Description: A group of seated young women at "Tractorette" School are instructed by John Schneider outside Nodaway County Implement Company, an International Harvester...
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Soldiers Conversing and Drinking Soda at Ft. Sill

Date: 1941
Description: A group of men sit in a store and drink soda at Fort Sill. Draftee Charles J. Richard is among the men. Richard was a former International Harvester employ...
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Soldiers Conversing Outside of Tents Ft. Sill

Date: 1941
Description: Five men stand and converse outside a row of tents at Fort Sill. Draftee Charles J. Richard is among the men. Richard was a former International Harvester ...
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Pvt. Roger Kolkmeyer at Fort Sill

Date: 1941
Description: Private Roger Kolkmeyer types on a typewriter. Kolkmeyer was a company clerk at Fort Sill. He was a former employee of the (?) Department general office of...
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Dental Chair in International Metro Relief Truck

Date: 1941
Description: Interior of an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for service with Czechoslovakian Army in England. Original caption continu...

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