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Poster

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...
Photograph

Woman Pumping Water from Farm Well

Date: 04 1923
Description: A bundled-up woman hand pumps water from a well into a pail. The ground is covered with ice and snow. Two cars and a farmhouse are in the background.
Photograph

Woman Carrying Water to Farmhouse

Date: 04 1923
Description: Woman carrying a bucket of water back to her farmhouse in winter.
Photograph

Woman Vacuuming Rug

Date: 10 1927
Description: Woman vacuuming rug with a "Vacuette" sweeper in a farmhouse living room.
Photograph

Woman Pumping Water from Farmhouse Well

Date: 
Description: Woman pumping water from a well near the porch of her farmhouse.
Photograph

Woman Cleaning Wooden Floor

Date: 1920
Description: Woman cleaning a wooden floor in an open doorway of her farmhouse with a scrub brush.
Photograph

Deering Binder in Farm Yard

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Description: Farm family standing in front of their house, while on the right a man is sitting on a Deering binder, and two men on the left and right are looking on. At...
Photograph

Woman Throwing Out Wash Water

Date: 1925
Description: Woman dumping wash water from a metal wash basin on the back step of her farmhouse.
Photograph

Group Portrait of Mother and Children in front of Sod Farmhouse

Date: 1905
Description: View of farm woman and her two children posing in front of sod farmhouse on poor plot of land. The woman is sitting in a chair near the open front door. A ...
Photograph

Woman Reading on Screened Porch

Date: 06 1923
Description: Miss Marilla Zearing reading a newspaper on a rocking chair in the screened porch of her home. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agric...
Photograph

Woman Drawing Water from Well

Date: 05 1923
Description: Miss Neary drawing a bucket of water from a well next to a farmhouse. The original caption reads: "Drawing water from well. Miss Neary posing. Mr. Hyde pho...
Photograph

Children Box Fresh Eggs

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Description: Young children crating fresh eggs in front of a farmhouse.
Photograph

Filming a "Home Economics" Scene

Date: 1925
Description: Mr. Hyde and Miss Wigent filming a woman and child while the woman is filling pails with water from a hand-pump. The original caption reads: "Taking footag...
Book or Pamphlet

Tuberculosis Must Go

Date: 05 25 1928
Description: Cover of a booklet produced by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to help prevent the spread of tuberculosis. Includes the text: ...
Photograph

Woman Standing in front of Grass Hut

Date: 05 01 1928
Description: Woman standing in the open doorway of a house that appears to be constructed of woven reeds attached to columns. The roof of the hut is thatched. A varie...
Photograph

"Let's Get a Good Cow"

Date: 02 1914
Description: A woman wearing a bonnet and apron kneeling in a field to milk a cow.
Photograph

Woman Ringing Bell

Date: 1918
Description: A woman standing on a porch is shielding her eyes from the sun as she is ringing a bell (dinner bell?). A child is standing next to her under a clothesline...
Photograph

International Truck with Trailer

Date: 1939
Description: Two men speak to one another as a woman wearing an apron enters a trailer used by the Ohio Edison Company. The trailer is attached to an International D-2 ...
Photograph

Vacuum Dangers

Date: 08 1927
Description: A woman stooping to remove an electrical cord from in front of a vacuum cleaner.
Photograph

Dangers of Loose Matches

Date: 08 1927
Description: A woman removing loose matches from a coat pocket before hanging it in a closet.

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