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Book or Pamphlet

Spraying Outfits Catalog Cover

Date: 1912
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester spraying outfits. Includes a colored photograph of an apple tree.
Photograph

Boy with Peaches

Date: 1929
Description: A boy grinning while gathering peaches in his arms in the orchard of N.Y. Yates.
Photograph

Cherry Picking

Date: 1921
Description: A woman with a bucket clipped to her belt holds up a cluster of cherries in a cherry orchard.
Photograph

F.M. Barden with T-20 Crawler Tractor

Date: 06 01 1938
Description: A man stands on a stand on top of a tank pulled by a T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). The man is using a Hardie Mogul sprayer with a regular 400-gallon ...
Photograph

Men Using T-20 Crawler Tractor

Date: 06 01 1938
Description: Three men use an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) with orchard fenders and a 300-gallon bean spray tank. The men are applying pesticide(?) ...
Photograph

Hauling Orange Boxes

Date: 04 28 1938
Description: Two men use an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) to haul orange boxes on a trailer from a grove in an orchard to be loaded onto trucks. The ...
Photograph

J.C. Lester on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1945
Description: J.C. Lester uses a McCormick-Deering Farmall H tractor to border a citrus grove in preparation for irrigation.
Photograph

Unloading Grapefruit

Date: 04 11 1935
Description: Elevated view of a man opening a door on the side of an International Model C-40 truck to empty grapefruit into an adjacent bin. The truck was owned by Cal...
Photograph

Men Loading Fruit Crates

Date: 04 10 1935
Description: Three men load wooden crates of fruit onto the bed of an International C-20 truck owned by the Citrus City Growers Association.
Photograph

Loading Crates of Fruit on Truck

Date: 04 10 1935
Description: Two men load boxes of packed fruit into the back of a truck at the loading dock of the Vaughn-Griffin Packing Plant. The boxes have advertisements on them ...
Photograph

Weinstein Brothers Truck

Date: 04 09 1935
Description: A man unloads bags from the bed of an International Model C-30 truck with a special express body used by Weinstein Bros. fruit and produce dealers. The tru...
Photograph

Farmall Tractor in Orchard

Date: 1945
Description: A man, possibly Corporal James H. Mills, operating a Farmall H tractor in what appears to be an apple orchard. Corporal Mills was presented with a tractor ...
Book or Pamphlet

O-12 Orchard Tractor Brochure

Date: 1937
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the McCormick-Deering O-12 orchard tractor. Features a photo of a man using an O-12 tractor to spray trees in an orcha...
Photograph

Young Woman and F-1800 Truck

Date: 1976
Description: Young woman standing among what appears to be branches of a cherry tree. An man is driving an International truck, possibly a Fleetstar F-1800, in the back...
Photograph

International Truck on Highway

Date: 1972
Description: Color photograph of International truck owned by the GI Trucking Company on a highway, passing by what appears to be an orange grove.
Photograph

Roadside Fruit Stand

Date: 09 1924
Description: Two men are standing on opposite sides of a table full of small crates of fruit, possibly apples (?). The original caption reads: "Roadside market scene."
Photograph

Farm Orchard Sprayer, Baskets and Apples

Date: 08 1923
Description: Apples in baskets in front of a "farm orcharding sprayer" at R.R. Robertson's. Farm buildings are in the background. On the left is a grinding wheel powere...
Photograph

Pulling Stumps with Tractor

Date: 06 23 1924
Description: Two men using what appears to be a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor to "pull stumps" in an orchard on the R.R. Robertson farm.
Photograph

Man Operating a Sprayer in a Fruit Orchard

Date: 08 1923
Description: Man spraying pesticide(?) on a tree in an orchard. Original Caption: "Copy negative loaned by Niagara Sprayer Company. No negative."
Photograph

Man with O-6 Grove Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: Elevated three-quarter view from left of a man driving a O-6 Grove tractor 7 1/2-foot offset disk harrow (Case) in a 20-acre grove owned by Sam Hines. The ...

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