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International Harvester Truck with Pumpkins

Date: 1951
Description: Color photograph of a farmer filling a red International Harvester L-120 truck with pumpkins.
Photograph

Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 1950
Description: A group of cranberry harvesters at work.
Photograph

Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
Photograph

Hank Aaron at Bat

Date: 04 01 1955
Description: Henry "Hank" Aaron at bat during a Milwaukee Braves pre-season game.
Photograph

Entering the Uranium Tunnel

Date: 1954
Description: Woman on crutches entering the front office of the uranium tunnel to receive a uranium treatment. Several men sitting in front of the storefront on benches...
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1951
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Marjean Czerwinski, wearing her crown and gown, rides on the back of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
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Richard Nixon on an International 300 Utility Tractor

Date: 1955
Description: Vice President Richard M. Nixon waves his cowboy hat from the seat of an International 300 utility tractor.
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Stroboscopic Photography Technique

Date: 04 1950
Description: A girl on a swing is the subject of photographers demonstrating a technique using high speed flash.
Photograph

Farmers at Farm Auction

Date: 1954
Description: Group of farmers observe and participate in a farm auction.
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Family Cleaning their Motorboat

Date: 04 21 1957
Description: An industrious family cleans their motorboat which is parked in the driveway.
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Women with Farmall Tractor

Date: 1958
Description: Women wearing International Harvester cowboy hats are posing in front of a Farmall 460 Tractor.
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Crime Scene Investigation

Date: 05 11 1955
Description: Chalk lines in the foreground mark the spot where White Elephant Bar owner was shot. Police and detectives conferred in the background after assembling inv...
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Farmall H Tractor and Manure Spreader

Date: 1950
Description: Farmer spreading manure in a field with a Farmall H tractor and manure spreader (possibly a model 100).
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Farmall Super M-TA Tractor with Forage Harvester

Date: 1954
Description: Men operating a Farmall Super M-TA tractor, a forage harvester and an International R-150 truck.
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Farmall Works Assembly Line

Date: 1952
Description: Factory workers on the assembly line at International Harvester's Farmall Works. The men are working on Farmall tractors.
Photograph

Algerian Bedouin Boy

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian Bedouin boy with a soldier. The boy is pledging that he will kill his father "with joy" if the father should serve the French forces in the gue...
Photograph

Transporting Parcels on Windsled

Date: 1954
Description: Elmer Nelson sorting through boxes of goods being transported on the "Dream Sled" windsled.
Poster

International "Mid-Century Promotion" Advertising Poster

Date: 1950
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester's "mid-century promotion" featuring a line drawing of a white Farmall C demonstrator tractor. Includes the t...
Poster

Farmall Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1950
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick Farmall tractors featuring a color illustration of a man driving a Farmall C tractor on a blue background. Includes the te...
Poster

Farmall Cub Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1957
Description: Advertising poster promoting a "Low Cost Rental Plan" for Farmall Cub and International Cub Lo-Boy tractors and equipment. Features the text: "Do These Job...

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