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TracTracTor Instruction

Date: 1943
Description: Wesley Kolkhorst shows Lillian A. Heinrichs how to operate a TracTracTor (crawler tractor). The original caption reads: "Mrs. Lillian A. Heinrichs learns t...
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"Tractorette" Class

Date: 1943
Description: Lillian A. Heinrichs, Lucille Eltiste, and Esther Goubert receive instruction from H.E. des Granges during "Tractorette" class while Wesley Kollehorst, fie...
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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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"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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Harry M. Cosway

Date: 1942
Description: Elevated view of Harry M. Cosway, tractor operator for Porter & Bonney, driving a tractor through a crop of potatoes.
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"Tractorette" Class

Date: 1942
Description: A group of female "Tractorette" class participants with their male instructor gather around a Farmall tractor. The original caption reads: "Part of tractor...
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"Tractorette" Group

Date: 1942
Description: A group of participants in the "Tractorette" program gathers around a Farmall tractor operated by Fred R. Walkley, proprietor of Walkley Farm Equipment Com...
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Tractor Training for Jewish Women

Date: 1942
Description: Ruth Sager stoops to speak to Wood Hendrickson, manager of C.O. Smith, an International Harvester dealership. Two women stand behind Sager and Hendrickson,...
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"Tractorettes" with Instructor

Date: 1942
Description: A group of "Tractorette" participants are looking on as their teacher, L.J. DeMars, assistant manager of the Blanchard Motor Company in Springfield, is ins...
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"Tractorettes" with Instructor

Date: 1942
Description: "Tractorettes" pose with their instructor, McCormick-Deering salesmen Robert L. McCaffrey, on a Farmall H tractor.
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Man Sitting at Desk

Date: 1936
Description: A man at the Number 1 Motor Truck Station sits at a unorganized desk. Possibly a photograph from an instructional film about proper International Harvester...
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Two Salesmen at a Desk

Date: 1936
Description: Two men stand over a disorganized desk on a salesroom floor at the Number 1 Motor Truck Station. Possibly a photograph from an instructional film about pro...
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Salesman and Mechanic

Date: 1936
Description: Two men in the Number 1 Motor Truck Station shop. A salesman stands over a mechanic, who appears to be playing a game of solitaire. Possibly a photograph f...
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Two Salesmen in an Office

Date: 1936
Description: Two men, one talking on the telephone with his feet on the desk and another reading paperwork, work at a disorganized desk. Possibly a photograph from an i...
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Two Men at a Desk

Date: 1936
Description: Two men converse in a tidy office. Possibly a photograph from an instructional film about proper International Harvester salesmanship. This photograph is a...
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Two Men Looking at International Harvester Sign

Date: 1936
Description: Two well-dressed men stand outside and look at a neon International triple diamond truck logo displayed in a window. Possibly a photograph from an instruct...
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Service School Instruction

Date: 06 1937
Description: S.G. Johnson, assistant engineer at International Harvester's Fort Wayne Works, teaches participants in service school about International truck axles, bra...
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Knot-Tying Lesson

Date: 1919
Description: A group of men and women sit in chairs inside what appears to be a classroom or gymnasium while practicing knot-tying. They follow an instructor's example...
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Agricultural Lecture

Date: 1919
Description: View from back of room of man standing at the front of a classroom to deliver an agricultural lecture to a group of seated men and women. There are bundles...
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Brass Band at Railroad Depot

Date: 02 26 1915
Description: A brass band led by W.F. Casey, standing at left, welcomes four Alabama Crop Diversification Campaign speakers at a train depot. A train and several buildi...

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