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Farmall 230 with Front Loader

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Description: Two farmers on tractors. One of the tractors is a Farmall 230 with loader. The other is a Farmall H.
Photograph

Hunter Shows Prize to Man on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: McCormick-Deering Farmall H tractor in a fall setting. A hunter, Mr. Vinson E. Gritten, is holding up a dead rabbit for William Foreman and Junior Scott (b...
Poster

International 10-20 and 15-30 Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1925
Description: Advertising poster for International 10-20 and 15-30 h.p. tractors. Includes color illustrations of tractors in use on the farm. Printed by the Herman Lith...
Photograph

Holt Crawler at Winnipeg Tractor Contest

Date: 1911
Description: Men in suits and hats follow along as a man plows with a Holt crawler tractor at the Winnipeg tractor contest in Canada. Another man in the foreground is p...
Photograph

Hunter Shows Prize to Man on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1948
Description: Hunter shows a dead rabbit to a man on a Farmall H tractor and a boy in a wagon full of pumpkins. The caption reads: "Mr. [William] Foreman is on the tract...
Photograph

La Crosse Tractor Plowing on Hilly Field

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Description: Man driving a La Crosse Happy Farmer tractor plowing in field up a hill with several men in long coats, suits, and hats watching nearby.
Photograph

Stump Removal

Date: 07 24 1923
Description: A man is using a 10-20(?) tractor and chain to remove a stump from a piece of land on the R.R. Robertson farm. Two other men are looking on.
Photograph

Clearing Land

Date: 12 18 1922
Description: A man is using a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor to assist in clearing land in a residential area. Several other men are standing in the background hold...
Photograph

M.D. Stocking on a 15-30 Tractor

Date: 1935
Description: M.D. Stocking posing for a photograph while sitting on his McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor in a harvested farm field.
Photograph

Harvesting Onions

Date: 1965
Description: A farmer drives a tractor through a field harvesting onions.
Photograph

Planting Pine Tree Seedlings

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Description: Four men prepare pine tree seedlings for planting in an open field. One man drives a small tractor, while two men stand behind. Another man sits on a tree ...
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick-Deering W-40 Tractor Brochure

Date: 1936
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for the McCormick-Deering W-40 tractor. Includes an image of a man operating a W-40 Tractor with the text: "Smooth-Flowing...
Photograph

Maple Syrup Shack

Date: 1966
Description: View of a maple syrup shack on the side of a hill. Smoke is billowing out of the doorway, which is blocked by a wheel barrel full of wood. Two men are in t...
Photograph

Cranberry Growers

Date: 10 1984
Description: Tim Finch and Kay Finch of the Perry Creek Cranberry Company. In the background men work in the cranberry marsh to harvest the berries.
Photograph

Raking Cranberries

Date: 1980
Description: Man driving machine used to harvest cranberries on a flooded marsh. In the background is a truck and a tractor.
Print

Rock Island CTX Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Interior spread of a pamphlet advertising the Rock Island "CTX" tractor plow. The advertisement features an illustration of a male farmer using a Heider tr...
Print

Tractor Tilling Newsletter

Date: 07 1917
Description: Cover of the Volume 1, Number 2 issue of Tractor Tilling newsletter, produced by the Smith Form-a-Tractor Company. The cover features a photograph o...
Book or Pamphlet

Turner Simplicity Tractor

Date: 1920
Description: Cover of a brochure advertising the Turner Simplicity Farm Tractor. The cover features a photograph of a man using the tractor along with the caption: "Tur...
Photograph

Men with Tractor

Date: 1907
Description: Two men standing outdoors beside a 10-horsepower tractor, possibly built by the Ohio Manufacturing Company.
Photograph

Ed Radke

Date: 10 1980
Description: "Ed Radke turns soil on his property."

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