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International Crawler Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1938
Description: Color advertising poster for International industrial power equipment showing a crawler tractor (TracTracTor) excavating the site of the World's Fair. Inc...
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Tractorette Instruction

Date: 1942
Description: Women sitting on grass watching a lecture on maintenance of Farmall A and Farmall M tractors. The lecture was part of International Harvester's "Tractorett...
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Tractorette Field Demonstration

Date: 1942
Description: Instructor Mr. Schweitzer reviewing the operation of a Farmall M tractor with a group of women. The women are (L to R): Donna Mehaffy, Oakville; Marian Hul...
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"Tractorette" Operating Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Elizabeth Lancton cultivating with a Farmall H tractor on the 105 acre farm of Cliff Lee. Mrs. Lancton attended classes offered by Fred R. Walkley, pr...
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International Harvester Dealership(?) Showroom

Date: 01 04 1921
Description: Showroom of an International Harvester farm equipment dealership or factory (possibly Osborne Works) featuring International 8-16 and Titan 10-20 tractors ...
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Loading Cargo with International Model 20 Tractor

Date: 03 25 1936
Description: Dock worker using an International Model 20 tractor equipped with a Lidgerwood crane to load cargo onto a ship.
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Young Girl on F-12 Tractor

Date: 07 06 1937
Description: Beverly Lundsten and hired man Gerald Stanford pose with a Farmall F-12 tractor on the Lundsten farm. The tractor is equipped with rubber tires and a singl...
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Men Harvest Beans with Farmall A Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Men harvesting beans with a four foot combine (harvester-thresher) and a Farmall A tractor. Original caption reads: "4-ft. combine in beans — note special ...
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Farmall Cub on Display at Union Station

Date: 07 08 1947
Description: Farmall Cub tractor on display at Union Station. Signs advertise: "The New! Farmall Cub; Designed to Mechanize America's Small, Family-Size Farms," and inc...
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WD-6 Diesel and Farmall A Tractors

Date: 1940
Description: Farmer Leo Sucharski on his new WD-6 diesel tractor. Mr. Sucharski is talking to C.A. Reef, an International Harvester farm equipment dealer from Gasport. ...
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10-20 Tractors used as Street Cleaners

Date: 01 20 1927
Description: Two International Harvester 10-20 industrial tractors modified to perform street cleaning in New York City. The tractors have enclosed cabs with the text: ...
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International Harvester Branch House

Date: 1919
Description: International Harvester Branch House. Signs on the building advertise agricultural implements, motor trucks and Kerosene engines and tractors. Many small t...
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20 H.P. Type B Tractor Used on the Curtis Farm

Date: 1912
Description: An International 20 H.P. Type B Tractor owned by J.S. Curtis, but operated by G.W. Crosby. According to the original caption, Crosby operated the outfit wi...
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Construction Workers and Bulldozer

Date: 1969
Description: Construction workers and bulldozer on the street next to the construction site of the World Trade Center.
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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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Phillippa Monachino Driving Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Elevated view of Phillippa Monachino, a participant in "Tractorette" class, driving a tractor through a field 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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Family Farming

Date: 1942
Description: Slightly elevated view of Louis Finn and his five sons and three daughters working on their 150-acre potato farm with a Farmall tractor, a potato digger an...
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Gladys Skipka with Farmall Tractor and Potato Digger

Date: 1942
Description: Elevated view of Gladys Skipka using a Farmall tractor and a potato digger to work on a 71-acre potato farm. The original caption reads: "Gladys Skipka of ...

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