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Women Engaged in "Tractorette" Training

Date: 1942
Description: Dan Downey, International Harvester blockman from Philadelphia, teaches three women how to operate a Farmall M tractor and a McCormick-Deering harvester-th...
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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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Milwaukee Road Station Christmas Tree

Date: 12 21 1945
Description: Large Christmas tree in the waiting room of the Milwaukee Road Railroad Station, 644 West Washington Avenue, with passengers and the sign: "Give War Bonds,...
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International M-2-4 Truck Manufactured for U.S. Marines

Date: 1941
Description: Driver field testing an International M-2-4 truck manufactured at International Harvester's Springfield Works for the U.S. Marine Corps.
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U.S. Military Crawler Tractors

Date: 1942
Description: Men examining an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor). The original caption reads: "J.M. Curtis, Los Angeles branch industrial traveler (no hat), e...
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USO Club Tea Guests

Date: 04 13 1944
Description: Mrs. Walter S. Goodland, Wisconsin's First Lady, R.C. Tomlinson, USO Club new director, and Mrs. Tomlinson, guests of honor at a tea held at the USO Club. ...
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Truax Field Officers' Wives Tea

Date: 03 20 1945
Description: The Women's Club sponsored tea for officers wives of all services at the Officers Club of Truax Field. Left to right: Mrs. Oscar B. Wallace, Mrs. Roscoe ??...
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"Tractorette" Group on Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. John T. Shea, Mary Elma Riddell, and Mrs. John R. Riddell, participants in "Tractorette" class, are posing around a Farmall H tractor with J.S. Inman,...
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Kathryn Mann on Farmall A Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Kathryn Mann of Columbia, Pennsylvania, sits on a Farmall A tractor while Walter Dupes, salesman for J.B. Hostetter & Sons of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania,...
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The Buna Campaign

Date: 1942
Description: Male Papuan carriers help members of the 32nd Division construct a road through the jungle of New Guinea.
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U.S. Marine Corps International Vehicle

Date: 1941
Description: An International truck used by the U.S. Marine Corps is driven up a snow-covered hill by a man wearing a jacket, gloves, and baseball cap. The original cap...
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U.S. Coast Guard Band

Date: 1943
Description: The United States Coast Guard band plays a concert for a War Bond Drive with Rudy Vallee as its conductor. The original caption reads: "U.S.C.G. (Int'l K-6...
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Halavo Seaplane Base

Date: 1943
Description: Men of the 34th Construction Battalion of Seabees work around a boat dock using an International TD-9 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) at Halavo Seaplane Base...
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Military Men on Lunch Break

Date: 1944
Description: Soldiers sitting on the ground under the shade of a tree to eat lunch. Construction equipment, including an International crawler tractor, is in the backgr...
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Camp Pendleton Groundskeeping with International A

Date: 1944
Description: A woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and overalls uses an International Model A tractor to maintain an area of brush at the Camp Pendleton airfield. Tents ar...
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War Relief Work

Date: 06 15 1950
Description: World War II war relief work. Man pitching hay.
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MacArthur Week Scrap Collection

Date: 1942
Description: Three men loading a trailer near an International Harvester dealership during the "MacArthur Week" scrap drive. There is a large pile of scrap on the groun...
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MacArthur Week Scrap Collection

Date: 1942
Description: Men working on a "MacArthur Week" scrap drive near an International Harvester dealership. Two men are on the flatbed of a truck, and there is also a horse-...
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Men Unloading Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Two men unloading scrap metal from a truck near an International Harvester dealership, possibly Landaal Brothers of Waupun. One man is standing on the truc...
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Men Unload Metal for Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Three men unload scrap metal from a truck in the yard of Landaal Brothers, an International Harvester dealership. Dealer Charles Landaal is standing at rig...

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