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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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Flight Nurse and Wounded

Date: 03 1945
Description: At Iwo Jima Airfield #1 Gwen Jensen, a flight nurse, talks with wounded Marines who are about to be evacuated by airplane. Mount Surabachi, from which the ...
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U.S. Navy Ships Company

Date: 03 17 1945
Description: Elevated group portrait of United States Navy, Ships Company.
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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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"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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Beulah Ogden on Farmall Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Beulah Ogden, a participant in the "Tractorette" class organized by the Blanchard Motor Company, rides a Farmall tractor through an 88-acre farm owned...
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Battalion Seabees with International Truck

Date: 09 1943
Description: Battalion Seabees work on waterfront construction using an International K-line truck.
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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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Bulldozer on Hillside

Date: 1944
Description: A man uses an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) equipped with a bulldozer blade on a hillside in the construction of a road. The original caption...
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Greasing Wagon with International Tractor

Date: 1944
Description: A man uses an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) to pull a greasing wagon across rough terrain. A dirt road and hills are in the background.
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Tractor with Road Ripper

Date: 1944
Description: A man uses an International TD-18 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a heavy-duty road ripper to do construction on rough terrain. Hills are in the backgro...
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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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Marines Loading Truck

Date: 1945
Description: Marines use an International TD-9 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a dozer shovel loader to fill a truck parked on a beach. A ship is in the water behind...
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Seabees with Cherry Picker

Date: 1945
Description: Seabees use an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a crane ("cherry picker") to load cargo on a Western Pacific island. The text on the crane ...
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Marines Unloading Supplies

Date: 1945
Description: Marines use an International TD-18 Diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) to unload supplies and equipment from a ship. Many ships are in the water in the ba...
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Soldier Shoveling Mud Off Crawler Tractor

Date: 1945
Description: Marine Private First Class Gilbert E. Bailey shovels heavily caked mud from the tracks of his International TD-18 Diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor). The...
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Marines Pulling Trailer from Mud

Date: 1945
Description: Marines use an International TD-18 Diesel crawler tractor (TracTracTor) to pull an ammunition trailer from the mud. The original caption reads: "JAPANESE A...
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President Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at Quebec

Date: 09 1944
Description: Prime Minister Winston Churchill greets President Franklin Roosevelt as he is about to exit his vehicle for their meeting at Quebec. This was their second ...
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Red Cross Workers Relaxing

Date: 1945
Description: Leota Kelly, directer of the Pacific Athletic Club, division of the Red Cross, and colleagues, at the site of the new Red Cross Club in Tinian near a cliff...

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