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St. Cloud Combine Promotion
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Original caption reads: "The St. Cloud district sales organization looks over the 29-car trainload of McCormick harvester-threshers bound for 47 dealers who participated in this spring sales campaign. In the 29-car train were four cars of No. 141s, three 'mixed' cars of No. 141s and No. 64s, and 22 cars of No. 64s - 105 No. 64s and 11 No. 141s, for a total of 116 combines. Four different railroads participated, after the 29-car train was split up for distribution to dealers. They were the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Milwaukee and the Soo Line. The train was about 1/3 of a mile long."
1955
International Harvester Company
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St. Cloud Combine Promotion
1955
Original caption reads: "E.R. Zimmerman, left, St. Cloud district manager, and four dealers and customers watch a No. 141 combine [harvester-thresher] 'come to life' on the assembly line during tou...
St. Cloud Combine Promotion
1955
Men and a boy examining a prototype "Tractor of the Future" in an exhibit during the St. Cloud combine promotion. Signs hanging around the display read: "Look into the New World" and "Traction Cont...
St. Cloud Combine Promotion
1955
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1930
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Man Waving from "Trainload of Twine"
1949
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