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TracTracTor Instruction
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Wesley Kolkhorst shows Lillian A. Heinrichs how to operate a TracTracTor (crawler tractor). The original caption reads: "Mrs. Lillian A. Heinrichs learns the intricacies of TracTracTor operation from Wesley Kolkhorst, salesman and part time instructor for Mr. August Eltiste's Santa Ana, California dealership." The instruction was likely part of International Harvester's "Tractorette" program.
1943
International Harvester Company
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"Tractorette" Class
1943
Lillian A. Heinrichs, Lucille Eltiste, and Esther Goubert receive instruction from H.E. des Granges during "Tractorette" class while Wesley Kollehorst, field instructor, looks on. The original capt...
Lucille Eltiste on a TracTracTor
1943
Lucille Eltiste learns how to operate an International TD-9 crawler tractor with a Dyrr Offset Disk Harrow. The original caption reads: "With August Eltiste's son in the Coast Guard it was only nat...
"Tractorettes" with Instructor
1942
"Tractorettes" pose with their instructor, McCormick-Deering salesmen Robert L. McCaffrey, on a Farmall H tractor.
"Tractorette" Esther Goubert
1943
Esther Goubert of Santa Ana, California, takes the final field test of TracTracTor (crawler tractor) operation in the "Tractorette" program. The original caption reads: "Tractorette Esther Goubert ...
"Tractorette" Class
1942
Several participants from a class of 22 "Tractorettes" standing around a Farmall tractor with their instructor, John Schneider, proprietor of the Nodaway County Implement Company.
"Tractorette" Class
1942
A group of female "Tractorette" class participants with their male instructor gather around a Farmall tractor. The original caption reads: "Part of tractorette class conducted by Day & Perkins of B...
