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"Tractorette" Class
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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.
1942
International Harvester Company
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"Tractorette" Group
1942
A group of participants in the "Tractorette" program gathers around a Farmall tractor operated by Fred R. Walkley, proprietor of Walkley Farm Equipment Company and program instructor.
"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...
Mrs. Ada Adkins on Tractor
1942
Mrs. Ada Adkins, recently widowed, learning to use a tractor in a "Tractorette" class offered by the Nodaway County Implement Company.
Wanda Lee Grace on Farmall B Tractor
1942
16-year-old Wanda Lee Grace, a participant in "Tractorette" class offered by the Nodaway County Implement Company, driving her father's Farmall B tractor through a field.
"Tractorette" School
1942
A group of seated young women at "Tractorette" School are instructed by John Schneider outside Nodaway County Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership.
"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...
