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Agricultural Lecture
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View from back of room of man standing at the front of a classroom to deliver an agricultural lecture to a group of seated men and women. There are bundles of corn on some of the tables the men are sitting at. The instructor uses several visual aid posters prepared by the International Harvester Company of New Jersey with headlines reading: "Livestock on Every Farm", "Stock Values", "All Crops of Illinois", Examine the Kernels", and "A Fertile Soil Means a Prosperous People".
1919
International Harvester Company
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Group Gathered for "Corn is King" Lecture
1917
Group of men and women seated on the front steps of a building (possibly a school) with corn cobs and other items used for an Agricultural Extension lecture called "Corn is King."
Extension Employees Constructing Lecture Charts
1919
Group of male and female workers assembling International Harvester Agricultural Extension lecture charts.
Teachers at Extension Short Course
1919
View from back of classroom of a group of teachers sitting at desks in a classroom while observing an instructor demonstrate knot tying. Several posters hang on the wall behind the instructor.
Agricultural Extension Lecture
1932
Adults sitting in chairs in a classroom to hear an agricultural extension lecture given by a man standing behind a table or podium at the front of the room. Several posters reading: "Crops of Minne...
Agricultural Extension Lecture to Schoolchildren
February 1915
International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department employee J.E. Waggoner delivers a lecture to children and farmers assembled at Providence School. A lecture chart titled "alfalfa balances ...
Demonstration on Rope Tying
1919
Rope tying demonstration for a group of rural school teachers. Original caption reads: "County Supt. Tobin, Country Life Director, and rural school teachers of Cook county, perfect their knowledge ...