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Unsafe Farm Tool
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A man is standing on a crate while using a sledge hammer to strike a piece of wood being held in place by another man who is standing in front of him. Two silos and a barn are in the background.
June 1927
International Harvester Company
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Mixing Superphosphate
October 1930
A man standing on the back of a McCormick-Deering manure spreader to pour superphosphate over manure at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. A barn and silos are in the background.
Children Near Hay Pulley
June 1927
A boy wearing a cowboy hat is sitting on the back of a horse as a man hoists hay into a hayloft using a pulley system. Another boy is standing in the barn doorway. The photograph was staged on Roge...
Man Cleaning Barn Gutter
August 1930
A man using a shovel and a litter carrier on a track system to clean the gutter of a dairy barn at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. The man is standing near rows of stanchions.
Refilling a Silo
February 22, 1927
Two men are refilling a silo using a silo filler at the IHC Experimental Farm.
Man Standing on Barrel
June 1927
A man is standing on a wooden barrel which is resting on a wooden box on concrete entrance steps near a door. He is using a hammer to fix a window frame. The photograph was staged at International ...
Farm Dangers
August 1927
A farmer is standing on the edge of a wooden wagon pitching hay into a running thresher, demonstrating an unsafe operating position.
