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Townspeople Improve Township Road
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Original caption reads: "Members of Marshalltown Club at work on township road near Marshalltown, IA (1920). Over fifty members of the Club contributed a day's work to improving the road leading to town. For the privilege of giving this day's work, each volunteer paid $10 into the Club's special road fund, the money to be used in improving township roads, for which work the county road fund cannot be used. After these business men graded this piece of road, farmers graveled it. Thus a spirit of cooperation was established." The men are using a Fordson tractor.
1920
International Harvester Company
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W01303U
WHi 22708
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Fordson Tractor
July 2, 1931
An adaptation of the Improved Fordson tractor as a power plant to operate a double-gang pea viner on the farm of John Keichinger.
Fordson Tractor
1920
Advertisement for the Fordson tractor at a selling price of $305. The advertisement features an illustration of the tractor set above a photograph of the machinery in use in a farm field.
Fordson Tractor
July 27, 1927
View from front towards a man sitting on a Fordson tractor, which has extra rims.
Fordson Tractor
January 27, 1927
Left side view of a man sitting on a Fordson tractor, which has extra rims.
Fordson Tractor
July 27, 1927
Rear view of a Fordson tractor, which has extra rims.
