Photograph
Wanda Lee Grace on Farmall B Tractor
| 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. |
| Image ID: | 50929 |
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| Creation Date: | 1942 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Maryville |
| County: | |
| State: | Maryland |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company photo albums, circa 1899-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 7Z, Album 596, Pg.147 |
| Original Dimensions: | unknown |
| International Harvester Company announced the "Tractorette" program in 1942. The plan was intended to address the farm labor shortage created by U.S. war mobilization. The plan called for local dealers to offer free training for thousands of farm women and girls in the operation of tractors and other farm machinery. |
| Women |
| World War, 1939-1945 |
| Teenagers |
| Signs and symbols |
| Farmers |
| Outdoor photography |
| Fields (Agriculture) |
| Work clothes |
| Shoes |
| Plants |
| Agricultural machinery |
| Field crops |
| Tractors |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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